Finding IT Jobs - Effective Information Technology Job Search

Posted: Sep 23, 2009 |Comments: 0 |

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.

Shaun Hummel is author of Network Planning and Design Guide available at amazon.com and CiscoDesignBooks.com featuring Networking Books, eBooks, Certifications, Articles and Design Tools. Job Finder is available at ebookmall.com for additional help with your I.T job search.

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