Posts Tagged ‘IT professionals’
Handling IT Recruiters
IT recruiters are a fact of life for IT professionals. The information technology market is so hot that IT staffing firms and IT headhunters are and probably will be a fixture for a long time. IT consultants tend to have mixed feelings about how to deal with technical recruiters, but here are a few basic…
Read MoreUsing or Avoiding Your Phone in IT
Information technology has gone through a customer-service oriented change in the last 10 years. IT consultants are not attractive to IT recruiters if they only have pristine resumes. IT staffing agencies are now seeking IT contractors who are socially adept and will be great a communicating with their IT managers or co-workers. This means that…
Read MoreEmail curfew in IT?
Information Technology is on a 24-7 kind of schedule to meet the demands of IT managers and their superiors. Would the idea of an email curfew, a period of time when work-related email is frowned upon, ever be a possibility for IT consultants? IT staffing firms may soon be seeing the IT contractors they work…
Read MoreAvoiding Bad Advice in IT Jobs or Job Hunting
IT recruiters come across IT consultants who act upon a lot of bad advice. IT staffing firms find that unfortunately, there is plenty of terrible advice that is nearly indistinguishable from good advice about during, on the hunt for, and when leaving IT jobs. IT professionals who are polishing their resumes, or simply trying to…
Read MoreWhen You Have Too Much Work at Your IT Job
The undeniable growth of information technology means that IT professionals are likely to be dealing with an overwhelming amount of work at some time or another. IT recruiters would prefer that IT contractors approach their IT managers with a few things in mind. Firstly, IT headhunters would prefer that IT consultants assess their circumstances in…
Read MoreThe Importance of Taking Your Breaks in IT
Many IT professionals will choose to work through their lunch hours or breaks when their IT jobs get particularly busy. Like any other kind of professional outside of information technology, IT recruiters and IT consultants can get caught up in the rush of deadlines or program releases, forgetting to take their half hour or hour…
Read MoreIT Professionals are Commuting More…and Liking it
Information technology has plenty of telecommuting, but IT professionals and technical recruiters also spend quite a bit of time commuting to their IT jobs, too. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, IT contractors and IT headhunters, among their peers from other fields, tend to find ways to enjoy their commutes far more…
Read MoreTaking Constructive Criticism in IT
The information technology market may be overwhelmingly a candidate’s market, but that doesn’t mean IT professionals aren’t still subjected to criticism from their IT managers. Dealing with constructive criticism is fact of life in IT jobs, but it doesn’t have to be a necessary evil. If IT contractors can approach constructive criticism the right way,…
Read MoreHow IT Professionals Can Safely Talk about the Government Shutdown
Like every other field, the information technology field is attempting to divine whether it will suffer in the wake of the government shutdown. Of course, IT professionals have a lot of reservations about talking about a topic like this at their IT jobs. It’s a deeply uncomfortable thing to discuss with coworkers, never mind the…
Read MoreDon't Fake it in IT Interviews
IT staffing companies and technical recruiters give plenty of advice to IT consultants about interviews: what to wear, when to get there, what kinds of questions to be ready to respond to or ask. There is a subtle underlying rule that IT headhunters hope that IT contractors are already aware of, though. It’s best to…
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