Posts Tagged ‘technical recruiters’
Success in IT– More than Just Job Performance
IT Staffing companies and IT managers have plenty of criteria for what makes good IT professionals. Though some of these criteria are obvious from resumes, IT recruiting companies definitely have preferences that extend to more personal areas, like behavior in the workplace. IT staffing firms definitely prefer to work with IT contractors who are social,…
Read MoreEntering a New IT Company’s Culture
Information technology offers a rich diversity of company cultures. IT professionals can hardly point to one particular code of conduct or set of expectations that all IT managers follow. IT staffing companies rarely encounter IT jobs that even have the same exact dress codes. There are always little nuances that IT consultants and technical recruiters…
Read MoreIt’s a Startup World—in IT at Least
IT staffing firms have noticed IT managers and IT contractors heading to startupsin droves recently. Information technology lends itself especially well to the start-up format, so it’s no wonder that IT consultants seem to find that company format the most alluring. The speed of the Internet and technology in general certainly lends itself to small…
Read MoreThe Rise of the IT Celebrity
Technical recruiters and IT professionals have noticed a trend in information technology: the making of IT celebrities. IT staffing firms, IT consultants, and IT managers are often not even remotely famous. In fact, IT headhunters and IT contractors tend to be anonymous even at work, represented by their email signature or code rather than their…
Read MoreHow Young IT grads Can Impress IT Recruiters Quickly
Technical recruiters and IT managers alike love working with young IT professionals. However, IT staffing firms can only work with IT consultants that act as polished and professional, rather than young and inexperienced. IT contractors whose resumes reflect little more than a recent graduation from school can do a few things to make themselves stand…
Read MorePull Your Head Out of the Sand and Get in the Social Media Game
Information technology, more than in any other field, is not the place to lack presence on social media. Whether you are IT professionals or a company with plenty of IT jobs, it’s imperative to make sure you put forth an image of yourself on social media. IT recruiting companies, IT consultants, and IT managers cannot…
Read MoreFailing in IT? It's Ok!
IT recruiters CA to IT recruiters Boston tend to subscribe to the conventional wisdom about failure: avoid it. But technical recruiters and IT professionals should seriously re-think their concept of failure. As the founder of Linked In, Reid Hoffman, is now advocating in his new book, failure is merely an opportunity to learn in your…
Read MoreVarying Workplace Culture in IT
IT recruiters CA to IT recruiters Boston have seen some vastly different workplace cultures. Even in one industry like information technology, there are few standardized features of workplace culture that IT contractors can expect. Such vast differences in workplace culture certainly stem from IT managers and their companies. Some technical recruiters find that companies believe the…
Read MoreCyclical Happiness in IT
Information technology is certainly stands apart from most fields in most ways. However, there is one commonality that it tends to share with other professional fields: its happiest employees are generally its most valuable. Happy IT consultants are not just pleasant to work with, they also get a lot more work done for IT managers…
Read MoreManagers: How to Respond to Requests for a Raise
IT managers have a myriad of dreaded conversations with their IT contractors. Perhaps the most dreaded conversation, though, is when employees ask for a raise. While IT recruiting firms certainly try to negotiate the best salary possible for IT consultants upon entry of a new job, over time this amount will almost certainly become less…
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