Is Your IT Team Getting Burned Out?

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  Keeping employee fatigue from stifling the productivity of your IT team is the goal of all technology managers. An overworked staff also leads to a greater number of mistakes, a risk not worth taking in a competitive tech industry. Being able to detect burnout among your employees – before it hampers operations – needs… Read more »

Can Pay Transparency Improve Tech Retention?

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  In an economy highlighted by a shortage of quality technology professionals, maintaining a high retention rate plays a key role in the overall efficiency and productivity of many businesses. It is also helps an organization’s HR-related expenses stay at a minimum – not surprising considering the high cost of the hiring process. Interestingly, organizations… Read more »

How to Nail Your Interview when You’re an Introvert

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  An introverted personality needn’t hamper your chances at a great position in the technology industry. Sure, a well-crafted resume, personalized cover letter, and solid job search plan helps get you in the door, but the interview still plays the most important role in earning you that coveted offer. Performing well during a job interview… Read more »

Why Your Tech Recruiters Need to Boost Their Social Media Skills

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  There’s no denying social media now plays an increasingly important role in matching technology candidates with the companies that need their talent. The days of perusing the want ads of the Sunday newspaper for interesting opportunities are long gone. With millennials essentially tethered to their smartphones, recruiters must hone their social media skills to… Read more »

How to Find a Tech Recruiter Who Puts You First

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  Partnering with a talented, experienced and trustworthy technology recruiter is a smart choice for any IT pro. This rule applies whether you are fresh out of school looking for your first gig, or an experienced candidate hoping for a new challenge. The top recruiters know their way around the industry and can help ensure… Read more »

Six Hiring Trends You Need to be Aware Of

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  Managing the staffing needs for any technical organization requires close attention to an ever-changing industry. New technologies seem to arrive on a monthly basis, requiring your HR team to stay abreast of the latest buzzwords and jargon. Understanding the evolving needs of the modern IT workforce – especially talent from the millennial generation –… Read more »

The Right Interview Questions to Ask Automation Engineer Candidates

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  As robotics continue to make inroads in manufacturing and other industry sectors, the need for talented automation engineers is growing at a high rate. Perusing a candidate’s résumé to learn about their skill set and work history only serves for selecting applicants for an interview. Meeting one-on-one with each person still gives you the… Read more »

How Will Big Data Shape AI?

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  As businesses of all sizes struggle with making actionable sense out of the masses of data generated by social media and other sources, they are finding that Big Data and artificial intelligence (AI) form a great team. Machine learning and AI are growing in relevance throughout the industry because of this acute need for… Read more »

Why It’s Time to Incorporate Ethics Into Big Data Analytics Projects

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  The massive amounts of data gathered from social media networking and eCommerce raise privacy and other ethical issues for consumers and businesses. For one, there is a risk organizations might make the wrong assumption in their data analysis, leading to a poor decision adversely affecting their stock price – or worse. Many industry experts… Read more »

How to Track Tech Employees’ Productivity Without Being Big Brother

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  In this competitive business era with Agile and DevOps taking technology companies’ efficiency to a higher level, tracking employee productivity continues to grow in importance. How to keep a watchful eye on your team’s work without raising privacy concerns is another question. Finding a way to balance the two concerns remains a worthy goal… Read more »