Posts Tagged ‘IT staffing agencies’
Don't Forget to Do This Before Your IT Job Interviews
If your IT recruiters set you up for IT job interviews, you’ve probably spent plenty of time preparing. You probably studied relevant technologies and practiced answering the questions your technical recruiters told you to be prepared for. You probably got background info on the company, both via your own research and from your IT staffing…
Read MoreIs Your Email Address Hurting Your IT Job Search?
If you’re ready to start working with IT recruiters to find a new IT role, you’ve probably already started doing the usual things in preparation. You’ve polished your IT resume, you’ve updated your LinkedIn profile with any new IT jobs, and you’ve started reaching out to IT staffing firms. There might be one step you’re…
Read MoreGet These Languages Under Your Belt For a New IT Job in 2016
2016 is in full swing and so is the job hunting season. If you plan to look for new IT jobs this year, IT recruiters and IT staffing companies are seeing a plethora of new jobs. If you’re still polishing up your resume and skills before you start working with IT recruiting firms, plenty of…
Read MoreAce your IT Job Interviews with Nonprofits
More and more nonprofits are hiring IT professionals. While the nonprofit sector may not be the first place you’d think of for IT jobs, there are plenty of benefits to working with these organizations. IT recruiters fill jobs like this with benefits that include a more comprehensive health insurance package, increased vacation and PTO time,…
Read More2 Ways to Relax Before IT Job Interviews
IT staffing firms see firsthand that plenty of IT professionals get nervous before interviews— no matter how many IT jobs they’ve had. Here are two tactics that might help you relax before your IT recruiters send you to your interviews. 1. The first tactic that IT recruiting agencies would recommend is to stop playing the…
Read MoreHow to Trim Your IT Resume
As experienced IT professionals update their IT resumes, keeping them concise is often an issue. IT staffing firms and hiring managers certainly understand that IT professionals aren’t beholden to the 1 page resume rule that many other professionals are. However, you certainly won’t attract more IT recruiting companies and technical recruiters with an absurdly long resume.…
Read MoreDelete These 2 Words from Your LinkedIn Profile and IT Resumes
One strong tactic you can use is to polish up your LinkedIn profile and resume is deleting words that will turn off technical recruiters and potential employers. Here are two words that won’t attract IT recruiters or hiring managers if you have them in your LinkedIn profile or resume – particularly in a summary or objective section. Don’t…
Read More2 Insider Tips About IT Job Hunting
Sometimes it helps to get a bit of a hiring manager’s perspective as you work with IT recruiters to land your next role. Here are two things that IT staffing firms see that are more ‘behind the scenes’ (but will still be very relevant to IT professionals). Even if your technical skills are perfect, you may…
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 MoreWhy It’s Important to Be Pleasant in IT Job Interviews
When your IT recruiters help you prepare for job interviews, they’ll usually go over things like what technologies you should brush up on or the main responsibilities of the role. What your IT staffing companies probably assume (and hope) you already know about are the soft skills necessary for interviewing for IT jobs. Probably one…
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