Shaun Hummel, CCNP, is a Senior Network Engineer with 11 years experience in enterprise network planning, design, and implementation. He has worked for various private and public companies in Canada and the United States improving infrastructure, security, and management. He has written Network Planning and Design Guide, Cisco Wireless Network Design Guide and Network Assessment Guide. www.networkjobsolutions.com
This article discusses some best practice job search strategies for the information technology sector. According to a recent survey that studied the best practices for prospective employees obtaining employment with a company, these were the best practices in order of effectiveness:
• Social Networking With Company Employees Is Most Effective
• Submitting Your Resume Directly To The Company Web Site
• Submitting Your Resume With Staffing And Service Companies
The following strategies employ all those practices of social networking, submitting your resume directly to the company web site and leveraging the contacts and relationships recruiters have with company employees. The networking tools such as Linkedin and other such tools are key in your establishing contacts with employees of prospective companies.
Social Networking Sites
LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook are becoming key with any job search strategy. LinkedIn is a social networking site with 35 million that focus on promoting contacts among business people, job seekers and those with common interests.
IT Staffing Companies
Staffing and service firms business model includes both contract, contract - permanent, and direct opportunities. The clients include fortune 1000 companies in North America across all industries. It is an excellent opportunity for the candidate to work with the company for a defined contract period while gaining industry standard experience and leverage that with new opportunities. A lot of the companies have some health insurance plan that is partial or fully funded. In addition there are training resources, 401K plans, and a multitude of other employee benefits. Submit your resume online with there companies and search current opportunities. Keywords are very important with resumes and any search process keeping that in mind.
Microsoft Partner Search
It takes some effort to do a search on Microsoft partners however do a search from the microsoft solution finder web page and go to the career sites.
Cisco 10,000 Partner Network
This is a new venture Cisco has started linking skilled engineers with their 10,000 partner companies. These companies employ Cisco, Microsoft Engineers, Developers, Sales and Project Managers. The official name is cisco partner talent network.
Top 500 VAR Companies
This list of fastest growing technology companies is published each year based on revenues from sales and professional services. They hire network engineers, sales, project managers, administrative personnel, and developers.
See network job solutions for additional job solutions to help with your job search process including the Job Finder eBook.
Shaun Hummel is an author of various technical books and has a web site focused on information technology job search solutions and certifications.
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