Employer Insights
If Top IT Candidates Interview Poorly, Should You Still Hire Them?
You find yourself in a difficult situation: You have identified a top IT candidate looking for a new opportunity and convinced them to apply for one of your vacancies. Their track record speaks for itself and their resume and cover letter are highly impressive. The interview seems like a mere formality, but once it starts,…
Read MoreWhen to Utilize Contract Employment
According to the American Staffing Association, in any given week as many as 3 million Americans are employed in contract positions. And over the course of a year, 14 million will take on some kind of contract role. There was a time when contract employment was limited almost entirely to clerical and administrative roles, but…
Read MoreWhy Background Checks are Crucial for an IT Position
As you vet candidates for an IT position, running a background check is crucial. In fact, you should use the adage, “trust but verify” for any candidates resume, cover letter, or interview.. These are a few of the reasons a background check is such an important part of the IT recruiting process. Secure Your Data…
Read MoreINSPYR Solutions Ranked Among SIA’s List of The “2015 Fastest-Growing Staffing Firms In The U.S.”
Coral Springs, FL – TekPartners, now INSPYR Solutions, is pleased to announce our ranking in Staffing Industry Analyst’s list of “2015 Fastest Growing Staffing Firms in the U.S.”. Of the 102 firms to make the list, INSPYR Solutions came in #20 overall with 2014 staffing revenue of $153.3 million, and an annual compound growth rate…
Read More3 Tips to Improve Your IT Management Style
No manager is perfect. Even if you consistently meet deadlines, exceed all your production quotas, supervise a team that respects you, and serve as the architect of innovation, there is room for improvement. With that fact in mind, we have put together this list of three tips to help you upgrade your IT management style…
Read MoreStrategies to Increase IT Employee Productivity
As an IT leader, it’s not your responsibility to maintain the status quo. Your job is instead to encourage and enable your team to work faster, smarter, and more efficiently so that they can ultimately accomplish more. This is a notoriously difficult goal, but with the right management strategy it can be achieved. Here are…
Read MoreWhat Makes a Great IT Leader?
Good leaders are common in IT. But the difference between a good leader and a great leader is significant, and it is only the great ones that have the vision and drive to marshal in the next great innovation. If you want to operate on the cutting edge, get more out of your team, and…
Read MoreIs Your Hiring Strategy Costing You Talent?
Recruitment has always been a one-sided process. Conventional wisdom suggests that companies willing to offer someone a job, benefits, office, and other perks could carry out recruitment in any manor they pleased, even if it did a huge disservice to candidates. In recent years, however, new thinking has emerged that suggests the hostility of the…
Read MoreWhy Work-Life Balance is Increasingly Important for Employers
In the past, it was enough for an employer to give employees a fair wage, a comfortable place to work, and a reasonable hope for advancement. But it is becoming increasingly important for employers to take a broader perspective and think about the way professional life and personal life intersect. This is most commonly known…
Read MoreStrategies to Engage IT Employees
There are two sides to your human resources strategy – recruitment and retention. A lot of focus gets placed on the recruitment side, but retention is just as important, and just as tricky. A major part of your retention effort has to be spent on keeping your IT employees engaged, because if this notoriously restless…
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