Posts Tagged ‘resume’
One Man's Hacker is Another Man's IT Professional
IT recruiting firms, like the rest of the world, might increasingly find themselves forced to reconsider their stances on hacking. IT staffing companies have already been dealing with IT contractors and consultants who may openly or covertly already hack in order to sharpen their own skills and value as potential hires. As a Bloomberg writer…
Read MoreLeadership in IT: Just do "it"?
Information technology as a field offers a wide variety of leadership roles: Project manager, Lead programmer, etc. The obvious perks of these roles are higher salaries, more prestige, more intriguing work, and more benefits or vacation days, etc. However, does it ever make sense to turn one of these roles down, if offered? Or to ask…
Read MoreArming IT Staffing Salespeople with Technology
IT recruiting firms do their best to stay atop of trends and provide their IT recruiters and IT staffing salespeople with as much technology as possible to help make them more efficient and ultimately profitable. Pagers are out, while PDA’s are pretty much mandatory for IT recruiting companies as technical recruiters need to be accessible…
Read MoreIT Recruiting Companies Working with White Noise
Do you work in an IT staffing environment that is cluttered with noise such as music, loud talking, or random distractions? Perhaps you work in a dead silent area where you can hear a pin drop. If you enjoy these conditions, by all means continue working! If you find that you are having trouble focusing,…
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 MoreIT Recruiting: Social Media Hindering Chances of Employment?
Most of us do not think twice when using Twitter to update statuses or post new profile pictures on Facebook. We routinely monitor our activity to keep pages clean and work friendly. But as a candidate, is your page being used against you? Technical recruiters, do you ensure not to discriminate when filling positions? IT recruiters and…
Read MoreIT Recruiting: Did You Blab through Your Interview?
During your last IT job interview did the timeframe go from the anticipated one hour to two or three hours? You may leave thinking you won the hiring managers over, but think again. If you were doing most of the talking and managers seem disinterested, this is generally not a good sign. Some IT candidates…
Read MoreSloppy IT Recruiters
Technical recruiters know that like apples, it takes one bad IT recruiter to spoil the bunch. Recruiters are often viewed as money driven IT headhunters who care more about their commissions than the well being of their clients. To maintain your ground as an honest recruiter, avoid these sloppy and often dishonest recruiting tactics. The…
Read MoreIT Recruiting Tips: When You are Caught in a Lie
Technical recruiters search the web for candidates from sites such as Monster, CareerBuilder, and LinkedIn. When the resume of a prospective candidate catches their eye, they add it to their database and try to contact him for IT jobs. If an IT recruiter found out a contractor’s resume was falsified and skills were exaggerated, would…
Read MoreFive Interview Rules in the IT Recruiting Industry
1. Prepare When candidates work with technical recruiting companies, they help guide you through the interview process and increase your chances of landing IT jobs. If you are unfamiliar with recruiting, draft a series of questions for IT recruiters to have a better understanding. Research the company and hiring managers conducting the interview on your own time. Take…
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