Recruiting Advantage: What’s working to attract and retain key IT talent! We talk to IT professionals and IT hiring managers every day. While some other industries may have their own unique challenges, we are hearing an overwhelming majority of professionals...
What’s Most Important to Candidates in Today’s Talent Market WHAT’S MY FUTURE HERE? That’s the crucial question candidates are asking right now. In this competitive talent market full of multiple offer scenarios and counteroffers, candidates are asking...
Your Interview Process Can Increase Your Hiring Power Do you have a 2020 mindset in 2022? Good candidates are not “a dime a dozen” so to be competitive in today’s talent market companies need to communicate often, move quickly, and treat candidates’ time with...
The High-Level Professional Employment Market Mirrors Housing Market Once Again From 2014 to 2018 if you were looking for a home in one of the prominent Houston suburbs you would have looked at a number of homes, narrowed that group to your favorites, then...
Salary Expectations are Increasing: How to Attract & Retain Top Talent Besides Money Today’s candidates have clear salary expectations and in a candidate driven market - strong demand with little supply - those expectations have increased significantly over the...
Don’t keep them waiting - Time is a deal killer Weeks of research, preparation and interviewing all leads you to the one. The one job that could accelerate your career path. The one candidate that could instantly make a difference on your team. Then silence…....
How to achieve business objectives when your team doesn’t want to return to the office You’re between a rock and hard place, aren’t you? Leadership wants everyone back in the office but your team doesn’t want to return in-person…yet. Over the last year,...
How many interviews does it take to get to the hiring decision? It all started with a LinkedIn post. Frustrated with a lengthy (9 rounds) interview process, a software engineer removed his name from consideration at his dream company. “Companies think...
“Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” —John F. Kennedy “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” … once applied to a monstrous (yet fictional) shark. Now the same applies to our approach to landing...
Why Some Employees Are Not Happy About Returning To The Office You can’t make everyone happy. As leaders plan to open offices and prepare for employees to return, employees are anxious about returning and losing the newly found work-life balance...
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IT hiring has slowed in 2026, but demand for critical tech talent remains. Learn what conditions are impacting IT hiring and why a strategic response matters.
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IT hiring has slowed in 2026, but demand for critical tech talent remains. Learn what conditions are impacting IT hiring and why a strategic response matters.
Whitaker Companies is proud to be named one of Staffing Industry Analysts’ 2026 Best Staffing Firms to Work For, earning top scores based on confidential employee survey feedback.
Managing a small IT project? Learn how flexible SOW support provides roadmap guidance and specialized expertise without the cost or commitment of a large consulting firm.