8 Interview Questions about Remote Work

With remote work becoming increasingly frequently, companies must re-evaluate their interview processes to find suitable remote workers. For the most part, interviewing a remote employee is similar to an in-office employee. However, there are some specific areas you need to cover in order to ensure whether a candidate is a suitable fit for your remote workforce. In this article, we will be discussing the most important remote job interview questions that hiring managers should ask remote candidates. Let’s get started. 1.     Have They Worked Remotely Before? The first you need to ask a remote candidate is whether they have worked [...]

By |June 2nd, 2020|IT career planning|0 Comments
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How to Find Remote IT Jobs

Do you enjoy job flexibility? You are not the only one. As per a 2016 study by Deloitte, 75 percent of the millennial workforce prefers to work for organizations that offer a chance to work remotely. Of course, given the current global situation, remote work has become a necessity. Nevertheless, finding a remote IT job can still be a challenge. In this article, we discuss the nuances of the remote hiring process and how you can find remote IT jobs. Let’s get started. 1.   Get In Touch With an IT Staffing Firm The first thing you need to do is [...]

By |May 18th, 2020|IT career planning|0 Comments
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Career Advice to New IT Grads During COVID

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By |May 16th, 2020|IT career planning|0 Comments
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Additional Insight into Corona Virus Related Job Losses

Since the Corona Virus Event started, The US has had over 33 million unemployment claims and lost 21.2 million jobs. First, a quick primer on why the is a 12 million difference between the unemployment claims and job losses. Unemployment claims are a hard tally. Someone had to personally file a claim to get counted. Job losses is a statistical sampling done by the Department of Labor. It relies on companies revealing their interpretation of the job loss. A furloughed job may not count as a loss. The two typically move close in tandem. Not so when there is [...]

By |May 10th, 2020|Houston IT Market, IT career planning, IT Jobs Report|0 Comments
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Remote IT was Trending Before COVID

The novel coronavirus epidemic has toppled the economy and has caused widespread disruption to global supply chains. Governments are forced to enforce lockdowns to curb the spread of the virus. And while social distancing measures are known to work admirably well against contagions, its biggest drawback so far is the widespread loss of jobs. A large percentage of employees are being asked to work from their homes. And while remote work wasn’t an impossibility before the coronavirus came along, the pandemic has transformed the digital landscape, forcing businesses to either adapt or get swept under the rug. Companies are always [...]

By |May 7th, 2020|IT career planning|0 Comments
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