Posts Tagged ‘resumes’
Resumes: Consistency is Key
One of the most important aspects to writing a strong resume is consistency. IT recruiters working for various IT staffing companies will tell you that a clean, consistent and condenced resume can make the difference between getting that all-important first interview or not be selected at all. We asked a number of technical recruiters for…
Read MoreEarly Bird Gets the Worm
For technical recruiters working in the IT staffing industry, the early bird gets the worm. Because technical job boards are such a major resources for IT recruiters, and sites such as Monster.com dominate the market for prospective IT job seekers, the earlier IT recruiting companies open the door to allow their IT recruiters Boston to log…
Read MoreSending Paper Resumes To IT Recruiters
As an IT recruiter working for one of the fastest growing IT staffing companies Boston, we periodically receive paper resumes blindly sent from candidates in the information technology industry. Here are 3 reasons why prospective candidates should not send paper resumes to technical recruiters: 1) They get thrown away: IT recruiters Boston typically look at…
Read MoreHow IT staffing Companies Find Candidates
The majority of IT recruiting firms pay to access the top resume and IT job boards such as Monster, CareerBuilder, Dice and Net Temps. The better IT staffing companies also have robust databases full of information technology resumes (any database over 100,000 resumes is typically considered pretty strong). However, the best technical recruiters and IT recruiting…
Read MoreSecrets for Making your Recruiter your Best Friend
In today’s job search environment, recruiters often play an instrumental role in a candidates job search, whether the job is in the medical, financial or technical industry, or the position sought is contract or permanent. The reason is that recruiters spend each work day doing for a living what candidates do only during periods of…
Read MoreThe Mobile Job Search
The increasing sophistication of cloud computing and smartphone application suggest inevitable changes to come in the job-seeking landscape. With major job board websites like Monster, Careerbuilder, Indeed and Craigslist offering phone application versions of their sites, it’s a matter of time before job hunters adapt their search techniques to the advantages provided by advancing technology.…
Read MoreIT Recruiting: Do You Take Horoscopes Seriously?
Maybe it’s during the morning commute, or sitting down to coffee and a bagel for breakfast, perhaps it’s an after work guilty pleasure. A number of IT professionals admit they read their daily horoscope. Take it with a grain of salt or words of wisdom, horoscopes may actually be advising technical recruiters, hiring managers, and…
Read MoreIT Staffing: Unemployed…Now What?
You lost your job due to a recent layoff– and you are not alone. Plenty of IT job seekers are unemployed IT consultants at one point or another. They know what they should be doing, they hear it every day, and it becomes frustrating. Rather than simply blasting resumes to technical recruiters and going on…
Read MoreIT Recruiters Should Borrow and Share Ideas
IT recruiting firms have been encouraged to be creative, unique, and think outside the box. What happens when technical recruiting agencies run out of ideas? How can they take a thought from someone else and make it one of their own? Here are some tips for technical recruiters and hiring managers to gain inspiration from…
Read MoreKeep It Simple at IT Recruiting Firms
An IT recruiter is assigned a project and he immediately begins planning. After creating a plan, he realizes there may be a better way to implement the steps and scratches his initial idea. He develops a new method, which includes different steps, but also checks and balances along the way and incorporates other IT headhunters…
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