How to Interview with Piercings and Tattoos

More and more, IT recruiters are finding that piercings and tattoos are something candidates need to consider as they interview for new IT jobs.  According to some studies the number of Americans with tattoos has reached around 14%, or around 45 million people.  Tattoos are becoming more prevalent among younger generations, especially workers under 40. …

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Set Yourself Apart in Job Interviews With This Tactic

IT recruiters notice that most candidates who are skilled at job interviews tend to have a few things in common.  One thing IT staffing companies notice good interviewers do is highlight key qualities about themselves.  Here’s one key quality IT recruiting companies suggest you highlight in a job interview: that you’re reliable and will stick around…

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Ready to Start Hiring? Do These 2 Things!

When you’re working with IT recruiting agencies to fill your open IT jobs, there are two major components to consider: evaluating candidates to make sure they’re the best fit for the job and making sure you sell your team and corporate culture to the best candidates.  Of course, IT recruiting firms will help you achieve…

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Avoid Asking Illegal Interview Questions

IT recruiters find that even when employers are experienced at interviewing to fill IT jobs, they may still wind up mistakenly asking illegal questions.  In fact, a recent study shows that 1 in 5 employers asks illegal questions when they’re interviewing.  While asking these questions doesn’t automatically mean you’ll get sued, IT staffing agencies would…

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Is it Time to Speed Up Your Hiring Process?

IT recruiters find that one of the biggest misconceptions employers have about hiring IT professionals is timing.  The amount of time employers take to hire in most industries is simply too slow when it comes to hiring for open IT jobs.  Sometimes by the time a company is ready to have the IT staffing firms…

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2 Ways Candidates Blow Job Interviews

IT recruiting agencies have heard some interviewing horror stories from IT professionals and interviewers alike.  Sometimes even when candidates have prepped and studied the technologies their IT recruiters recommended, things can still happen that make it hard (or impossible) to land the job.  The worst stories technical recruiters hear are about the times candidates blow…

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How to Answer This Tough Job Interview Question

Technical recruiters find that IT professionals are often stumped by one question in a job interview: how would you improve our company, product, website, etc?  If this question stumps you, here are some interview tips IT staffing firms would suggest trying. 1.    Practice answering this question.  It might be obvious, but IT recruiting agencies would suggest…

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2 Surprising Questions for Job Interviews

If you’ve worked with IT recruiting agencies to find new roles, you probably understand that interviewing for IT jobs is a two-way street.  You probably ask a lot of interview questions to help you make sure the IT jobs you’re interviewing for are good fits for your needs and work habits. If you want to…

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Is Your Resume in The Wrong Format?

Technical recruiters receive resumes from IT professionals that are built from all kinds of resume templates.  Most resume templates are fine (even the free resume templates), but there is one type of format that IT recruiters usually cannot use: a functional format resume. What is a functional format resume?  It’s a resume that shows IT…

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