Utah County Job-Fair/Open House 7/23

We are hosting a job-fair/open house tomorrow (July 23) from 4pm until 8pm at our offices in Orem, Utah. If you are curious about the Utah Technical job market right now, or you know someone who is, send them by!
We’ll be taking resumes and conducting interviews, and likely playing some pretty mean Mario Kart [...]

4 Telephone Interview Tips

A friend called on Saturday, frantic, because they have a telephone interview Monday morning. They had never had a telephone interview before, and her nerves were getting to her.
The key is to control what you can control, knowing that you are as ready as possible. Here are some other tips to help you out:

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4 Factors Creating Utah Workforce Funk

There’s no question something interesting is happening with Utah’s professional/technical workforce right now, and I think there are no less than four competing factors at play any business-owner should be paying very close attention to:

Real and Wage Inflation
Intense Competition for Talent
Corporate cost-cutting
High Energy/Commute Costs

The hardest part to pin-down is that the economic indicators show a [...]

Where are the Girl Geeks for the Tech Jobs?

Girl Geek discussion at BarCamp London
A few days ago, I was part of an interesting conversation. I had a lunch meeting with three managers of a department for one of my clients. One (male) had just completed several first-round interviews with candidates I had provided. Another manager (female) asked him a very simple, but [...]

Anonymity Challenge for Passive Seekers

Today, I listened to Peter Clayton’s Total Picture Radio interview with Jim McGovern of ItzBig.  In the interview, he addressed something in a way–I am embarassed to admit–I never fully grasped before:
The Anonymity Problem for Job Seekers
The simple fact of the matter is, the Recruiting Industry has long been too sympathetic to the employer or [...]

Bestest Blog Post Evaaaar?

I think I just wrote the best blog post of my life… and it wasn’t even on MY BLOG.  It was on Jason’s… down in the comments. It’s how to get yourself noticed by a hiring manager when you have too many skills, or you’re overqualified, or you  are a round-peg in a square-hole.

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Interview Rules for Designers

Since I’m currently recruiting for a Web UI & Graphic Designer, the following caught my eye and I thought to share.
Jessica Petersen, Senior UI Designer at local tech company Omniture, posted the following to the local Utah Graphic Arts Foundation email list, which I think is a great set of rules for interviewing if you’re [...]

Job Post: Unix/Linux Systems Support (North Orem)

Get your geek on: Can you answer these questions from memory?
- What command is used to show how much disk space is being used?
- How can I display my internet interface configuration?
- What is a vtoc?
- What file controls the DNS search sequence?
- How can I see the permissions on a file?
If you can answer [...]

How to Use LinkedIN

Jason Alba, who created the Jibber Jobber Career Toolset, recently wrote a book, “I’m on LinkedIN –Now What??“. Well, I just bought my copy and noticed you can get yours on Amazon… if you want.
Review pending… as soon as I consume and digest all of Jason’s delectable networking knowledge.

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Job Post: Unix/Linux Systems Support (North Orem)

Can you answer these questions from memory?
- What command is used to show how much disk space is being used?
- How can I display my internet interface configuration?
- What is a vtoc?
- What file controls the DNS search sequence?
- How can I see the permissions on a file?
If you can answer most of those questions, [...]