If you’ve been looking for a job, one of the biggest challenges you will have is getting your resume in front of the right set of eyeballs at a time when they’re looking for someone exactly like you.  You can submit as many well-written cover letters and professionally perfect resumes to as many job postings as you can find, but then you would be doing exactly what your competition is doing.  Why not take advantage of what highly specialized IT staffing agencies have to offer? 

A shortage of qualified HR staff has forced many companies, large and small; to seek help from outsourced staffing companies who know their industry well.  As a result, working with a technical recruiter is becoming more and more like working with an internal recruiter at your target companies.  In their efforts to streamline the hiring process, these staffing agencies have actually made it easier for the job seeker.  Think of an IT recruiter as a “one stop shop” for all things job related.  You can even ask your recruiter to “present” you in a professional manner to the hiring managers at their client companies. 

One might wonder why so many larger IT companies in Dallas are relying on technical recruiting firms to make their hiring decisions, but in reality the recruiters are making their jobs a whole lot easier.  Now, instead of wading through hundreds, or even thousands, of resumes for every job posting, their recruiting company can narrow the field of potential employees down to a finite number of qualified applicants. 

In a recent article about the Dallas IT job market, entitled “How Staffing Agencies Work to Get You in the Door,” a recruiter shares some secrets directly from the HR front lines.   He says that using specialized staffing agencies is the best way to ensure your resume stands out.  A recruiter can also report back to you on how well you did on an interview, and give you some insight into your status as a candidate.  Some staffing agencies will also handle salary and benefit negotiations in a way that will not jeopardize your candidacy for a job. 

If you’ve wondered how you will ever find a good IT position in such a crowded job market, it may be time to enlist the help of IT staffing agencies that have an intimate knowledge of your industry.