When I started in Recruiting in the 80’s the most dreaded interview questions for I.T. professionals were “Desired Salary” and “What’s your Greatest Weakness?” These generally put fear into our candidates and were the primary focus of much of our interview preparation. Essentially we...
If you suffered through Economics 101 Freshmen year than you like I are wondering what the hell was this Keynes guy thinking when he proposed Supply v Demand as the primary driver for the cost of goods and services. Unemployment overall is down again in...
The most commonly asked question I get from IT professionals is “what are the hot skills in the marketplace?” I’ll continue to address this in future blogs but here’s an article from Dice identifying the Trending Technologies based on percentage increase they appeared in posts...
It’s funny how the view of managers can be similar to those of parents and to the decisions of the children. In checking a reference on a recent recruit (only 3 years in the business on now looking for job number 3) I was speaking...
IT professionals aren’t typically the best salespeople. Unfortunately, many IT folks actually consider that a compliment rather than an insult. It’s really neither. That aside, there is something we need to learn from effective salespeople (admit it, you met one or two). What makes a good...
Most HR pro’s will tell you that the best way for you to get into their company is to apply via the company website. While this is the best way to be entered into their bottom-less pit of a database it is not (contrary to...
Recruiters are viewed as “arm twisters” and for that reason many people have a highly negative connotation of what we do. However, the recruiting process shouldn’t work that way at all. While it’s true that we are salespeople and that we have a vested interest...
The goal of an interview isn’t just to get the job as some people might believe. The goal of an interview is to obtain a sufficient understanding of the company, the job (i.e., is this a job I even want?), as well as to provide...
Radio Interview Dan Martineau featured on RecruiterEco Radio: Who Is Dan Martineau? President of Martineau Recruiting Technology since it’s inception in 2000, Dan Martineau brings an extensive IT and Executive Recruiting background to his client companies and client candidates. Joining Dunhill Professional Search of Winston Salem in 1983 after...