Java Developers: Your Value is Rising in 2017

It may seem like Java is long overdue to be a less imperative skill for IT recruiting firms and employers.  There are newer, more exciting languages out there.  IT staffing companies find that many developers tend to prefer languages like Python or C++ for the projects they work on outside of their formal IT jobs.  Perhaps…

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Love Sports? You Could find Your Next IT Job in that Field

There are a few industries that are obviously creating more and more IT jobs each year.  Healthcare and the Insurance industry for instance, have both obviously embraced the ways that big data and security technologies can improve their best practices and drive more business.  The sports and athletic industry is a more surprising industry that…

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How to Write Resumes Recruiters Love

As you might guess, resume formats aren’t magic: if you have few technical skills and little experience, it’s hard to mask that with a great resume.  However, IT recruiters definitely see some candidates with amazing skill-sets and experience post resumes that don’t do them much justice.  Here are 3 tips to write a resume that…

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How IT Recruiters Work

If you’ve never used IT recruiting companies before, here’s a little information about how IT recruiters work and why you may want to use them to find your future IT jobs. What Technical Recruiters Do: IT recruiting companies build relationships with companies that need to hire IT professionals.  When these companies need to add somebody new…

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Do You Need to Move to Get a New IT Job?

IT recruiting firms find that IT professionals often wonder if they need to move to get new or better IT jobs.  The answer to this question may leave you happily surprised. As is probably obvious, technology has become widely accepted as one of the most powerful tools for businesses and organizations.  This means that most,…

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3 Tips for Hiring Top Tech Talent

1. Rethink your tech stack.  IT recruiters find that great tech talent can often be sold on a position by the technologies they’ll get to use in IT jobs.  The best candidates usually tell IT recruiting companies that they want their next role to be more than just a paycheck and perks.  They want their…

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How to Land Jobs With Your Ideal Work-Life Balance

Work-life balance is becoming increasingly important to IT professionals, especially for some tech positions that may require odd shifts, being on call, or long hours.  To make sure you land in IT jobs that have a  good work-life balance for you,  take the right steps to communicate with your IT recruiting agencies and potential employers.  Here…

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AVID is Hiring – Ready to Launch Your Career in Sales?

For the past 13 years, AVID has been growing at an explosive pace.  From our first office in Boston, we’ve expanded into 12 offices spanning from coast to coast.  AVID now has IT recruiters working in Boston, California, New York, Rhode Island, Texas, and Iowa.  Even with all this explosive growth, though, one thing hasn’t…

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One Easy Job Interview Mistake to Make– and Avoid!

IT recruiting agencies find that candidates make some mistakes in interviews that are pretty egregious.  Maybe they are particularly late, rude, or can’t answer technical questions.  However, IT recruiters also see candidates make subtler mistakes in interviews.  Here’s one mistake you may not even know you’re making as you interview for IT jobs:  not giving your…

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