Recapping the Top 3 Viewed Posts of 2014

We have spent all of 2014 writing about the issues that are most important to job seekers and employers while exploring the cutting edge of recruiting. Here is a quick recap of the 3 posts our readers have gotten the most out of.

Using a Phone Interview to Your Advantage

Phone interviews are becoming more and more common, but many job seekers still don’t know how to prepare and perform when speaking to a recruiter on the phone. This post outlined strategies to help candidates stay calm and highlight their strengths. We recommended setting up in a quiet place, surrounding yourself with information and supporting materials, conducting yourself as you would in person, and projecting confidence. The real takeaway, however, was that the phone interview is a crucial part of the recruitment process and something all job seekers need to take seriously.

To Stay Technical of Move to a Project Management Role?

This is a question most IT professionals grapple with, and a source of anxiety we hear about from our clients all the time. The blog post we wrote laid out questions professionals can ask themselves to help decide what career move best supports their personal and professional goals. Our intention was to help readers determine if they would be happier and more successful working in an administrative capacity, or sticking to the technical side of things. We didn’t advocate for one choice over the other but simply gave readers the tools to explore the issue fully.

Making the Transition from a Technical Role to a Managerial Position

Considering that two of our most popular posts of 2014 both dealt with IT career planning, it’s clearly an issue our readers care about. And that is perfectly understandable. Moving to a managerial position offers better compensation, but requires a completely different skill set and isolates many technical professionals from the work they most enjoy. Many look at the choice as a catch-22. This post was designed to help professionals moving into management make the transition as smooth and successful as possible. We offered up a crash course to help former IT professionals avoid the kinds of mistakes that plague new managers. It’s valuable reading for anyone that has been recently promoted.

 

We plan on returning to some of these issues and diving deep into lots of new ones in 2015. Follow along with The Squires Group as we continue to explore the ever-changing world of employment.


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