Posts Tagged ‘IT staffing agencies’
Review: "Recruiting and Retaining Employees for Dummies"
IT staffers starting out or looking to polish an already-established technical recruiting career will want to pick up a copy of Recruiting and Retaining Employees for Dummies. Even seasoned IT headhunters working at IT staffing firms with plentiful resources will love Manning’s book – not because it’s actually for dummies, as the playful title references…
Read MoreReview: "Recruiters On Recruiting: Tell Me About Yourself: Conversations About Life, Love And Work"
Recruiters On Recruiting: Tell Me About Yourself: Conversations About Life, Love And Work gives IT staffers and those working outside of the technical recruiting industry a look at the work of IT staffing. Based on interviews with top-performing Silicon Valley technical recruiters, the book reveals tips for optimizing the income potential of the career, and…
Read MoreReview: "Top Secret Executive Resumes: Create the Perfect Resume for the Best Top-Level Positions"
A technical candidate who turns to a technical staffing firm like AVID Technical Resources for executive search purposes will want to take a look at Top Secret Executive Resumes: Create the Perfect Resume for the Best Top-Level Positions. In this book, Provenzano culls from over 20 years of experience as a certified resume writer to delve into the…
Read MoreReview: "Talent Management Systems: Best Practices in Technology Solutions for Recruitment, Retention and Workforce Planning"
“Talent Management Systems: Best Practices in Technology Solutions for Recruitment, Retention and Workforce Planning” discusses how web-based applications have revolutionized the job search, talent acquisition process, and human capital management. Cutting-edge practices discussed in the book will assist IT recruiters and other proffessionals in the technical recruiting industry in using technogy to their advantage when…
Read MoreReview:"Technical Recruiting Success for IT Firms"
AVID Technical Resources reviews “Technical Recruiting Success for IT Firms” by Dawson. In the book, Dawson speaks from his high level of success in technical recruiting, and his perspective as a technical staffing consultant. His recruiting techniques involve IT staffing secrets he has identified and developed over time. His check lists offer ways to run…
Read MoreReview: "Secrets from a Body Broker: A Hiring Handbook for Managers, Recruiters, and Job Seekers"
Technical recruiters will find Rey’s book, Secrets from a Body Broker: A Hiring Handbook for Managers, Recruiters, and Job Seekers, packed with valuable tips for personnel management. She starts by revealing two secrets – Secret #1 is “Discrimination is the cornerstone of each and every hiring decision. This is because hiring decisions are personal decisions made…
Read MoreReview: "Invaluable Knowledge: Securing Your Company's Technical Expertise"
Technical recruiters looking to step up their game will want to be sure to read Rothwell’s Invaluable Knowledge: Securing Your Company’s Technical Expertise, a guide to talent management strategies. Technical professionals in the recruitment industry will find the strategies useful for the day-to-day operations of a competitive IT staffing firm. According to Rothwell, the technical…
Read MoreReview: "Hiring The Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets & Science Of Hiring Technical People"
Technical recruiters are in the business of hiring for technical jobs. Their area of expertise is finding the best technical candidate for an open job position, and building relationships with the best techies on the market leads to success in the technical staffing industry. IT firms specialize in the “secrets & science” of hiring top…
Read MoreReview: "The Google Resume: How to Prepare for a Career and Land a Job at Apple, Microsoft, Google, or any Top Tech Company"
Technical recruiters know that a technical candidates’ resume speaks volumes. Thus the ability to separate power resumes from weaker ones is key. IT recruiters who are familiar with The Google Resume will be doing themselves favor when is comes to identifying strong technical resumes (and the candidates behind the resume). Gayle McDowell instructs technical candidates…
Read MoreReview: "Smart and Gets Things Done: Joel Spolsky's Concise Guide to Finding the Best Technical Talent"
In the Concise Guide to Finding the Best Technical Talent, Joel Spolsky details the steps that go into interviewing top technical talent, and into finding that quality of technical candidates in the first place. He goes into the technical hiring process, how to extract information from tech-savvy candidates on their potential technical efficiency levels. He…
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