Posts Tagged ‘IT recruiters’
How to Interview Your Next Boss in IT
Bosses have a surprising amount of power in IT contractors’ lives. Having a good one can make your time at work pleasant. Having a bad one can make your time at work terrible and possibly ruin your time out of work, too (perhaps too many off duty calls or just sleepless nights worrying about his…
Read MoreUnplugging from Your IT Job During Your Vacation
Information technology can be a 24/7 field, but there are ways for technical recruiters to tactfully unplug from their IT jobs during the holidays and vacations. IT recruiters want their IT contractors to make sure they’re reliable and satisfy their IT manager’s needs. Keeping this goal in mind as you make your plan to unplug…
Read MoreRed Flags to Watch for in IT Job Hunting
Good IT recruiters want to put their IT contractors in IT jobs where they fit both in terms of the skills on their resumes and the workplace culture. While IT headhunters can do their best to try to make good matches for workplace culture, IT consultants can do the most to make sure they wind…
Read MoreWhy Taking a Counteroffer in IT isn’t Your Best Bet
Information technology’s shorter, project-driven timelines tend to make it more common for IT professionals to find themselves with counteroffers from their IT jobs. IT recruiters of course often tend to vehemently argue against taking counteroffers. There are some solid reasons IT contractors should stop and consider this point of view. The first reason IT staffing…
Read MoreSearching For a New IT Job During Holidays
Many people might advise IT consultants looking for new IT jobs to just hold off on their search during the holiday season. Though it often seems as though the holidays are a slow time for business and hiring, this just isn’t true in information technology. No matter how close it is to Christmas or New…
Read MoreCareer U-Turns in IT
Information technology requires IT professionals to move IT jobs a bit more often than the average professional for a number of reasons. But even IT contractors haven’t really considered going back to the previous employers a generally acceptable career move until somewhat recently. Now, it is far more acceptable for IT consultants to consider jobs…
Read MoreBoost Your Career: Offering and Asking for Help in IT
Asking for help can often be perceived as a last resort in information technology, as can offering help. These actions might either make IT managers and any other IT contractors you work with perceive you as incompetent, or overly confident and having a workload that is unsuitably small. However, when strategically done, IT professionals can…
Read MoreWhy Being Laid Back in IT Makes You More Marketable
A recent study shows that IT professionals who work closely with their coworkers are more likely to dislike them. IT jobs that require IT contractors to work in a heavily team-oriented environment (versus ones that are more independent in nature) will provide far situations in which IT consultants are more likely to get frustrated with…
Read MoreKeeping Stress in IT at the Office
Sometimes information technology can be a stressful field to work in. IT recruiters can be required to solve problems in tight time frames or for IT managers or end users who are particularly frazzled. While technical recruiters often warn the IT contractors they work with about possible stressors in a job, sometimes you just can’t…
Read MoreQuestions to Ask in an IT Job Interview
In a field like information technology, IT professionals often operate on shorter timelines and do short contracts with various companies. Because IT consultants leave and enter new companies more often than most other professionals, it’s important they are great at impressing IT managers in interviews. IT contractors can really wow their IT recruiters, IT managers,…
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