Friday, May 11, 2007

Why Staffing? Why TECHEAD?

In today’s business society, Staffing Companies serve as the lifeline of job opportunities in any given market. You can gauge the quality of any city by the diversity of job opportunities offered by Staffing Companies. 80 out of 100 jobs openings in Monster for a medium-sized metropolitan area are from Staffing Companies!!



In today’s results driven marketplace, Staffing Companies are an excellent way to get your foot in the door with a prospective company. More people start their careers through Staffing Companies than normal work channels. Staffing Companies provide you, the jobseeker, with the opportunity to “try out” a company to see if they are the best fit for you. This trial period, that can last anywhere from 3 weeks to a year, is a great chance for you to get to know your prospective company as well as gain key skills. 



The number of Staffing Companies in practice can be overwhelming, there are so many out there! From international companies to your smaller “Mom and Pop Shops,” you have a multitude of companies to choose from that can represent you to the fullest. One problem with so many choices, however, is that not all Staffing Companies are the same. Not all Staffing Companies are able to provide the best for you. Believe it or not, picking the right Staffing Company can make a tremendous difference in your career. It's like comparing MS Vista to MAC OS X. While both are computer operating systems, they are worlds apart.



If you have highly sought after skills, job offers will come at you from all directions. It is important to take into consideration which opportunity will get you closer to your life's goal. When deciding the factors that influence your career choices, it is crucial to decide what matters the most when selecting the best opportunity. Is money the deciding factor in the search for your next opportunity, or is it more about the diversity and challenge of the position? Which position will best fit your lifestyle? These factors are the degrees of separation between other Staffing Companies and you. Whatever your life’s goal may be, the right Staffing Company will get you closer to obtaining that goal. As you may know, not all staffing companies have the same clients; so covering your bases with a well-suited Staffing Company will better your odds at finding the right fit for you.



As with all major life decisions, it is important to do your research on the Staffing Company you work with. Are they capable of providing the best fit for you? For example, if you are a high level IT professional, an Administrative and General Labor Staffing Company may not provide the best resources for you, and vice versa. 



If you take one piece of information from this blog, let it be the importance of obtaining and retaining cutting edge skills. Your education and skill advancement are the best investments in your future and in your career; you should never stop learning! Our clients, like all companies today, are asking us for personnel with multi-technical skills, as well as excellent interpersonal skills. 



I don't want this to be a resume builder blog site. If you feel that you need help presenting your resume in a more clear and concise way, there are other sites that provide that type of information. It is important, however, to make sure your resume is clear of typos and false information. It is often helpful have someone else look over your resume before you submit it. There isn’t a day that passes that I find don’t find old information to update or remove from our documents. 



TECHEAD offers a very distinct Staffing experience. Our creative staffing niche delivers technical and visual experts in the communication arts of print, web, and multimedia. Our IT staffing program includes back-end web developers, programmers, system administrators, technical writers, and project managers.



We try to keep our interview and qualifying process as simple as possible for our clients. It's not our policy to burden or overwhelm clients with unsolicited resumes or cattle calls. When we receive an new staffing order or are asked to provide a total on-site staffing solutions proposal, TECHEAD follows up with questions so we may have a clear understanding of a client’s needs. We proceed with our due diligence process to make sure we provide the best-qualified candidate to meet the client needs. 



Our team conducts face-to-face interviews with background checks, credit checks, drug testing, and referral checks. In our interview process, we take the time to go over your skills and get to know your personality and your career goals. We try to make sure when we represent you to the client that it's the right fit for you and the client. As we provide you the best-qualified opportunities to meet your career goals, TECHEAD also recognizes the importance of corporate culture, and we strive to make sure you enjoy working in it as well. At TECHEAD, it’s all about quality not quantity. 

At TECHEAD, it's all about people. We understand what makes people passionate about their work and their work environment. We value the life-work balance and try to place qualified people in the right positions.

Keeping our business focused on YOU is the key to our success.