IQ Workforce Blog

Careers for Poker Enthusiasts

Corry Prohens — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:21:26 +0000

Yes, it is an unusual qualification to see in job descriptions, but we are in fact looking for Poker enthusiasts all over the world. If you know anything about IQ Workforce, you will correctly assume that the poker enthusiasts need to have analytics and online marketing skills, as well… We just started working with the top online [...]

Miami Web Analytics Wednesday, November 18th

Corry Prohens — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:54:51 +0000

A few weeks ago I asked Eric Peterson if he knew anyone in Miami that could host a Web Analytics Wednesday in November. I had to take care of some personal business down there and would love to sponsor/speak at an event. He could not think of anyone. Eighteen hours later Patricia Echeverri, a [...]

Recruiting in the Dark

Corry Prohens — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:50:26 +0000

Ridiculous but true: We fill 87% of our jobs when we are working directly with hiring managers. We fill 18% when we work with HR managers. I am not going to bash HR people. They are in an impossible position. We recruit for web analytics and search marketing positions all [...]

Omniture Acquisition Survey

Corry Prohens — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:23:26 +0000

Our inboxes have been filling up with chatter about the recent news of Adobe’s acquisition of Omniture. To be honest, everyone on our team was pretty surprised. I assumed that Omniture would be acquired by an agency like WPP or an enterprise software company like Oracle. It took us a while to wrap our heads [...]

X Change 2009

Corry Prohens — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:53:15 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I went to the new Yankee Stadium for the first time. Even though I am not a Yankee fan the stadium awed me – it was like a baseball temple. As a baseball fan I had to be impressed. I had a similar feeling at the X Change Conference [...]

Going Global

Corry Prohens — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:00:41 +0000

IQ Workforce has been a "global" recruiting firm in the technical sense of the word for years… we did some business in Canada… but not much. This year we have been very fortunate that several of our clients have taken us overseas with them. Since we work in such a small niche, one of the [...]

IQ Workforce Becomes Global Sponsor of Web Analytics Wednesday

Corry Prohens — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:15:52 +0000

My team has been attending, sponsoring and speaking at Web Analytics Wednesday events around the country for the past few years. If you are not familiar with Web Analytics Wednesday, these are real-life (in person) social networking events for the Web Analytics communities in cities around the world. The success and growth of these get-togethers [...]

“Fit Factor” Checks via Social Media

Corry Prohens — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:32:41 +0000

I read an article on WebGuild recently that talked about the hiring practices of the town of Bozeman, Montana. The town has been requiring that applicants for town positions provide their passwords to social networking sites and email accounts. Their application reads: “Please list any and all, current personal or business websites, web [...]

Career Prospects Poll Results

Corry Prohens — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:14:49 +0000

Over the past couple of months we have been polling visitors to our site on their near-term “career prospects”. We ask, “How do you feel about your prospect for career growth over the next 12-months?” Given that we are just starting to recover from the MOAR (Mother of All Recessions): near-miss global [...]

Hitting the Road

Corry Prohens — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:36:20 +0000

I got clearance from the wife and a green light from the tower. I am hitting the road this summer to spread the word: things are picking up. Time to think about the next step in your career… Time to think about your resource strategy. It is still a buyers market, [...]