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 More > Leadership in IT: Just do “it”?
Information technology has always had plenty of room for procrastination and general wasting of time. Productivity becomes difficult for IT managers to monitor when IT consultants spend most of their time on the computer. IT headhunters are often concerned about how disciplined an IT consultant might be, as they face the very real siren call … Read More > “Bob” – The Bane of IT staffing companies
IT recruiters and IT professionals encounter many issues when it comes to finding IT jobs for themselves or filling them for IT managers. Though it often may not be the most pressing concern, ethics and human rights are inescapable issues in information technology as a field. Apple is clearly one of the companies that has … Read More > Dealing with ethical concerns in the Technology Industry
Since the IT job market often insists that it’s not what you know, but who you know, it seems it would be wise for IT consultants to know who has the technical job opportunities they’re seeking. The source of many of the IT jobs that technical recruiters are working on is actually an area more known for … Read More > A lesser-known neonatal unit of America’s IT Industry
It might be January, but today feels more like Christmas Eve to the information technology industry. As a bipartisan group of senators are set to present a bill that will increase the H-1B cap (and increase it again, depending on the demands of the market), IT recruiting firms, IT managers and IT contractors are waiting … Read More > H-1B’s Might Drive Change for IT Recruiting Companies
What’s in your Facebook news feed? Freedom from restrictive IT staffing workplace policies. Well, limited freedom, anyway. IT recruiters and IT consultants have long extolled the value of having a blog or Twitter account to display one’s information technology acumen for potential IT jobs. The well-edited, visually appealing blog or Twitter stream is nothing short of a … Read More > Keep Cautious and Carry On: Social Networking Policies and IT Professionals
Could IT Professionals use some practice communicating? IT staffing firms Boston to IT recruiting companies CA have long been aware of “The Gap” model— A method of looking at the gap between IT consultants and the IT recruiters they serve. Hiring managers and IT headhunters are certainly looking for IT contractors who can deeply comprehend and … Read More > Programming a bridge over the Gap (Model)
As prospective IT consultants search the net for resume writing and interview tips, it would be in the best interest of IT recruiting firms to have helpful and interesting content that ensures these candidates land on their website and ultimately look at their IT jobs. In today’s social media age, YouTube is one of the … Read More > IT Recruiting Firms Embracing YouTube
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 More > Arming IT Staffing Salespeople with Technology
A dozen years ago IT recruiters relied upon paper resumes and referrals to identify IT consultants for various technical jobs. There were very few, if IT job boards and CRM’s to make the job of technical recruiters easier. The landscape today has changed dramatically. Here are the biggest advancements that have ultimately transformed the IT staffing industry: 1) … Read More > How Technology Has Impacted IT Recruiting