Staffing

IT Job Seekers: Potential Employers Will Look at Your Social Media Profile

You’ve updated your resume, hidden your profile updates on LinkedIn and you’re ready to start focusing on finding your next IT job…

Risks Involved in Applying Direct and Circumventing Staffing Agency Recruiters

You’ve arrived at the decision to find a new career, whether you’re looking for more responsibility, looking to be closer to home…

That Next Career Search and Defining Your Plan

A less than 2-minute survey on how developers are defining career search plans. (Survey = Coffee $) Over the last month we have…

Top Things You Need to Know When Evaluating Local IT Staffing Firms

You are considering hiring a local IT staffing firm. Understanding how to evaluate a potential firm and knowing the questions to ask,…

IT Employment Growth Rate Accelerates Modestly According to TechServe Alliance

As we near the end of the first quarter of the new year, IT industry employment reports are starting to be published.…

Best of Staffing – Client AND Talent!

Three years running! I’m honored to announce that OpenArc has won Inavero’s 2017 Best of Staffing® Client and Talent Awards! The awards,…

5 Benefits Your Small Company Should Offer

How to survive and thrive against your big company competitors. Your competitors are offering an in-house gym, fresh Starbucks to order, free…

6 Ways to Win at Technical Phone Screens

Tips for finding out what a candidate really has to offer. Many of our customers use a technical phone screen as an…

7 Reasons NOT to Accept a Counter Offer

Trust us. You gathered your nerve, held your breath and jumped. You accepted an offer for a new job! As you exhale,…

OpenArc 101: Have You Ever Worked with a Professional Staffing Agency?

An OA survey provides insights into job seeking trends. Job searches are difficult for everyone – from first-time IT job seekers to…