How to (Gracefully) Leave Work for IT Job Interviews

When you’re searching for new IT jobs with your technical recruiters, you may feel awkward or guilty for leaving work for interviews.  Leaving work to go on the interviews your IT recruiting firms set up may make you feel nervous that your boss and/or coworkers will find out you’re searching for new roles. Here’s how…

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Turn Your IT Job Interview Into A Home Run With This Tip

One way IT staffing firms suggest you can strengthen your interview performance is by asking a great question at the end.  IT recruiting companies find that great questions are always helpful in strengthening your candidacy.  However, they’re especially powerful at the end of the interview.  Your interviewer is more likely to remember you well if one…

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Why Saying 'No' Is Important for Your IT Job Search

When you’re working with IT recruiting agencies to find new IT jobs, you may feel as though you should say you’re very interested in every role your IT recruiters want to submit you for—even if you’re not.  Maybe you’re concerned that your technical recruiters won’t work with you if you say no to role.  Perhaps…

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Don’t Lie to Your IT Recruiters About This

When you’re working with IT recruiters to find a new role, there are some things you might be tempted to exaggerate or potentially even lie about.  Obviously honesty really is the best policy, but it’s worth noting that you will hurt your search for IT jobs (and possibly your career) if you lie about your…

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Avoid This Surprisingly Common IT Job Interview Mistake

IT recruiters often hear from the candidates they work with that they have been practicing ‘selling themselves’ for IT job interviews.  This is a pretty common tactic that many IT professionals have been told will land them the IT jobs they interview for.  Unfortunately, many IT staffing agencies see this advice carried out in a…

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Don't Ask This in Phone Interviews for IT Jobs

In a previous blog post, we mentioned two mistakes IT recruiters see candidates make in phone interviews.  Today we’ll explore one more phone interview mistake that can ruin your candidacy for IT jobs.  Especially if you’re working with IT staffing agencies, do not ask about benefits, vacation time, compensation, or flexible work schedules. Why do IT…

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Go Beyond Basic Questions in Your IT Job Interviews

The IT professionals who perform best at interviews for IT jobs are often the ones who ask great questions.  IT recruiters understand why you want to ask some of the basic questions.  You shouldn’t hesitate to ask the (appropriate) questions that you are genuinely interested in answers to.  However, technical recruiters would absolutely recommend that…

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An Interview Question That Could Land You the IT Job

IT recruiters want to know that their candidates are prepared with some questions to ask in job interviews.  There are plenty of questions IT staffing firms would be happy with their candidates asking, but here’s one that might really impress your interviewers and technical recruiters: What skills, beyond the technical skills and experience we’ve already…

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Ask This Question at the End of Your IT Job Interviews

The questions you’ll ask your interviewers at the end of interviews need them to accomplish a couple things.  Obviously they should inform you.  IT staffing agencies would never recommend you ask a question you don’t really care about the answer to.  It will always come across as fake and make a bad impression on your interviewer. …

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