Important Things to Put on Your IT Resume

Even though the demand for IT professionals is increasing day by day, your resume will have a great impact on the kind of response you get from potential employers. Having a powerful resume will help you get the attention of the right employers and will help you land a job faster. This is why along with having the technical skills and experience, it is also important to create a resume that will impress the reader. In this article, we will explain some of the tips  and things to put on your resume to make it stand out so you [...]

How To Emulate Work In An IT Interview

While carrying out interviews, employers need to ascertain the inclusion of practices that will significantly help them find the perfect employee. The perfect employee is not necessarily the one with the highest qualification or the best resume, but in fact, as an employer, you should be looking for someone who is considered to be a right fit for the role and the company. When hiring IT professionals, it is essential to emulate work in the form of technical assessments or sessions that will reflect a true picture of the individual’s capability. In this article, we will explain why it [...]

What are the Costs of an IT Freelancer vs Full Time Employee [INFOGRAPHIC]

TITLE: What are the Costs of an IT Freelancer vs Full Time Employee Key Takeaways: Full Time Expenses  • PTO – 2- 4 weeks  • 401K with matching  • Time for Training  • Training / CLE training expenses  • Health / Dental / Life / STD / LTD Insurance  • The Lagniappe (a little something extra)  • Payroll taxes  • Medicare Taxes  • Social Security  • Workers Comp Insurance  • Unemployment Insurance  • HR cost These are at LEAST 30% - 50% of an Employee’s Salary Freelancers – Their rate for the hours they work. No Company should have [...]

It is a Very Good Time to Be a Software Developer [INFOGRAPHIC]

Title: It is a Very Good Time to be a Software Developer Takeaways: There are approximately 1.7M software developers, by a strict definition in the US For every software developer, there is another job as a DBA, analyst or support personnel For every software developer, there are even more jobs as QA, Salespeople selling the software, graphics designers, project managers and so on. There are nearly 250,000 open software development jobs 90% of software development jobs are outside Silicon Valley The average salary of these software development jobs is $104K 1% of the US population is employed as a [...]

These 5 IT Hires Can Cost You an Extra Million [INFOGRAPHIC]

TITLE: These 5 IT Hires Can Cost You an Extra Million Sub Title: The Cost of a bad hire can be high. Hiring the wrong developer can cost you more than just their salary. Bad hires can cause a company to spend unnecessarily on many fronts. Takeaways The Rewriter - They never saw a piece of code they liked except what they wrote themselves. Every time they look at a piece of code, they state “we need to rewrite this” Why is it a problem - Not everything needs to be rewritten, especially if it is working. The Resume [...]