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