Your career is in IT, not the theater—so how have you found yourself in what looks and feels more like an audition? Welcome to the group interview, where employers bring a pool of job applicants together to face a panel of human resources staff, managers, supervisors, and even potential co-workers. Usually the candidate group is ...
Read moreCisco CEO John Chambers once said, “A world-class engineer with five peers can out-produce 200 regular engineers.” Yet a recent survey of CIOs revealed that 65% believe that finding skilled professionals today is a challenge. So how do you hire the best and avoid the rest? Recruiting is both an art and a science—tap into ...
Read moreAccording to a LinkedIn survey, 41% of nearly 2,000 professionals said that when evaluating candidates’ resumes, they consider volunteer experience to be equally as valuable as paid work experience. Yet only 45% of the candidates surveyed actually included volunteer experience on their resumes. Whether your goal is to get experience for an outside job, or ...
Read moreThe recession means that more companies than ever before are relying on contract employees. Since their numbers can be scaled quickly and cleanly, many companies may stick with the safety and flexibility of this new staffing model, even as the economy begins to recover. With recovery comes increased competition, however, and forward-thinking hiring managers may ...
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