Category: IT Direct Hire

Congratulations, you landed your dream job! Now you want to make it through that critical first three to six months. Or maybe you’re still looking for your dream job? At Patel Consultants, we help exceptional candidates like you with the tools you need to take control of your professional career.  In this post, we’ll discuss […]

Contract staffing is not a panacea for solving all of your workforce challenges.  But depending on your job requirements, it can be an excellent solution to fill IT jobs. This post will discuss the strategic use of contract staffing solutions and contract workers to fill critical IT needs in companies of all sizes and scopes.  […]

We are living in the era of the Great Resignation and the Great Reshuffle. Employees are taking a hard look at their current career trajectories, and a lot of people are not only changing jobs, but also industries. For many, IT seems like an unattainable goal due to some common myths and misconceptions. Yet the […]

Another year will soon be behind us.  2022 has been a challenging but extremely rewarding year in the recruiting and hiring space for the Patel team and our clients. So we wanted to gratefully wish all of our clients a very warmhearted Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  As we head into 2023, human […]

Hiring managers are looking for creative ways to recruit and hire more Gen Z job candidates.   It’s still a hyper-competitive employment market in 2022, and the trend for 2023 doesn’t appear to be changing much. Our team is seeing more great Gen Z candidates looking for job opportunities. Some of these job seekers are just […]

Are you a knowledge worker that thinks you deserve a salary increase? If so, you’re not alone. In this post, we’ll discuss the best way for employees in the knowledge workforce to approach their boss for a raise. It’s not as difficult as you might think. Something is wrong if you haven’t discussed compensation with […]

How hard is it to fill IT jobs with top-notch professionals in 2022? We don’t see the candidate-friendly IT hiring market changing any time soon. And the experts at Fortune Magazine agree with that assessment. Here’s what they had to say about the IT job market in 2022: Talent strategy has emerged as a top […]

This nagging question is commonly asked of professionals in the staffing and recruiting business by job seekers. And we’ll provide some answers to that question in this post. But first, let’s see what the experts at Forbes online had to say about summertime job hunting: Summer is a great time for hiring – and not […]

We hear a lot about hard skills vs. soft skills in the world of information technology employees. But which side of the skill set equation is more important?  Candidly, both sides are essential. At Patel Consultants, we frequently talk about crossover skills that bridge the gap between hard and soft skills. The folks at CompTIA […]