Tech Recruiting Priorities in E-Learning and B2B Big Data
Filed under: Jobs/Employment
This week, our tech recruiting priorities are: Account Executives & Regional Sales Director – E-Learning; Java Engineer, Full-Stack Developer, Natural Language Data Scientist, & UI/UX Engineer – B2B Big Data; and Read more »
What a Recruiter Looks For When Reading Your Resume
Filed under: Job Search, Redfish Speaks, Resume
Jon Piggins – IT Recruiter, Sales & Marketing
While I do not look through all of the 3M resumes that Google receives every year, my day often starts with resume review. I search our company database, various job boards, LinkedIn, etc; and just one search may bring back hundreds of resumes. For example, this morning 293 new or updated resumes came up, and out of those I only downloaded three.
Pundits say that your resume gets between 6 and 15 seconds of attention. So what I am and other recruiters looking for in those precious seconds? Read more »
Recruiting Success Stories: Usman Shafique, Automation Engineer – Encryption/Security
Filed under: Featured Placements, High Tech / IT / Software
As a leader in secure mail and data solutions, this company has proven data-centric encryption and tokenization technology that protects the most sensitive information wherever it is: in the cloud, across mobile platforms, in big data environments, or within legacy computer systems. The Director of Engineering at Read more »
Tech Recruiting Priorities in eCommerce, Collaboration, Social Music Connection software
Filed under: High Tech / IT / Software
This week, our tech recruiting priorities are: Assistant Controller – eCommerce; Product Marketing Manager – Communication & Collaboration; Senior Backend Engineer – Social Music Connection; and Read more »
The Proper Care and Feeding of Millennials in the Workplace
Filed under: Employer, Hiring Strategies, Talent Acquisition, Talent Retention
Recruiting and retaining Millennials depends on understanding who they are and what they want and having a Millennial Talent Management Strategy.
Millennials are those born in the 80s and 90s more or less, basically the 20-40 year old work force. Millennials now make up just over one-third of the workforce (more than the Bookers or Generation X) and by 2020 Millennials will form 50% of the global workforce.
Described in many ways: ‘hopeful’, ‘narcissistic’, ‘nomads’. These digital natives certainly are tech-savvy, connected, mobile, and social. As opposed to previous generations, the millennials are much more attracted to on-demand work, and flexibility of all flavors. As compared to Gen X, this cohort is considered by hiring managers to be much more open to change (72% Millennials vs 28% Gen X), much more creative, money-driven, and adaptable, with a bit more of an entrepreneurial attitude. Millennials are a bit less confident (46%) than Gen X (54%), and much less team players (27%) as compared to Gen X (73%), according to KPCB’s Internet Trends 2015.
It’s a candidate’s market with low-tech unemployment and companies battling it out over the same employee pool in many areas. The Millennials have come of age and Read more »
Tech Trends: Cyber Crime & Internet/Email Security Costs & Solutions
Filed under: High Tech / IT / Software, Industry Info, Tech Trends
The tenth annual 2015 Cost of Data Breach Study, conducted by Ponemon Institute and sponsored by IBM, reports that the average cost for each lost or stolen record with sensitive or confidential information as grown from $201 to $217, and the average cost paid by companies located in the U.S. has gone from $5.9 million to $6.5 million. That is an 11% increase in the total cost of data breach, and there has been an 8% increase in the cost per lost or stolen record. 49% of data breach incidents are malicious or criminal attacks, 19% caused by negligent employees, and 32% result from Read more »
Tech Recruiting Priorities in App Security and Cloud Technology
Filed under: Jobs/Employment
This week, our tech recruiting priorities are: Reverse Engineer and DevOps Engineer – App Security; Software Engineer, Data Platform – Cloud Technology; and Read more »
Use Social Media to Make Yourself More Attractive in the Job Market. Part 2
Filed under: Job Search, Redfish Speaks, Social Media
Leah O’Flynn, Tech Recruiter
By Leah O’Flynn Executive Recruiter & Team Manager, Tech Talent Division
Part one of this article focused on where you should spend your time making an online presence. Now that you know where to be, how do you make the most of your online presence?
As a recruiter, I look at social media pages to connect with people with the experience and skills I seek. Also, I use it to get an idea of who you are, what your personality is and if you will fit into a particular corporate culture. Employers and recruiters will find your profile more attractive if you follow some of this advice: Read more »
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 »
