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Retaining engineers in “non-hip” industrial or manufacturing environments Dec 13

Life can be hard for an engineer. While some of their peers head off to work in an exciting, creative space, others might find a great-paying, meaningful job with excellent benefits in a less-than-stimulating environment. …

Is the Private Cloud Really Dying? Oct 30

In August of this year, Amazon’s AWS enjoyed a healthy $2.88 billion in revenue. Azure, Microsoft’s cloud offering, brought in $800 million.…

Here's What IT Job Candidates are Really Looking For Oct 27

The coming year is already starting to shape up for IT recruitment and hiring. Some trends are starting to fizzle out and new ones are on the rise. It’s all part of an industry that’s starting to mature at the end of the Great Recession. …

3 Reasons Your Interviews Flop and What to Do About It Oct 25

Are you tired of too many candidates rejecting job offers and running for the door? Do you learn very little about them from an interview that you couldn't have learned from their resume? Is new hire turnover too high? …

5 Network Security Best Practices and How Professional Services Can Help Jul 10

With malware and hacks becoming larger threats, businesses must stay hyper-vigilant about network security. Data breaches and other network security threats hit the headlines with an increasing degree of regularity. No business is immune. But you can help protect your data and the information of your clients and customers with a fresh start and a renewed commitment to policy and best practices. …

How to Turn a Rejected Job Offer Into a Hiring Plus May 25

In every hiring manager’s life, a sad little rain must fall. But if you capture it, you can water the garden of candidates to help it bear more happy fruit in the future. …

Which is Better: An Active or Passive Candidate? May 09

Active job candidates are engaged in the hunt. Passive candidates are probably not looking at all. That should mean that you’d have better luck pursuing active candidates to fill open positions, but it’s not always the case. …

If You Want a New Engineering Job, Try These 4 Cities Apr 24

Industries tend to gravitate toward and settle into certain parts of the country. Detroit is known for vehicles. Pittsburgh has its steel. As for STEM workers, specifically engineers, the U.S. has several pockets where opportunity, compensation and affordable living merge into a city worth thinking about. …

Want the best IT Job? Work with a Top IT Recruiter Apr 03

Do you want a recruiter or a super IT recruiter? If you’re in the market for your next IT job, a generalist might not be the best choice. Because IT isn’t one thing, but many things, recruiters need a skill set that’s both broad in connections and deep in knowledge. Find out why a recruiter contacted you. That’s how CIO recommends breaking the ice. From there, look for several clues that show it’s worth your time to follow through. …

IT Job Seekers Look Out: Pay in These 10 Cities Lags Behind Mar 27

Tired of chasing a great paycheck that's always out of reach? The city where you live and work partly determines whether your compensation is competitive or if it lags behind. A new study by Paysa reveals some genuine American stinkers. They examined millions of resumes and compared compensation, experience and other factors to location to arrive at their findings. …

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