The current state of the IT market is making it harder to find the technical talent you need today.  Having fewer technical candidates in the marketplace is making hiring managers everywhere scratch their heads, wondering how they’re going to fill their jobs.  This IT talent shift has forced many companies to change the way they […]

With the IT unemployment rate at 2-3% in most states, many companies are facing the most challenging times in managing an IT workforce since the late 90s. To confound current market conditions, you have to attract and hire from a pool of three diverse generations: Baby Boomers, Generation X and Millennials. While Millennials are often […]

Corporations are facing one of the most significant security challenges in today’s workplace: the bring your own device (or BYOD) phenomenon. With most employees more mobile than ever, in theory productivity is increased exponentially:  email, calendars, and apps are made available to employees’ devices, eliminating the need to be tied to an office. Responding to […]

It’s hard to envision a time before the Internet, before it was possible to upload your resume with an easy, fast, and cost-effective ‘point and click’. Rewind the clock 20 years or so, and it’s unfathomable to imagine how businesses operated before the ubiquity of the Internet. My first real job out of college was […]

According to the US Census Bureau, a Baby Boomer is a person who was born during the demographic post-World War II baby boom between the years 1946 and 1964.  The issue has been around for many years, but the impact of the Baby Boomer Generation on the workforce is being felt now more than ever. In today’s volatile […]

Whether the IT candidate market is sparse or saturated, finding quality contractors has always been a significant challenge to the enterprise. Companies utilize their corporate website, job boards, LinkedIn, and even Facebook in their attempts to attract contractors, but the chance of getting an “A” player is slim. For many years, the employee referral program […]