What you may be doing wrong and better stop before you recruit the wrong talent. Mishandling of the recruiting process can be costly. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that a bad hire cost a minimum of 30 percent of the salary of that position. Pile on a heaping helping…...
Choosing Between Two Great Candidates
It’s an enviable position to be in; you have a surplus of great candidates who are willing to join your team. The hard part is over, and your only remaining job is choosing between them. Enviable as it may be, it still poses a problem. In a perfect world, you’d…...
What’s the Real Cost of an Empty Desk in IT?
Has there long been a vacancy sign flashing over one of your IT positions? Though there’s an unspoken cost, it’s likely more than you would estimate. In fact, Glassdoor estimated that in recent years the roughly 260,000 unfilled jobs in the IT sector equated to $20.1 billion in lost value.…...
Closing the Deal: How to Win Over Top Tech Talent
Nothing beats the relief of finding your unicorn candidate and swiftly moving them through your hiring process. However, even if a candidate passes your interview with flying colors, there’s still one more question to ask: did you pass their interview? With an estimated one million more computing jobs than candidates…...
A Candidate Pipeline Helps a Business Run Smoothly
Human resources and recruitment professionals play a vital part in filling roles for your business; with a well-maintained candidate pipeline, you can find the right people before you even need them. If you've got a job opening, you want it filled fast. It may be a new position or an…...
The Future of IT: New Jobs Your Business Needs to Know About
The IT world is blooming with indispensable new professions The Information Technology industry represents the bleeding edge of Western Society. With each spark of innovation, a litany of potential functions - and vocations - explode into our collective consciousness. Whether it be honing the forces of the cloud, or a…...
IT Onboarding Matters: Here’s How to Get It Right
8 onboarding tips for welcoming your new IT hire. Do you remember your first day on the job? Everyone responds differently to being the new kid. As their employer, it’s your responsibility to make that transition smooth and productive. IT staff come with their own set of particularities; however, they…...
How Project Management Offices Support and Improve IT Project Outcomes
Ever wonder whether a project management office would have an impact on the success of your IT projects? Discover the different types of PMOs and how they can support you. Project management offices are either on-site or independent departments that manage projects and ensure company procedures, practices and operations run…...
Chief Information Officers: What You Should Know When Hiring a CIO
Everything you should know about hiring a chief information officer Success in technologically driven industries rests heavily on the shoulders of a company’s chief information officer (CIO). CIOs, like many IT professionals, come in a wide variety of specialties. Generally, they are the highest ranking technology executive on staff. What…...
What Hiring a Catering Company for Your Company Party Has in Common with the Big IT Project You’re Trying to Justify
Plan your IT project with a technology solutions partner for the same reason you’d use a caterer to make sure your company party goes off without a hitch. You’ve been put in charge of the company party. What do you do when you don’t even know how to spell hors…...