Posts Tagged ‘resumes’
Skills You'll Need for Your First IT Job
This spring’s recent college graduates in information technology are likely starting new IT jobs or just started them this summer. While IT contractors fresh from college may have resumes chock full of skills and experience using particular technologies, their skills as IT professionals may not be nearly as polished. Here are a few skills IT consultants should work on acquiring to excel at IT job interviews, in their first real jobs in the field, and to impress IT recruiters and IT staffing firms.
Read MoreAre You In Danger of Getting Fired from Your IT Job?
Business is too fast and demanding for a company to continue to pay IT consultants who aren’t contributing to the bottom line and doing their IT jobs well. How do you know if you’re one of those IT professionals who’s just not cutting it at work? Here are a few signs…
Read MoreYour Hobbies: Your Opportunity to Shine in IT Job interviews!
IT professionals can use their hobbies as one more way to show IT recruiters, IT staffing firms, and hiring managers how perfect they are for jobs.
Read MoreAre You Lying on Your IT resume?
Recent studies seem to show that IT professionals lie far more often on their resumes than their counterparts in industries outside information technology. But this can hurt you in the long run…
Read MoreDon’t Get Hired for the Wrong IT Job for You!
Bad hiring mistakes happen (and they are definitely terrible for all IT consultants, managers, coworkers, and technical recruiters involved). However, as an IT professional, you can take steps to protect yourself from being hired for the wrong IT jobs.
Read MoreAre You Actively Preparing For Your IT Interviews?
IT contractors who have been on the hunt for IT jobs before are probably used to being pretty passive, However, if you take a more active role in your search, whether you’re working with technical recruiters or not, you’ll be more likely to find a role you love.
Read More3 Quick Ways to Improve Your IT Job Search
While IT consultants can always count on IT recruiters and IT staffing agencies to provide them with great connections to companies that are hiring, there are some things that IT professionals can do to make sure they’re the most marketable candidate on their technical recruiters’ rosters.
Read MoreHow to Spot the Best IT Bosses for You
With more frequent job changes, come more frequent changes of bosses. IT professionals need to sharpen their abilities to spot not only the kinds of jobs that fit their resumes, but the kinds of bosses that fit their work styles.
Read MoreAdd these Words to Your IT Resume for 70% More Attention!
Creating perfect resumes isn’t easy, no matter how experienced your IT recruiters may be. It seems like there’s always some new trick that fellow IT contractors’ IT headhunters gave them. Today it’s your turn to be one of those IT consultants with the newest info on how to create the resume that gets you your…
Read MoreDon’t Make These Mistakes at Your IT Job!
You don’t have to be in one of your first jobs in information technology to be making some mistakes that really hurt your career. IT contractors could easily wind up missing some social cues for workplaces that really hurt their reputation with other IT consultants they work with or the IT recruiters they want to…
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