Attracting the right talent is important to building the foundation of your business – retaining it is important to your long-term success. Employee motivation is linked to employee satisfaction, and more satisfied employees stay on longer, reducing your hiring and turnover costs over time. Here are some ideas to help keep your employees engaged. Give… Read more »
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5 Must-Have IT Skills to Advance Your Career
The technology sector continues to top lists of fasting-growing employment opportunities, with huge increases predicted for computer systems design and software publishers through 2024. What skills will it take to keep pace with the information systems and technology industry? To secure and advance your career into the future, it’s important to focus on growing several… Read more »
3 Tips for Hiring the Right IT Employee the First Time
Hiring can be a long, expensive process. From posting a job to hiring for the position, the process can take nearly a month, with cost to hire reaching an average of over $4,000 per position. Longer hiring times mean reduced team productivity, while higher costs reduce your bottom line. That’s why it’s never been more… Read more »
5 Hard-to-Spot IT Project Killers
Ideally, we want perfect harmony in our project team members. Just like a well-trained sports team, each member should know their role and work towards one common goal. As a project manager, you need to be able to quickly realize when your team is not in harmony. Here are five hard-to-spot IT project killers. Bad… Read more »
The Top 5 Hardest-to-Fill IT Jobs
Technology is one of the hardest industries to find experienced talent. With the rapidly advancing technologies of artificial intelligence (AI), business intelligence (BI), and cloud, there are more jobs than qualified candidates. Here are the five hardest to fill jobs and tips how experienced IT recruiting firms can find the talent your firm needs. Data… Read more »
5 Resumes Killers That IT Professionals Should Avoid
Believe it or not, resumes are still read by real-live humans. Yes, applicant tracker systems and readers are widely used by recruiters and hiring managers. But here at Open Systems, Inc. (OSI), we use a hybrid approach of technology and human review. Luckily that allows us to see some truly interesting resumes, some of which… Read more »
What To Look For in a Staffing Partner
Staffing partners are a strategic business alliance, and if done right will help your business grow through reducing your costs, increasing your productivity, sheltering your company from risk, and increasing the diversity of your company. When you are looking for a staffing partner, look beyond the candidate count, look at the following measurements of success.… Read more »
Do IT Certifications Make it Easier To Find Employment?
Are you a recent college grad, trying to find your first information technology job? Or maybe you are a network engineer that is considering your next career move. By achieving the appropriate IT certifications for your career path, you can make it easier to find your next IT job opportunity. Learn what IT certifications are… Read more »
Why Open Systems is the Right Choice For Your Hiring Needs
As you are considering bringing on a technical staffing and recruiting agency, here are the reasons that Open Systems Inc. (OSI) is the right choice for your hiring needs. Technical Recruiting Experience OSI has over 20 years of experience providing information technology staffing solutions and services to mid to large-size companies throughout the United States.… Read more »
Keys To Improving Your Coding Skills
Great software developers are not just born that way, they continuously work on developing and improving their coding skills. They understand every aspect of software development and project management and are both team players and independent workers. They have honed their skills to write elegant and effectively developed codes that are versatile and expandable. Here… Read more »