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How hard was your last hire? If you’re like many business leaders right now, the entire proceedings brought their own tribulation. Many of the hiring challenges plaguing the market since the end of the Great Recession have only worsened since the pandemic started, frustrating decision makers who are all too eager to rebound from setbacks […]

Are your IT certifications continuing to pay top dollar? The answer depends on which certifications you have. According to analysis by Foote Partners, LLC, out of 3,805 private and public-sector employers, numerous certs dropped in value as part of a three-year decline, but some still offer windfall compensation. Which ones still behave like your own […]

The holidays are upon us. It’s a time of year where we can reflect on where we’ve been, what we’ve accomplished along the way, and the good we’ve done in our local community. There is so much that we’re grateful for this holiday season and we wanted to share some of the high points as […]

In 2020, hackers had school districts nationwide up against the ropes as they broke the record for school cyber-attacks. The shift to remote learning as well as the expansion of harmful ransomware varieties contributed to an increase in school-related attacks by 18%. Whether caused by data breaches and leaks, phishing attacks, ransomware, or any other […]

For most of the year, the job market heavily favored IT candidates, giving them greater bargaining power in the hiring equation. Though CompTIA documented an 18,300 dip in job openings between August and September, the outlook is optimistic for tech professionals searching for greener pastures. Yet even though the odds are on your side, your […]

What’s wrong with a little embellishment? Maybe it’s not a big deal when you spice up a story or add a couple of inches to the largemouth bass you caught, but it’s a big deal when candidates overstate their credentials or experience. Unfortunately, plenty of candidates appear to have no problems with exaggeration throughout their […]

Right now, if you’re a skilled professional, the world is your oyster. Whether actively seeking or passively considering job opportunities, you have plenty of options as business leaders across the country grapple with filling their open positions. Yet even with this present advantage, you still probably don’t want to put the full burden of a […]

From an implementation standpoint, the 2023/2024 school year is a lot closer than you think. Identifying scope, developing project logistics, managing in-house staff and IT consultants, implementing changes, and evaluating for compliance takes months if not years to get right. Unlike a late-night cram session, you can’t wait until the last second to pull off […]

At the beginning of the pandemic, the increase in layoffs and furloughs made it appear as if there would be an impending shift from a candidate market to an employer’s market. Though there were instances of big tech layoffs last year and already this year, the industry has mostly stabilized with tech unemployment at 3%, […]

Did your parents throw you into the deep end to teach you how to swim? If so, you learned fast, if not all that well. The same happened as the pandemic swept the nation and made numerous businesses remote overnight. Though most executives figured out how to tread water (so to speak) with the new […]