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Streamlining Your IT Hiring Process: The Advantages of Partnering with a Direct Hire Recruiter

by Mike Miadich on April 27, 2023 in Candidate Selection, Client Relationship, General Business, Hiring, IT Recruiters, IT Staffing, Job Offers, Start-up Hiring Strategy

 

Why Work with a Direct Hire Recruiter? Identifying and hiring an IT technology worker—one with the right skills, experience and cultural fit—for a permanent position is a challenge for any employer. And in our current rapid hiring environment, it’s even more difficult to do so in an efficient and cost-effective manner. Jeff Miller, Co-Founder and […]

 

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How One Client Works to Reduce Bias in Hiring

by Mike Miadich on March 30, 2023 in Candidate Interviewing, Candidate Selection, Candidate Treatment, Hiring, IT Staffing

 

From the time we humans first gathered in groups, bias has existed. This instinctual bias serves a necessary purpose—protecting us from strangers who may pose a threat—but it can also divide us from the very people who could best benefit us. While we are a long way from our ancestors’ survival-based need to identify and […]

 

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Technical Skills or Communication Skills? 3 Areas to Focus on When Hiring Tech Talent

by Michael McCormack on September 21, 2020 in Candidate Selection

 

When it comes to finding the right IT professionals for your organization, what’s more important: technical skills or communication skills? In an ideal scenario, you’d hire the technical guru who is also able to effectively communicate with their peers. But in reality, this type of tech talent can be hard to find. As a result, […]

 

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Lowering the Average Cost Per Hire of IT Talent

by Dane Walker on September 16, 2016 in Candidate Selection

 

Not every talent acquisition expense is set in stone. Certain costs, like salary requirements and benefits, almost have a minimum buy-in due to the competitive nature of the talent market. Other expenses relating to the actual hiring process allow for more wiggle room, if business leaders know which processes to streamline and where the average […]

 

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How to Determine a Candidate’s Cultural Fit in an Interview

by Aaron Mills on August 11, 2015 in Candidate Interviewing, Candidate Selection

 

In recent years, there has been a noticeable struggle to fill direct hire IT positions. As the market experiences a polar shift, the demand for qualified IT professionals has increased beyond the talent supply. Fierce competition has arisen from that talent scarcity and has split most employers into one of two groups: those who move […]

 

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