Posts Tagged ‘IT recruiter’
Review: "Smart and Gets Things Done: Joel Spolsky's Concise Guide to Finding the Best Technical Talent"
In the Concise Guide to Finding the Best Technical Talent, Joel Spolsky details the steps that go into interviewing top technical talent, and into finding that quality of technical candidates in the first place. He goes into the technical hiring process, how to extract information from tech-savvy candidates on their potential technical efficiency levels. He…
Read MoreReview: "Breakthrough Technical Recruiting"
Ford’s Breakthrough Technical Recruiting offers IT Recruiters & Technical Hiring Managers advice for navigating the IT headhunting process. Ford speaks with authority from his own years of supervisors’ experience as a former recruiter, armed with technical recruiting strategies that led to high placement rates. Finding and identifying highly qualified technical candidates is a challenge Ford…
Read MoreReview: "Technical Screening – Java Developers" by Obi Ogbanufe
Technical Recruiters know that placing an IT candidate in a Java role is no easy task – technical candidates with the right background, technical skills, and level of proficiency with Java aren’t always a quick find. One interview approach technical recruiters use when screening IT candidates for a potential interview for a Java Developer role…
Read MoreReview: Technology Made Simple for the Technical Recruiter
Technical Recruiters will find “Technology Made Simple for the Technical Recruiter: A Technical Skills Primer” by Obi Ogbanufe helpful for developing recruiting strategies and tech skills. AVID Staffing Firm employs IT Recruiting techniques covered by Ogbanufe in her book. Details she delves into include basic programming terms, networking tips, & operating system/network vocab. She even…
Read MoreSkilled Tech Positions In Demand
Company demand for highly skilled tech workers has been increasing since the start of 2012. IT job candidates seeking higher salaries than they were able to land during the worst of the recession are likely to have more options now. Although the recession may not officially be over, demand for high-tech skills have significantly increased.…
Read MoreHow Not to Find a Job
So you think working for a living is lame? So yesterday? Or if your phone provider is AT&T, just too 5 seconds ago? AT&T TV Commercial — Tailgate LTE (HTC Vivid) . Great. I’m here to help. Here’s a solid instructional on how not to get a job. Come 10 minutes late. Or an hour early.…
Read MoreWomen in Tech
The tech industry tends to be one that is fairly male-dominated. Ask a technical recruiter how many men versus women he or she speaks to in a day when seeking to fill a Java or QA role, and you will tend not to hear the odds stacked in favor of the ladies. While this issue…
Read MoreCompany Culture
One of the challenges in a job search is finding a company that has not only the right benefits, but also the right atmosphere as well. How can interviewers assess the culture of a company they haven’t yet participated in? A few cues can better help interviewers understand the company they’re interested in. Managers have…
Read MoreAre IT Recruiters too Tech Savy?
For a technical recruiter, imagine a day without your phone. Then, picture your day without electricity at IT staffing companies. Would you be able to survive the full work day? Are technical recruiters simply taking these things for granted or are IT recruiting companies too dependent on technology? There are benefits to the convenience of…
Read MoreThe One Upper IT Recruiter
We have all had the pleasure of meeting someone who feels the need to one up your situation, whether a positive or negative experience, with one of their own. This technical recruiter or candidate might not mean to trump you with their IT recruiting anecdote or hardship, but soon enough your original point has vanished…
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