Posts Tagged ‘IT recruiting companies’
How 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 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 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…
Read MoreDon’t Be Thrown Off by This Tricky IT Job Interview Question
It’s very common for IT recruiters to hear that the candidates they work with get a little thrown off by questions in interviews. Sometimes even if you’ve prepared with your technical recruiters and on your own, you get asked a question you weren’t expecting. Here’s one question (and the answer) that IT staffing companies find…
Read More2 Questions You Should Never Ask in IT Job Interviews
Most IT professionals hear from their IT recruiters and IT staffing companies that it’s really important to be prepared to ask questions at the end of IT job interviews. While technical recruiters and IT recruiting agencies would rather you ask pretty much any question rather than none, there are some questions that are truly detrimental. …
Read More1 Tip for Telling Interviewers Why You're Interested in IT Jobs
One common question in interviews is ‘Why does this role interest you?’ IT recruiters and IT staffing companies see plenty of candidates who get asked this question as they interview for IT jobs. While everyone will answer this question a bit differently, there’s one tip that will really impress your interviewer and technical recruiters: Make…
Read MoreDoing This on Your LinkedIn Profile Won't Help Your IT Job Search
LinkedIn profiles have arguably become one of the strongest assets for IT professionals in their search for new IT jobs. Technical recruiters and IT staffing agencies often contact candidates based on the strength of their LinkedIn profiles, rather than their resumes. The best profiles, the ones that attract hordes of IT recruiters and IT staffing…
Read MoreInterviewing for IT Jobs When You're Sick
January and February are great months to work with your technical recruiters and IT staffing agencies to find new IT jobs. They’re also months in which you’re likely to get sick—maybe a couple times. If you’re sick, here’s how to proceed if your IT recruiters and IT staffing firms have you set up for an…
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