Posts Tagged ‘IT staffing’
Should IT Recruiters Respond to Emails on Vacation?
You have planned a week long getaway from the IT recruiting office in another country, far away from hiring managers, ongoing IT job interviews, and IT consultants. You set up your auto response and request all urgent matters be sent to a fellow technical recruiter. Before you press save, be mindful of these vacation email…
Read MoreIncorporating Skype into IT Job Interviews: Candidates
Phone screens are quite common during interview rounds as hiring managers select final candidates for IT job opportunities. With new information technology, IT recruiting firms may even vamp up their interview procedure with an innovative type of screening known as the Skype screen. If you are a prospective candidate, read on for information and tips…
Read MoreShould You Criticize Your IT Staffing Supervisor?
When your supervisor is slacking or not working efficiently, how do you handle the situation? Some may take on additional workloads at IT recruiting companies while others openly vent their frustrations. Before you begin cursing your boss with fellow technical recruiters, bite your tongue. Here are some tips for making open suggestions and providing feedback…
Read MoreIs this IT Recruiter Cheap or Frugal?
Being perceived as frugal is a favorable quality, but unfortunately it is also misconstrued as cheap. At IT recruiting companies, you may know candidates, hiring managers, or fellow technical recruiters who can seem to stretch a dollar while still keeping things classy. You may also know an individual who tries to get by as inexpensively…
Read MoreToo Competitive in the IT Staffing World
Almost everyone can recognize the overly competitive and often overachieving technical recruiter. Rather than being supportive of other’s accomplishments, they hide in their cube and dwell over their latest feat. When they do not reach their own goals, they punish themselves and others with a severe attitude and immense workload. When does competitive turn from…
Read MoreIT Recruiting: Best Decision Making Tips
When an IT recruiter is presented with multiple options, how does he choose which is best? Technical recruiters encourage candidates to make the best choices in terms of their careers and opportunities on a daily basis. For those applicants and hiring managers in frequent limbos, IT recruiters can provide helpful tips to making the most…
Read MoreIT Recruiting Tips: Your Elevator Pitch
When you step into technical recruiting firms for interviews, does your mind draw blanks or do you spill every intimate detail ranging from your professional experience to your personal life? You never get a second chance to make a first impression, so when hiring managers or technical recruiters request that you tell them about yourself,…
Read MoreCommon Email Blunders at IT Recruiting Companies
Gone are the days technical recruiters only needed to worry about spell check as they fired off rounds of messages to IT job seekers. Now, IT headhunters are concerned about attachments, tone, and character with the IT staffing industry relying heavily on information technology for communication. Before you send off that final email, here are…
Read MoreIT Recruiters Ask You Cut Back on that Cologne…
At small IT recruiting companies, there is a common culprit who seems to have taken a dip in the perfume or cologne bottle prior to work. Initially, people do not seem to mind or may enjoy the scent. By the third hour, the lingering aroma irritates noses and technical recruiters are complaining of headaches and…
Read MoreOffice Gossip in the IT Staffing Industry
To say you have never been the victim of gossip or rumors is a proud feeling. To say you have never participated in gossiping and spreading rumors is even better. Unfortunately, most IT headhunters are not perfect and have helped in some way spread non-truths about a fellow acquaintance. As rumors begin to circulate about an…
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