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    Best Practices

    Lessons From The Top IT Employers

    June 26, 2014  |  Best Practices, IT staffing and recruiting, Retention

     

    As we have talked about many times on this blog, finding and retaining IT talent has been, and for the foreseeable future will be, one of the most pressing business challenges for employers. The challenge has become so great that offering perks such as free gourmet lunches, five figure referral bonuses, and time to work […]

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    3 Hiring Lessons From The Tech Giants

    June 17, 2014  |  Best Practices, Hiring, IT jobs

     

    There is little disagreement that hiring the right people is the most important part of building a successful company. Finding the best employees to fill the proper roles is what makes a company hum. There are many steps to accomplishing this, the most important of which is often the interview. This is why it was […]

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    Still Using a Rank and Yank” Employee Performance Model? Well Don’t.”

    May 1, 2014  |  Best Practices, Human Resources

     

    Is your performance review process stifling creativity and collaboration while driving away some of your best people? If you employ a forced ranking scale, what’s often referred to as a “rank and yank” model, you may very well be doing just that.

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    How To Effectively Engage The Technical Introvert

    April 29, 2014  |  Best Practices, IT staffing and recruiting

     

    We all know the common stereotype of an IT professional – socially awkward loners who enjoy spending most of their time in front of a computer screen. Behind this stereotype though are the very real differences between introverts and extroverts. We live in a world that overly rewards the socially outgoing extrovert, misunderstands introverts, and […]

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    The 3 Keys To Recruit And Hire The Best IT Talent

    April 17, 2014  |  Best Practices, IT staffing and recruiting

     

    By far the question I am asked most often is “how can I find the best IT workers,” and recently, with the job market for many areas statistically at 0%, “how can I find any IT workers!” I also field questions about how to retain those workers – whether it is ensuring that a consultant […]

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    What Happens When An IT Contractor Walks Out?

    April 8, 2014  |  Best Practices, IT staffing and recruiting, Retention, Staffing

     

    It’s one of our worst nightmares: an IT contractor walks out on an assignment in the middle of the day. My heart sank when I read the story of a UI/UX Designer placed at Apple who did just that. Contract Worker Walks Out on His Dream Job at Apple – Literally. Thanks to Staffing Talk […]

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    Need-to-Know” LinkedIn Tips For Corporate Supplier Diversity Professionals”

    December 3, 2013  |  Best Practices, Supplier Diversity

     

    They sometimes say that in the business world “your network is your net worth.” There’s a lot of truth in that idea and it’s been that way since, well, probably since commerce was invented centuries ago. What is different now is how we network and the countless ways that we connect. Technology has changed everything: […]

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    The Difficult Part of Making a Great Hire

    October 17, 2013  |  Best Practices, Hiring

     

    Making your next hire a perfect one is everyone’s goal. The ideal candidate, the perfect fit, the purple squirrel – it’s what we all search for, whatever your role in the recruiting and hiring process. Evaluating candidates and trying to predict future success during the interview process can be a daunting prospect. Everyone has a […]

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    The Most Important Type of Networking

    October 2, 2013  |  Best Practices

     

    Networking is often viewed as something that is done at conferences, trade shows, banquets, and even happy hours – in other words outside of work and the office. You strike up conversations, ask people what they do, get them to talk about themselves, and if all goes well, connect with them on LinkedIn to expand […]

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