Posts Tagged ‘IT staffing firms’
The Best Way to Polish an IT Resume
As in any field, there’s plenty of bad advice on how to create resumes passed around the information technology field. One of the worst pieces of advice that IT professionals might have encountered is to just list out their skills. While IT managers and IT recruiters want to be able to clearly see what IT…
Read More3 Ways to Stand Out in Your IT Job
A recent Harvard study points to one overarching means to making yourself stand out (in a good way) at your IT jobs: Dare to be a little different than the average IT consultants. While IT recruiters, IT managers, and other IT contractors tend to believe that it’s best to try to fit in, Harvard’s recent…
Read MoreStaying Relevant in IT After 40
Older IT professionals know that as you pass 40, suddenly IT recruiters are no longer chasing you in droves with IT jobs. Though it’s a terrible practice, some IT managers instruct their IT staffing firms to seek out younger IT contractors. You don’t have to become a victim of this practice, though, if you’re an…
Read MoreCreating Accountability in IT Teams
In a field like Information Technology, the ability to build accountability among reports is crucial for IT managers. While IT recruiters and IT staffing firms will provide IT contractors who work well independently in their IT jobs, there are a few key strategies that managers should employ. Start a tradition of sharing major achievements with…
Read MoreFighting the Right Battles in Your IT Job
IT professionals may come across many inconveniences and deficiencies at their IT jobs. Perhaps they are IT contractors, but would like to be taken on as permanent employees. Perhaps they are lacking software or tools that would make their jobs easier and more effective. Or perhaps they are just frustrated with the way their IT…
Read MoreHandling IT Recruiters
IT recruiters are a fact of life for IT professionals. The information technology market is so hot that IT staffing firms and IT headhunters are and probably will be a fixture for a long time. IT consultants tend to have mixed feelings about how to deal with technical recruiters, but here are a few basic…
Read MoreEmail curfew in IT?
Information Technology is on a 24-7 kind of schedule to meet the demands of IT managers and their superiors. Would the idea of an email curfew, a period of time when work-related email is frowned upon, ever be a possibility for IT consultants? IT staffing firms may soon be seeing the IT contractors they work…
Read MoreAvoiding Bad Advice in IT Jobs or Job Hunting
IT recruiters come across IT consultants who act upon a lot of bad advice. IT staffing firms find that unfortunately, there is plenty of terrible advice that is nearly indistinguishable from good advice about during, on the hunt for, and when leaving IT jobs. IT professionals who are polishing their resumes, or simply trying to…
Read MoreTaking Constructive Criticism in IT
The information technology market may be overwhelmingly a candidate’s market, but that doesn’t mean IT professionals aren’t still subjected to criticism from their IT managers. Dealing with constructive criticism is fact of life in IT jobs, but it doesn’t have to be a necessary evil. If IT contractors can approach constructive criticism the right way,…
Read MoreIT Professionals Shouldn't Quit on Youtube
Information technology recently saw one of its most egregious infractions of employee behavior when digital video content company IT professionals made sure an ‘I quit’ video went viral. Even though IT contractors might find that their resumes are in high demand they’re getting calls from IT headhunters constantly, quitting in a blaze is still a terrible…
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