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Job Tips and Job News – Tips for Discouraged Job Seekers

June 28, 2010/0 Comments/in Information Technology, IT Workers, Job Seekers, Job Tips/by admin

Tired, discouraged, feeling like you’ll never find a job? Need a job, but nothing you do seems to be working? When you’re having a tough time finding a job, or even finding jobs to apply for, it’s important to expand your job search. Don’t limit yourself to applying for the jobs you find posted online. […]

Retaining IT Workers – 8 Ways to Keep Your Best Workers on Board

June 25, 2010/0 Comments/in Dallas IT Contractors, Dallas IT Managers, Dallas IT Staff Augmentation, Dallas IT Staffing, IT, IT Budgets, IT Workers/by admin

Job Tips and Job News – Tips for Discouraged Job Seekers

June 28, 2010/0 Comments/in Information Technology, IT Workers, Job Seekers, Job Tips/by admin

Retaining IT Workers – 8 Ways to Keep Your Best Workers on Board

June 25, 2010/0 Comments/in Dallas IT Contractors, Dallas IT Managers, Dallas IT Staff Augmentation, Dallas IT Staffing, IT, IT Budgets, IT Workers/by admin

Tired, discouraged, feeling like you’ll never find a job? Need a job, but nothing you do seems to be working?

When you’re having a tough time finding a job, or even finding jobs to apply for, it’s important to expand your job search. Don’t limit yourself to applying for the jobs you find posted online.

Companies may be hiring that don’t post job listings other than on their company web site – or not all. Expanding your job search will help you find unadvertised openings and enable you to proactively seek employment at companies of interest.

Make a Target List of Companies

If you don’t have a target list of companies yet – a short list of employers you would be thrilled to work for, it’s worthwhile taking the time to research company information and create a list of companies to target in your job search. All the information you need is available on the web, and it’s easy to find detailed information about potential employers online.

Once you have a list, the next step is outreaching to contacts at the company. Use LinkedIn’s companies section as a tool to find company information. You’ll be able see your contacts at the company, new hires, jobs posted, and company statistics. Check the company web site and Google the company to find more contacts at the employer who could be potentially be interested in hiring you.

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The organizations honored as Best Places to Work are vastly different in many ways, but they tend to share an ability to keep their most productive people on board. While there’s never a good time to neglect retention, doing so now may prove to be especially costly. With economic conditions beginning to improve, some organizations are looking to increase staffing levels. And as job opportunities proliferate, IT professionals will be more likely to consider moving to a new employer. Businesses that don’t address this looming challenge will find themselves at a competitive disadvantage.

Computerworld — The organizations honored as Best Places to Work are vastly different in many ways, but they tend to share an ability to keep their most productive people on board. While there’s never a good time to neglect retention, doing so now may prove to be especially costly. With economic conditions beginning to improve, some organizations are looking to increase staffing levels. And as job opportunities proliferate, IT professionals will be more likely to consider moving to a new employer. Businesses that don’t address this looming challenge will find themselves at a competitive disadvantage.

Effective retention strategies may be based on unchanging core concepts such as providing recognition and helping employees with their career development. But that doesn’t mean an approach that worked prior to the downturn will be equally successful this year — or next. Here are eight ways to keep your best employees in the current environment:

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