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…...

The Transparent Tech Team
Why it's time to stop looking for top IT talent where you've always found them. If your business has been having trouble finding IT staff, you're not alone. Tech talent has been at a premium for some time. The late months of 2016 saw a global talent shortage, with 40%…...

What are today’s top IT talent looking for? Money’s a motivator, but it’s not the only attractor.
How recruiters can help their clients move beyond salary and uncover the rest of the reasons why people would want to work for them. If money was no object, we would triple everyone’s salary, so they earned enough not to have any concerns about money. It’s an interesting theory –…...

Why Employee Satisfaction Isn’t the Right Metric
Smart companies know that employee engagement leads to higher retention, profits, and growth. With 40 percent of employers worldwide struggling to fill IT jobs, companies have gone above and beyond to keep their talent happy, dangling free day care, company cars, and liberal vacation policies. But research shows that these…...

Freelance IT Employees and the 1099 Revolution
If you aren’t considering freelancers, you’re missing the IT recruiting boat. Businesses can fail, bosses can be abusive, co-workers incompetent. We don’t think about it this way, but when a person accepts a job, they’re putting themselves at even more risk than the company that hired them. It means turning…...

Why a Resume Isn’t Everything When Hiring Tech Talent
Resumes can make notorious first impressions. Wouldn’t you rather start with some insight on their reputation? But I’m so much more than my resume. Of course you are, my bright little star. But I haven’t got time to figure that out. So goes the saga of job candidates and hiring…...