Posts Tagged ‘IT recruiters’
How to Answer This Scary IT Job Interview Question
IT recruiting firms hear about a lot of hard interview questions. Usually, these questions are very technical. However, sometimes IT recruiters hear about basic interview questions that really stump candidates. Here’s one question that often strikes fear in the heart of IT professionals as they interview for new IT jobs: Have you ever been fired?…
Read More2 Insider Tips About IT Job Hunting
Sometimes it helps to get a bit of a hiring manager’s perspective as you work with IT recruiters to land your next role. Here are two things that IT staffing firms see that are more ‘behind the scenes’ (but will still be very relevant to IT professionals). Even if your technical skills are perfect, you may…
Read MoreHow to Sell Yourself (Without Clichés!) in your IT Job Interviews
In IT job interviews, most IT recruiters want their candidates to convey some qualities that feel cliché. Your IT staffing firms may even explicitly say to you to show passion in your interview or to make sure that you convey that you’re a team player. The candidates that IT recruiting agencies have no trouble placing in IT…
Read MoreAn IT Resume Mistake that Designers Often Make
IT recruiters often work with various kinds of designers and creative professionals to find IT jobs. Often, technical recruiters come across resumes for these IT professionals that are done with pictures, unconventional formats, and multiple types of font. If you’d like to attract IT staffing firms and hiring managers, doing this with your resume may…
Read MoreThis May Help You in IT Job Interviews
When you’re working with IT staffing companies to find new IT jobs, you might be intimidated by your interviewers and future employers. It’s worth knowing, though, that often they aren’t comparing you against the detailed checklist you might expect. While interviewers can always give your technical recruiters a good basic idea of who they need to hire,…
Read MoreDon't Get Caught Off Guard by These 3 IT Job interview Practices
Sometimes when you’re working with IT recruiters to find new IT jobs, you might encounter some surprises. Here are 3 parts of the job interview process that IT staffing agencies find surprise candidates – and how to deal with them. Coding tests: Your IT staffing firms will usually be able to at least warn you…
Read MoreMake This Mistake and You'll Totally Blow Your IT Job Interviews
Most IT recruiters have had at least one IT professional who bombs an interview unexpectedly. Perhaps they don’t know as much about certain technologies as they thought, or perhaps they don’t know as much about interview etiquette as they (and their technical recruiters) thought. There is one mistake that will instantly kill an interview and…
Read MoreA Surprising IT Resume Mistake
IT recruiters see a lot of good resumes, but they also see plenty of bad resumes. One mistake that technical recruiters see far too often is when IT professionals include references on their resumes. Here are a couple reasons why IT staffing firms and hiring managers don’t want to see your references on your IT…
Read MoreDon’t Do This in IT Job Interviews
Here’s one way to guarantee that your IT recruiters hear that you aren’t getting the role: badmouth any of your bosses, coworkers, or end-users/clients. While most technical recruiters mention this at some point to candidates, there are still a staggering number of IT professionals who forget this advice in interviews. Why is this a terrible…
Read MoreDid You Make This Mistake in Your IT Job Interview?
You might have done everything right as you prepared with your IT recruiters for your interviews. You might have done the research, practiced answering questions your technical recruiters suggested, and prepared some good questions to ask the interviewer. Maybe your IT staffing firms got some bad feedback anyways and you didn’t land the role. What…
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