It Industry Archives • Dorigan & Associates

7 Tips for Breaking In Your New Boss

By Connie Dorigan|2019-03-07T13:58:30-08:00July 16th, 2014|Categories: Career Advice|Tags: communication, It Industry, New Boss, opportunity, professional image, Quality Assurance, recognition, support, trust|

Your job title has not changed. Your desk has not changed. But your boss has changed. Whether due to an [...]

7 Toughest Interview Questions

By Connie Dorigan|2019-03-07T13:58:30-08:00June 4th, 2014|Categories: Job Search Tips|Tags: Career, Career Advice, competitive, Engineers, How to Interview, Interview Questions, It Industry, job search, Job Search Tips, opportunity, Quality Assurance, resumes, salary, Software Developers|

And How to Answer them... 1. What salary are you looking for? Always cite a realistic salary. Look the interviewer [...]

The One Thing that Improves Your LinkedIn Profile

By Connie Dorigan|2019-03-07T13:58:30-08:00April 23rd, 2014|Categories: Career Advice, Job Search Tips|Tags: Career, Career Advice, Food Industry, hiring managers, Interview, It Industry, job descriptions, job search, recruiters, resumes, Software Developers|

Recruiters and hiring managers are very busy people these days. They spend 20 seconds or less scanning LinkedIn profiles to [...]

Are You Using Social Media Illegally?

By Connie Dorigan|2019-03-07T13:58:30-08:00April 14th, 2014|Categories: Recruiting & Retention|Tags: Employment Trends, hiring managers, hiring process, Interview, It Industry, IT Recruiting, Quality Assurance, social media, software development managers, work experience|

Are you using social media illegally?” Has Social Media "TMI" Illegally Biased Your Company Hiring Process? Does this question make [...]

BIG Egos at Work

By Connie Dorigan|2019-03-07T13:58:30-08:00March 10th, 2014|Categories: Career Advice|Tags: accomplishment, big egos, Career, Career Advice, Engineers, It Industry, Software Developers|

What's with egos? We all have them. They are not intrinsically bad. It's normal to want to be the best [...]

Interviewed. Ignored?!? Why? Shocking Truth…

By Connie Dorigan|2019-03-07T13:58:30-08:00February 24th, 2014|Categories: Career Advice, Job Search Tips|Tags: Career, Career Advice, How to Interview, Ignored, Interviewed, It Industry, job search, Quality Assurance, Software Developers|

You did your interview-prep homework. You dressed for success. You believe you nailed the interview. You sent your thank you [...]

Hiring? No Recruiter Required.

By Connie Dorigan|2019-03-07T13:58:29-08:00January 31st, 2014|Categories: Recruiting & Retention|Tags: Employment Trends, Hiring Trends, It Industry, IT Recruiting, Recruiter Required, recruiters, Tech Talent Recruiting|

When does it make (or not make) strategic business sense to hire an External Recruiter? That’s the question on many [...]

Opportunity Knocks. Now What?

By Connie Dorigan|2019-03-07T13:58:29-08:00December 12th, 2013|Categories: Career Advice, Job Search Tips|Tags: Career, Career Advice, communicate, empoloyer, Engineers, Interview, It Industry, job search, opportunity, opportunity knocks|

Is this your dream job or your next nightmare? Congratulations! Opportunity’s knocking on your door with an intriguing potential new [...]

10 Steps for Flawless Informational Interviews

By Connie Dorigan|2019-03-07T13:58:29-08:00September 16th, 2013|Categories: Career Advice, Job Search Tips|Tags: Career, career research, How to Interview, It Industry, job search, Software Developers|

Informational Interview (How?) The last post shared the "what and why" of an informational interview. Here you will learn the [...]

I Quit!

By Connie Dorigan|2019-03-07T13:58:29-08:00July 16th, 2012|Categories: Leadership, Recruiting & Retention|Tags: It Industry|

Are YOUR employees happy? In the IT Industry if you're paying attention, it should never come as a surprise that [...]