Virtual Interviews—Tips for Managers and Candidates A variety of circumstances drive managers in the direction of the virtual interview: When the team members that will be involved in the hiring decision are distributed across the country (or the world), When one of the team members is taking a vacation (well…a working vacation), When the cost […]
What is Design Thinking? To put it simply, design thinking is a solution-based approach for solving difficult problems. Design thinking is an iterative process to understand the user, challenge your assumptions, and redefine problems in an attempt to identify alternative solutions that might not be obvious with our first look at the problem. The core of […]
Top 5 Tips for Selecting a Custom Software Development Company Are you looking to hire a Software Development Company to build your next great software project? If you are non-technical, or unfamiliar with software development, that can be a daunting task. How do you even vet a company? All companies will tell you they can […]
Top 5 Tips for Selecting the Right Technical Staffing Company So, you want to select a technical staffing and recruiting company. What criteria should you use to make your selection? Here are our top 5, listed in countdown format. Because it’s more fun that way. Number 5: Ensure your agency can offer both staffing and […]
The Right and Wrong Ways to Leave Your Current Position January is traditionally the time of making New Year’s Resolutions. And for many people, that resolution is to find a new job. As recruiters, we’re all about helping people get themselves into a role that’s a better fit for them. Better can be a lot […]
Stout Systems Development, recognized as one of the top Custom Software Development Firms of 2019, is pleased to announce its upcoming seminars on conducting a software health check-up targeted to help business owners improve their software planning.
For a career changer, landing that first job in technology can be a challenge. That having been acknowledged, career changers may have some assets that they don’t realize they can capitalize on. Industry or Line of Business Expertise For many people who have been doing the same thing career-wise for a long time, they’re just […]
A big challenge facing a career changer is how to get a hiring manager to take a chance on you. Let’s assume that you have already taken steps to become eligible for your new career, such as getting trained or certified. Now it’s about telling your story in such a way that the hiring manager […]
After more than two decades in the technical recruiting game, Stout Systems has learned a thing or two about how to help people find jobs. We are often invited to take our show on the road—presenting seminars at colleges, universities, user group meetings and the like. At just about every seminar we present, we meet […]
Back in the day, if you wanted to really prepare for your job interview, you’d have to go to the Public Library and do some research on the company you were interviewing with. There, you would find dusty old tomes in which you could look up information about the company, and you could learn even […]