Posts Tagged ‘IT professionals’
The Best Way to Polish an IT Resume
As in any field, there’s plenty of bad advice on how to create resumes passed around the information technology field. One of the worst pieces of advice that IT professionals might have encountered is to just list out their skills. While IT managers and IT recruiters want to be able to clearly see what IT…
Read MoreWhy IT Managers Can’t Be Friends with Reports
As in every industry, some IT professionals occasionally come across a moment when they have to make a decision: Can they be friends with their boss? Or if they’re an IT manager, can they be friends with the IT consultants who report to them? Whether you’re in information technology or zoology, the answer to this…
Read More3 Ways to Start Your IT Work Day Off Right
IT professionals from all over the Information Technology industry can agree that there are universally wonderful and terrible ways to start the day at their IT jobs. Here are a 3 ways everyone from IT recruiters, to IT consultants, to IT managers can start their days. Get up right away. Sleeping beyond one snooze button…
Read More5 Ways to Blow an IT Job Interview
IT recruiters and IT managers are admittedly hard up for IT professionals these days. The information technology field is absolutely a job seeker’s market right now. However, that doesn’t mean that IT consultants can’t perform well in interviews. If IT contractors make any of the major mistakes below, they’re actively taking themselves out of the…
Read More3 Ways to Stand Out in Your IT Job
A recent Harvard study points to one overarching means to making yourself stand out (in a good way) at your IT jobs: Dare to be a little different than the average IT consultants. While IT recruiters, IT managers, and other IT contractors tend to believe that it’s best to try to fit in, Harvard’s recent…
Read MoreStaying Relevant in IT After 40
Older IT professionals know that as you pass 40, suddenly IT recruiters are no longer chasing you in droves with IT jobs. Though it’s a terrible practice, some IT managers instruct their IT staffing firms to seek out younger IT contractors. You don’t have to become a victim of this practice, though, if you’re an…
Read MoreWhat You Shouldn't Bring to IT Jobs
It’s common knowledge that sparkling resumes and references make IT consultants very attractive to IT headhunters and IT managers. Sometimes it’s what IT contractors don’t bring to the table that makes them so easy for IT recruiters to market, though. Here are a few things IT Professionals should never bring to their IT jobs. Limits…
Read MoreComplaining about IT Coworkers Effectively
IT professionals in every corner of the Information technology industry—from IT consultants to IT headhunters—have to deal with the occasional issue with a coworker. The best case scenario is to have to avoid bringing the issue to IT managers. However, sometimes IT contractors and IT recruiters have no choice. For those unfortunate times, here are…
Read MoreCreating Accountability in IT Teams
In a field like Information Technology, the ability to build accountability among reports is crucial for IT managers. While IT recruiters and IT staffing firms will provide IT contractors who work well independently in their IT jobs, there are a few key strategies that managers should employ. Start a tradition of sharing major achievements with…
Read MoreWhy IT Professionals Should Write Short Emails
IT recruiters, IT contractors, and IT managers are all too aware of the frustrations of receiving long-winded emails at their IT jobs. IT professionals in any part of the Information technology field know that long emails not only take up too much time in a fast-paced industry, but also tend to be less effective in…
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