Filed under: High Tech / IT / Software, Jobs/Employment
This week, our tech recruiting priorities are: QA Automation Engineer, DevOps Manager/Director and DevOps Engineer – Social Music Connection Platform; Senior Client Manager – IT Infrastructure Solutions; Platform Engineers – Games as a Service; and Read more »
Recruiting, Staffing & Employment News – July 2015
Filed under: Recruiting, Staffing & Employment News
Tech jobs are sizzling despite the cloud coverage! In June there was heavy hiring in Cloud Hosting, Mobile Connectivity, Virtual and Augmented Reality Games as a Service, and E-Payments, Bitcoin Financial Services. The roles in highest demand were: Customer Success Manager, Lead Platform Engineer, Demand Generation Manager, and Linux Technical Support.
The jobs report showed an increase in payrolls of 223,000 Read more »
Recruiting Success Stories: Nevin Greene, Software Engineer – Collaborative Software Development
Filed under: Featured Placements, High Tech / IT / Software
This late stage startup in the finance software sector has been growing aggressively. Recognized as the industry leader in the cloud-based method of IT development, Collabnet helps organizations leverage the cost and productivity benefits of collaborative development, agile methods and cloud computing to transform the way they develop and deploy applications. By partnering with Read more »
Tech Recruiting Priorities in Digital Health, FinTech, Software Version Management
Filed under: Jobs/Employment
This week, our tech recruiting priorities are: Enterprise Architect, Customer Success Manager – FinTech; iOS Engineer, Android Engineer – Digital Health; Product Managers – Software Version Management; and Read more »
Beating the Tech Talent Crunch: Ways to Shore Up the Talent Gap
Filed under: Best Practices, Employer, Recruiter / Recruiting, Redfish Speaks, Talent Acquisition, Talent Retention
The tech talent shortage has been compounding for some years, to the point we are hearing about the return of the candidate king. Sectors across various technology industries, engineering, and finance are experiencing difficulty acquiring and retaining much needed talent. Big talent gaps exist in software development and data science/analytics, and all across the science, engineering fields as well.
So what can you do to find the skilled talent you need? Read more »
Tech Trends: Internet and Mobile Penetration: From Gaming to Computing Everywhere
Filed under: Tech Trends
The 2015 Internet Trends report by KPCB’s Mary Meeker presents a lot of fun facts about internet usage and trends. US internet accessibility has hit 84% of the population already, and approximately 64% of Americans have smartphone subscriptions. Worldwide there are 2.8 billion Internet users (+ 8% over last year), and 2.1 billion mobile Internet users (+23%). Mobile data usage went up 69% last year, and 55% of that mobile data is from video.
The report also tells us that the user-generated live gaming / streaming audience is growing by 122% year over year. Internet offerings are expanding beyond gaming to music and movies, with content like exclusive live concerts and video game documentaries. Read more »
Tech Recruiting Priorities in Mobile Gaming, Virtual and Augmented Reality, B2B Demand Generation
Filed under: Jobs/Employment
This week, our tech recruiting priorities are: Front End Engineer & QA Automation Engineer – Mobile Gaming; Senior Platform Engineer – Virtual and Augmented Reality; Customer Success Manager – B2B Demand Generation; and Read more »
Use Social Media to Make Yourself More Attractive in the Job Market. Part 1
Filed under: Redfish Speaks, Social Media
By Leah O’Flynn Executive Recruiter & Team Manager, Tech Talent Division
Recruiting tools have come a long way since the days of file cabinets and fax machines. Today’s tools are social media and cloud-based applicant tracking systems. Professionals can make themselves more attractive in the job market by maintaining an active and professional online presence in the places where employers, recruiters, and colleagues are looking to connect.
Part one of this article will focus on where you should focus your online presence. Part two will address optimization of your social media in a competitive job market. Read more »
Sun Valley Wellness – The Men of Wellness: Scott Carlin, Rob Reeves, and Nick Maricich
Filed under: Community Service
Recognized as one of the top wellness events in the US, this year’s Sun Valley Wellness Festival brought together over 20 top speakers, writers and practitioners addressing body, mind, and spiritual wellness, including Alan Cohen of Chicken Soup for the Soul, anti-aging pioneer Dr. Uzzi Reiss, yoga master Saul David Raye, author of Eat, Pray, Love Elizabeth Gilbert and others came to inspire the valley to be well.
The Sun Valley Wellness Festival defines wellness as “the dynamic process of becoming aware of Read more »
Tech Recruiting Priorities in Big Data Analytics, Distributed Computing, AdTech
Filed under: High Tech / IT / Software, Jobs/Employment
This week, our tech recruiting priorities are: Full Stack and Software Development Engineers in Test, Principal Engineer Distributed Computing, Software Engineer Infrastructure Team, DevOps Engineer – Big Data Analytics; Senior System Software Engineer – Distributed Computing; Product Marketing Manager – AdTech Platform; and Read more »