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- Hiring new people: Choosing between skills and attitude
- Hiring the right person for a job is one of the most critical decisions a CIO makes. A bad hiring decision can take years to correct. What should you value more: skills or attitude? Scott Lowe believes that, to a point, attitude trumps skill. by Scott Lowe
- Tags: Hiring, Job, Skill, Attitude, Scott Lowe, Candidate 2, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Six questions to ask yourself before expanding your IT consultancy
- Don't expand your IT consultancy without asking yourself these six important questions. If you still decide to take the plunge, find out what Chip Camden advises to ease into the transition. by Chip Camden
- Tags: Hiring, Information Technology, Consulting, Recruitment & Selection, Outsourcing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Chip Camden
- Blog posts 2008-06-28
- The IT talent crunch and why it's the CIO's fault
- In order to survive the IT talent crunch, CIOs need to stop looking for people with particular certifications or technical talents. They need to look instead for technical people who are willing to learn. by Patrick Gray
- Tags: Talent, Hiring, CIO, Certification, Information Technology, Patrick Gray, Prevoyance Group, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management
- Blog posts 2008-06-25
- Poll results: Do hiring managers consider your resume's Objectives statement?
- Last week, I opened up a discussion by asking if you use the Objectives section on your resume. Apparently, this was a topic a lot of you feel strongly about because 172 posted your reasons for or against the resume element. Many said they use it to let the potential...
- Tags: Hiring, Job, Section, Recruitment & Selection, Professional Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Career, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Do you use the Objectives section on your resume?
- I've got a question I'd like to throw out to you guys. You know that place -- usually at the beginning -- on a resume where you list your career objective or your general characteristics or qualifications? For example, this is the place you'd see "Committed to superior customer service"...
- Tags: Hiring, Section, Qualification, Recruitment & Selection, Professional Development, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Career, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Managers: Do you pay any attention to a resume Objective statement?
- We've got a discussion going on over in IT Career Management about the use of that first part of a resume that is reserved for Objective or Qualifications. For example, this is the place you'd see "Committed to superior customer service" or "Great interpersonal skills." I'd like to know if...
- Tags: Hiring, Manager, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- The value of information security certs
- It's hard to believe now, but just a few years ago, only the largest organizations were concerned with the need for network security. Now, of course, even smaller organizations are seeing the importance of security. According to a just-released report from Global Information Security Workforce, there's been a 10%...
- Tags: Information Security, Hiring, Certification, Quality, Recruitment & Selection, Security, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- What's more important at the entry-level, a service attitude or technical aptitude?
- I'm looking at hiring people for a couple of new IT positions in my office. One of these jobs is for a full-time professional that we hope can help us on some upcoming Web development projects. The other position is for a part-time support assistant, and since we're based here...
- Tags: Hiring, Customer Service, Position, Qualification, Recruitment & Selection, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, William Jones
- Blog posts 2008-04-29
- Hiring help at your fingertips
- You've all seen IT hiring kits advertised. The ones that include 80 job descriptions for only about a grand? They may be useful if you're the CIO for a company big enough to house 80 IT positions. But for most of us, our personnel needs are a little more focused....
- Tags: Hiring, Job, Kit, Microsoft SQL Server, Information Technology, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Databases, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Software, Data Management, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- 10 traits to look for when you're hiring a programmer
- Programmers come with a wide range of skill sets, hail from many countries and cultures, and can have differing backgrounds and experiences. Nevertheless, certain qualities can mean the difference between a great programmer and someone who's not so great. Here are 10 things to look for when you're hiring a...
- Tags: Hiring, Programmer, Programming, Candidate, Daycoders, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Justin James
- Blog posts 2008-03-05
- Are you embellishing your resume or just plain lying?
- Most people embellish their resumes. In fact, there's quite an art to wording accomplishments so that they appear better than they actually were. But if you're not exactly forthright about your education or dates of employment at previous companies-facts that are easy to check--you could be cutting...
- Tags: Hiring, Fraud, Hiring Manager, Recruitment & Selection, Litigation, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
- 2007 news headlines may affect 2008 hiring
- Soaring oil prices, the debut of the iPhone, the mortgage crisis, and toy recalls: Those were the trends and events of 2007 that will more than likely affect the hiring landscape in 2008. The price of gasoline In response to rising gas prices, you will be seeing the...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Hiring, Job, Mortgages, Recruitment & Selection, Research & Development, Social Networking, Finance, Capital Structures, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2007-12-14
- A look at hiring trends for the first quarter of 2008
- According to the latest Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills report, 13 percent of CIOs plan to add IT staff and 3 percent anticipate personnel reductions in the first quarter of 2008. (The Hiring Index and Skills Report is based on interviews with more than 1,400 CIOs from...
- Tags: Hiring, CIO, Network, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2007-12-04
- 10 tips for writing a job-winning developer resume
- As seasoned job hunters know, the first step on the road to finding work is to write a resume that gets you the interview. Unfortunately, some of the traditional resume writing rules just do not work well in the software development industry. Here are 10 tips for writing a programmer...
- Tags: Hiring, Job, Developer, Problem, Programming, Hiring Manager, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Justin James
- Blog posts 2007-11-28
- Is employee dependability out of style?
- Remember when you had to find creative ways to cover up a spotty work history? Like creating a functional resume instead of a chronological one in order to hide the fact that you worked for six different companies in the last two years, or that your last three jobs were...
- Tags: Hiring, Job, Recruitment & Selection, Asset Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
- Write a resume that will land you a programming job
- I usually read 5 - 20 resumes each week. Both my boss and I are extremely busy, so it's important that a programmer's resume grab our attention quickly by providing the right mix of necessary information with something that makes that person stand out from the pack. I've been...
- Tags: Hiring, Job, Developer, Web, Experience, Font, Programming, Recruitment & Selection, C#, Development Tools, Channel Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Marketing, Justin James
- Blog posts 2007-10-08
- Steer clear of these 10 illegal job interview questions
- Although HR departments should be aware of questions that are illegal to ask prospective employees, some hiring managers aren't so savvy. Many illegal questions are easy for just about anyone with elementary social graces to avoid, but others might surprise you. In general, you should not ask interviewees about their...
- Tags: Hiring, Job, Question, Suzanne Thornberry
- Blog posts 2007-09-17
- How your tech resume should differ from a general resume
- Resume writing has almost become a science. There are a gazillion companies out there that exist only to help people create resumes that will garner interviews. While many of the standard resume suggestions work for any type of resume, there a few tweaks you'll need to make in order to...
- Tags: Hiring, Tech, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2007-08-30
- IT executive recruiting down
- According to an article in darkreading.com, the tech industry had nearly 14% fewer executive searches in the second quarter of this year, compared with the first quarter. Some experts think this could indicate a slowdown in tech hiring in general. From the article:"In general, executive search activity is an economic...
- Tags: Hiring, Information Technology, Recruiting, Toni Bowers
- Blog posts 2007-08-20
- 10 questions you shouldn't ask when you're being interviewed for a job
- This information is also available as a PDF download.At the end of an interview, most interviewers like to throw out the question, "Do you have any questions for me?" Almost all interviewers will ask if you have any questions, so be prepared to ask something. If you've done your research,...
- Tags: Hiring, Job, Question, Hiring Manager, Suzanne Thornberry
- Blog posts 2007-08-13
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