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Business Networking that’s Easy, Fun and Painless

4 cool events you should know about. 5 tips to make them work best for you. Networking. Ugh. The very word conjures up images of sports jacketed dweebs pressing business cards into each others’ sweaty palms in a cheesy hotel ballroom. You might think that, if you want to stay busy doing what you love [...]

14 Tips for a Successful Phone Interview

By Shannon Malcom Peters Interviewing is never easy– it takes time and can be stressful. The first stage of the hiring process is usually a phone interview. Phone interviews can be tricky, especially since you aren’t able to read your interviewers facial expressions and body language during the call. It’s also easy to underestimate the [...]

10 Steps to Networking Success

by Brett Henry, Technical Recruiter Whether you are actively looking for a new job, have no immediate plans to change jobs, or are simply poking your head out to see what is out there, building your network is vital to your career advancement. The professional climate can change as quickly as an autumn day in [...]

5 Reasons to Hire Contract IT

by Kira Dennison Capen, Account Manager – Contract Services Technical Staffing has become a more viable option for IT departments across multiple verticals. On a more regular basis we are finding our clients are utilizing Contract IT talent which allows companies and hiring managers the flexibility they need to ramp short term projects, align [...]

Two Job Offers: How to Choose… and How to Decline

Job hunting can often be feast or famine. Nothing for months; then suddenly you are faced with multiple job offers. So, what do you do when two or more job offers come in at the same time? Have a system and a sense of “multiple job offers etiquette.” Job seekers who follow a few [...]

Is Your Recruiter is Really Working for You?

by Justin Brewington, Technical Recruiter – Direct-Hire Services In our previous blog article, “How to Find a Good Recruiter: Six Useful Questions to Ask,” EdgeLink Technical Recruiter, John Kahlil Somera explained the process of identifying and qualifying a recruiter from a job seeker’s perspective. I would like to expand on the topic by [...]

How To Find a Good Recruiter

HOW TO FIND A GOOD RECRUITER: Six Useful Questions To Ask by Kahlil John Somera, Technical Recruiter Are you currently working with a recruiter to help you find a job? If so, does the recruiter meet, exceed or fail your expectations? How do you know that you are working with a good recruiter? The titles: [...]

Should Cover Letters Be Short? Short Answer: Yes!

I just received a two-page cover letter written in a very small font. It is 472 words long; made up of 6,613 characters, 17 paragraphs and 82 lines. You get the idea… It was too long! Dear Job Seeker, I can understand how you might be eager to share with me the extent of your [...]

The Colorado Job Market and the Oregon Job Market: How Are We Doing?

by Mitch Stokes, Technical Recruiter – Direct-Hire Services What is the status of the economy? How’s the job market? We’ve all heard and asked these questions A LOT over the last couple of years. General economic conditions are trending positive, but there are still numerous people unemployed or underemployed – nationally, the unemployment rate is [...]

Why You? — How Do You Differentiate Yourself From Your Competition?

by Mike Miadich, Founder and Manager, Contract Services “Why you????” How do you differentiate yourself from your competition? Now that’s a common question and a typical answer might be its “our people”, “our relationships”, “our process”, or “our reputation”. Being in a service industry I suppose all these are correct to an extent; [...]