Employee Insights
How to Build a Stronger Company Culture for Your IT Team
Do you feel that your employees are not engaged? Before you place blame on them, it’s important to look at yourself as an employer. In many ways, your employees’ performance can be significantly connected to the type of culture you’ve created across your IT department, and perhaps your company as a whole. If your IT…
Read MoreHow Are Generation Z Workers Different?
Have you been so focused on millennials that you’ve forgotten about Generation Z? Believe it or not, Gen Z brings an entirely new perspective, work ethic and mindset to the workforce. As an employer, it’s your job to understand how this generation operates and adjust your practices to engage and retain this new wave of…
Read MoreThree IT Employee Retention Strategies to Implement Today
As top IT candidates now have many choices when it comes to employment, companies are scrambling to figure out the “secret sauce” for keeping their best IT workers. Most leaders know firsthand that retaining employees, especially their best and brightest talent, is easier said than done. As an employer, retention should be an ongoing priority…
Read MoreHow Much is That Vacant IT Position Really Costing You?
Vacancies at organizations occur all the time; however, the way they’re handled can impact how well an organization continues to function. Unfortunately, a vacant IT position can cost you much more than stress and aggravation. An understaffed team can bring down your entire IT department, even affecting the operations of your organization at large. Here…
Read MoreHow to Create a Workforce Planning Strategy
There is a lot that goes into effective workforce planning, especially in organizations with multiple internal teams and hundreds of employees. For the successful functioning of all your departments, investing in a recruiting partnership is critical for ensuring organizational goals are met. As you plan for your future staffing needs, here are some tips for…
Read MoreWhy You Need to Consider Remote IT Employees
Your IT department keeps your organization running like a well-oiled machine, which is why disturbances to your IT department can have negative consequences on your workforce and bottom line. Unfortunately, a vacant IT position can cost you much more than unnecessary stress and aggravation. If you often struggle to fill IT vacancies, it may be…
Read MoreIs Your Onboarding Process Effective for Your IT Talent?
As high-quality IT talent becomes harder to find, organizations must become more in tune with the needs and wants of IT employees – especially during their first few weeks on the job. In today’s workplace, simply having an onboarding process is no longer enough to effectively retain employees for the long haul. Successful onboarding programs…
Read MoreAdvice for Winning the Best Tech Talent
Why should an organization care about attracting the best tech talent? Because, hiring well is extremely important to your company’s success. It leads to increased employee engagement and reduces your employee turnover rate. Secondly, the demand for quality technical talent is increasing exponentially. Organizations across the United States are trying to compete against the best…
Read MoreMake Your Phone Interviews for Jobs in Technology Worthwhile
You’ve selected a quality group of potential candidates for your organization’s open role, what’s next? The next step in the process for many organizations hiring for jobs in technology is a round of screening phone interviews. This may seem like merely a preliminary step in the process, but when done correctly, it can provide valuable…
Read MoreLooking to Hire for an IT Position? Consider Hiring a Veteran!
With the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan winding down, there are a large number of veterans with focused technical training reentering the workforce. If you are trying to fill a vacant IT position, consider hiring a veteran. It could end up being the fastest, easiest, and most effective recruitment process you’ve ever been a part…
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