A recent study of 312 companies showed that 46% of new recruits were fired or quit within 18 months. Only 11% of these were due to technical skills and most of them were due to interpersonal problems. Interestingly 82% of managers involved said that they had noticed red flags throughout the process and simply chose to ignore them. Problem is; you can always teach new recruits the skills to do a job (within reason). But you can’t change them as a person. When assessing job candidates, there is no guaranteed list of attributes to determine whether personally, they would be…
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Recruiters engage in the most career-impacting activities in our society such as helping people find fulfilling work that matches their skills and connecting talented people with enterprises that need their skills in order to grow and prosper. That may mean communicating information between the two parties, including delivering the good or bad news when the company makes the hiring decision. When done right, recruiting is a true win-win. When recruiters make this magic happen, it may seem like they have an unrivaled mastery of the complexities of human interaction. This type of understanding doesn’t happen over cocktails and golf or emerge from…
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Data and big data analytics are the lifeblood of any successful business. Getting the technology right can be challenging but building the right team with the right skills to undertake big data initiatives can be even harder. Not surprisingly, that challenge is reflected in the rising demand for big data skills and certifications. If you’re looking for a way to get an edge, big data certification is a great option. Certifications measure your knowledge and skills against industry- and vendor-specific benchmarks to prove to employers that you have the right skillset. The number of data analytics certs is expanding rapidly….
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According to the forecasts of the World Economic Forum, by 2020 data analysts will be in high demand in companies around the world. This is further confirmed by IBM, which claims that the annual demand for data scientists, data developers and data engineers will lead to 700,000 new recruitments by 2020. According to an analysis conducted on a sample of 550 small and medium-sized businesses, 50% of SMEs state that they intend to hire a data analyst in the next three years. And the earnings are not to be sneezed at. The average yearly salary of a data analyst is…
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Wondering which databases are trending in 2019? The researchers surveyed engineers, software architects, dev teams, and IT leaders to discover the current NoSQL vs. SQL usage, most popular databases, important metrics to track, and their most time-consuming database management tasks. Get the latest insights on MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, and many others to see which database management systems are most favored this year. SQL vs. NoSQL As any database administrator knows, the first question you have to ask yourself is whether to use a SQL or NoSQL database for your application. What’s the difference between the two? SQL Databases Also known as relational…
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Developers remain among the most in-demand roles in the tech community, and those skilled in the right programming languages can command salaries of over £100,000. However, as the popularity of many coding languages rise and fall over time, it is important to know where to target your learning to gain the best job prospects. Whether you’re beginning your IT career, looking for your next IT position, seeking promotion or happily staying put, keeping up-to-date with the most in-demand programming languages is important for your IT career. We have noticed trends in client demands, skill gaps and the programming languages that…
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