If you are in IT, do this to your LinkedIn profile

LinkedIn is a powerful social media forum where you can hunt for employment in startups right up to multinational companies. It is a highly integrated and pretty straightforward platform where both potential candidates and employers meet. You could use it to connect with experts, share details of your professional experience with them and branch out in other possible avenues in your line of work. For people who work in information technology, they need to know LinkedIn is the favorite tool for IT recruiters. If you want to be found by IT recruiters, LinkedIn is the place to be found. It [...]

By |August 11th, 2017|IT career planning, IT Recruiting, IT resumes, IT Staffing|0 Comments
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You Still Need Soft Skills in IT

There are hundreds of businesses in the corporate world that incorporate thousands of official positions. Among them, there is not a single job that does not require you to have command over people skills. There is often ambiguity on how a person who is in the IT department needs soft skills. The IT department is like a machine that works well when all its components function properly and complement each other. Similarly, the efficiency of the staff in an office is highly dependent on how they gel together and work as one unit to produce results in a well-organized [...]

By |August 8th, 2017|IT career planning, IT Recruiting, IT resumes, IT Staffing|0 Comments
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5 Things to Never Do in an IT Job Interview

When applying for an IT job, your interview is arguably the most important factor that determines your chances of success. A good interview could exponentially increase your chances of getting the job. Thus, it is essential to pay attention to the do's and don'ts of an interview. Here are the five things you should never do in an IT job interview. 1. Showing up Unprepared No interviewer likes a know-it-all. What they hate even more is ignorance. Do not go to a meeting without having a fair idea of the questions the interviewer might ask you. Do some research [...]

By |August 4th, 2017|Interview Tips, IT career planning, IT Recruiting, IT Staffing|0 Comments
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Things to Think About When Offered an IT Contract-To-Hire Position

A contract-to-hire agreement is one where a contractor is hired by an employer for a pre-decided, probationary period of time, where the two parties check their compatibility with each other. There are various factors that you need to consider when it comes to working at a contract-to-hire position. 1. Why the company prefers contract-to-hire (C2H):  A very important factor in deciding whether to work at a contract-to-hire position or not is the history of the company when it comes to C2H. If the organization has a history of employing C2H workers, there’s a relatively greater chance of things going according [...]

By |July 25th, 2017|IT career planning, IT Recruiting, IT Staffing|0 Comments
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How IT Freelancers Pay Less Taxes

We work hard to earn money and then spend it to improve our way of life. Giving a large portion of that money to someone else, even the government, is unacceptable to many people. Of course we have to pay taxes for the development of infrastructure for ‘us’ only. But that doesn’t mean we can’t save up where possible, legally of course. IT freelancers and contractors are typically paid directly without taxes or other withholdings.  This means the IT freelancer has different tax considerations compared to a full-time employee. Here are a few ways how technology freelancers can save [...]

By |July 20th, 2017|IT career planning, IT Recruiting, IT Staffing|0 Comments
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