The 18th season of Bravo’s cooking competition Top Chef recently premiered. It follows the basic cooking show format – chefs cook, are judged, and someone is eliminated. Top Chef is a season-long competition with a hefty cash prize and other perks for the winner. I enjoy the competition and perhaps get a few inspirations for […]
2020 was a difficult year, and it’s easy to lose hope in the future with so much doom and gloom dominating the news. But we’re optimistic for the future and are here to tell you why in our free 2021 Silicon Valley IT Salary Guide. Need to know the most up-to-date salary levels for technology […]
How do you make sure the people you’re hiring are the right people for your business? It’s an easy question to ask, but a very difficult one to answer. After all, it can singlehandedly shed light on inefficiencies in your interviewing, vetting, and onboarding processes. Given how common this question is, it’s clear that candidate […]
Lack of feedback. Providing the wrong job description. Failed background tests. Not telling the whole truth. These are just a few of the issues that can arise in the three-way circle that encompasses staffing firms, their candidates, and clients. For hiring managers, it’s frustrating when a candidate shows up to an interview and is a […]
In the 21st century, machine learning is all around us. It is listening to us, it is defining us, it is identifying us and it is collecting data around the world to drive insights into the future of business and our society. What used to be a relatively unexciting piece of technology (machine learning has […]
At a time when each open IT position in a company represents an outright battle to find and hire a great tech pro, it’s easy to think that the best approach is to act quickly and bypass anything that seems like it might slow you down. In many cases, this may mean that departmental managers […]
The old adage is true: good people are hard to find. In many industries, and especially when it concerns IT talent, open roles drastically outnumber skilled professionals. Naturally, organizations respond to this skills shortage by ramping up recruiting efforts, but this often results in an increased response from unqualified applicants. While the overall quality of […]
Do you find the Olympics inspiring? Do you think to yourself – maybe I could do that? Or maybe more realistically, you’ve found yourself thinking – that reminds me of… That’s what I’ve found myself doing over the past two weeks. In between being awed by the skill of the athletes, and moved by so […]
There’s a lot of attention paid to the beginning of a contract assignment and most of us are aware that there are things that must be done to get off to a good start. Once you’re on the job though, your attention is rightfully on getting the work done and it can be easy for […]