According to Computerworld, anywhere from 500,000 to two million tech jobs go unfilled each year. Employers are hungry for tech talent, but with IT unemployment hovering at just 2 percent, there are simply more jobs than there are skilled professionals to fill them. This means with the right skill set and experience, you can write… Read more »
What Does the Future of Recruiting Look Like? Automated resume screening promises to be one of the hottest recruiting trends in 2017. Automated resume screening helps address one of the major challenges in recruiting: reviewing a large volume of resumes. In a recent report, Jobvite found that a typical job posting that attracts a high-volume… Read more »
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas A. Edison Like Thomas Edison’s incandescent light bulb, the biggest innovations in technology were not discovered and implemented on the first attempt. The road to success is actually littered with failure. In a recent interview with CIO magazine, Tom Willerer,… Read more »
An IT job search can almost be like taking on a career. It takes hours a day to research potential openings, apply, return phone calls, etc., often to come up empty handed. That’s in addition to spending time networking, boosting your presence on LinkedIn and building your brand as an IT professional. An effective way… Read more »
As much as developers hate them, and as critical as the industry has become of them, the whiteboard technical interview is still a tool that many companies use in their hiring process. Failing the technical interview can be mortifying, but lots of skilled developers fail the whiteboard every day, usually because they didn’t take the… Read more »
The holidays are for relaxing and spending time with family and friends. While it’s a nice sentiment, the end of the year is hectic, and it can be difficult to juggle year-end professional obligations with quality family time. If you find yourself traveling over this holiday season, here are 10 ways you can stay productive…. Read more »
To understand why building trust with tech candidates is so important, put yourself in a job seeker’s shoes. Consider how you would feel if you took time off of work for an interview. You arrived on time, but the hiring manager made you wait 30 minutes in the lobby. You did your best to impress… Read more »
The IT industry changes faster than almost any other sector in today’s economy. While everyone in every field must constantly update their skills and knowledge base, technology is a bit different. It can sometimes feel that you spend a great deal of time and effort mastering a skill only to discover it’s already falling out… Read more »
The last five years have been a veritable career boon for tech professionals, as demand and salaries have been on a steady upward swing. Employers, on the other hand, haven’t had quite the same experience. Hiring teams have faced year after year of pressure to find the right talent, pay them market value and then… Read more »
The business of recruiting is always evolving. However, it can be argued that no single generation has had such a swift and significant impact on the way companies attract, acquire and retain talent than millennials. If your organization isn’t adapting to Generation Y, you may find yourself on the losing end of the battle for… Read more »