Posts Tagged ‘IT recruiting firms’
Eye Contact in the IT Workplace
A big way to make an impact at IT jobs is to correctly utilize a seemingly small thing: eye contact. IT staffing firms and IT managers work with more than just resumes; they work with people. IT recruiters Boston to IT recruiters CA would all agree that a personable employee who makes a connection is…
Read MoreDoes the Ivy League Matter in IT?
Do IT recruiting companies and IT managers hire based on what school you graduated from? Does any school name carry value for IT contractors, even an Ivy name? The New York Times recently published a column suggesting the answer to both these questions may no longer be a vehement “Yes.” While the column has its…
Read MorePull Your Head Out of the Sand and Get in the Social Media Game
Information technology, more than in any other field, is not the place to lack presence on social media. Whether you are IT professionals or a company with plenty of IT jobs, it’s imperative to make sure you put forth an image of yourself on social media. IT recruiting companies, IT consultants, and IT managers cannot…
Read MoreBeing a "Yes Man" in IT
Rarely is it desirable to be labeled the “Yes Man” at in IT jobs. However, IT professionals could gain by leaps and bound in their careers by doing their best to follow the code of the “Yes Man” with their IT recruiting agencies and IT managers. IT staffing companies are not looking for IT contractors…
Read MoreWhat College Grads Should Do As They Enter IT
With recent graduates getting ready to step into the information technology field, IT recruiters can be a great source of advice for how to be the best IT contractors they can be. IT recruiting agencies would prefer to work with IT professionals who embrace the professional, 9-5 life. This means IT headhunters look for people…
Read MoreManagers: How to Respond to Requests for a Raise
IT managers have a myriad of dreaded conversations with their IT contractors. Perhaps the most dreaded conversation, though, is when employees ask for a raise. While IT recruiting firms certainly try to negotiate the best salary possible for IT consultants upon entry of a new job, over time this amount will almost certainly become less…
Read MoreIT's new Silicon Valley: Berlin
IT recruiters Boston and IT recruiters CA are used to hearing about start-ups from Israel, Silicon Valley, and most recently, Russia. However, IT recruiting firms and IT contractors will soon be hearing a lot about start-ups from Berlin. The information technology field has already seen a slow rise in German start-ups for a few reasons. …
Read MoreIT Raises its Presence in a Surprising Arena
IT recruiting firms, IT managers, and IT consultants are all still discussing a surprising topic: national policy. IT staffing agencies and other IT professionals, even those as influential as Mark Zuckerberg, began a heated conversation about H-1B workers several months ago as the nation considered significantly increasing the number of H-1B visas allowed per year.…
Read MoreBuilding a Positive IT Team
The best companies to work for are the ones where “service with a smile” isn’t just a façade for customers or clients, it’s natural. This is especially true of companies in information technology because it so often ends up being more of a “back of the house” industry where grumpy IT consultants could easily hide…
Read MoreWhat Happens in IT (Should) Stay in IT
The information technology industry certainly holds a fascination for more than just the IT managers, IT recruiting firms and IT consultants in its borders. It’s undeniable that IT professionals and their companies, like Google, Yahoo, and Facebook, regularly make the news. However, the hard lesson that JC Penney had to learn last week is that…
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