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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 […]

There’s rarely a clear, black-or-white answer when it comes to choosing whether to hire IT consultants or full-time technical staff. In many hiring manager offices this decision is oversimplified. The events of the last year (COVID-19, widespread remote work, increased automation, etc.) have especially complicated the question, but there’s hope to simplify your choice. The […]

Houston, TX – With the challenges and opportunities of 2021 already picking up steam, iSphere, an IT consulting and staffing solutions firm, is excited to announce the addition of two new members to their expanding team. Rick Brooks started his role as a Senior Client Relationship Manager on December 31st and Nathan Coin began working […]

The pandemic threw us all for a loop last year, but after an initial drop, it seems as if IT employment numbers are back on the right track (honestly, I’d rather we restrict the rollercoaster rides to Six Flags, but I’m not calling the shots). What many IT professionals still find challenging is that there […]

When coronavirus forced school districts to condense decades of change into the span of a few weeks, there was bound to be difficulties. Right from the start, administrators scrambled to figure out how to transition the hundreds or even thousands of students in their district to tele-education platforms. The learning curve was steep, but eventually […]