Returning to IT After a Hiatus?

Taking a break from any career can be risky, but taking one from technology, poses a particular set of challenges. Employers demand up-to-date skills and experience. Without them, you may have a hard time getting a new employers attention – especially if you hope to return in a similar position and with a comparable salary.

However, Monster has some great advice if you would like to successfully reenter the IT sector. I highly recommend heading over there if you are considering a hiatus, or if you are trying to reenter after one.

MetaTech CEO Launches Blog

Jan McCollum, fearless leader of MetaTech, has launched her own personal blog that will surely take the internet by storm. Jan the CEO Mom documents life as both a single mom and the CEO of a quickly-growing technical services firm.

The MetaTech blog will share a lot of content with Jan’s blog – but be sure to check in over there frequently as well!

Economic Recession? Tell that to the IT Industry

It’s hard to go a day without hearing about how bad the economy is. Unemployment rates are up and the housing market is in the dumps. With all this negative news, it’s easy to consider moving into a cave and disconnecting from society.

But hold on a second all you hermit hopefuls. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that between 2002 and 2016 jobs in the IT sector are projected to increase by over 35%. That’s right – increase! Not only that, but these occupations enjoy higher salaries compared to the national average.

Sounds pretty good, right? Why not let MetaTech help you get your IT career started.

Understanding

Written By
Tom Parrish
MetaTech Sales Guy

“Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood.”
- Eric Burdon and the Animals

Driving back home to Seattle at 3:00am in the morning after taking my 13 year old daughter and her friends to see The Cure at the Gorge, it occurred to me that Eric’s plaintive wail in this classic Animals song could be the wail of the modern day software job applicant or technical hiring manager in their desperate attempt to be understood by the legions of recruiters that seem to grow exponentially in number day-by-day.

Part of the problem here of course is that software engineering, a jargon-laden and difficult to understand affair even by its most ardent practitioners, is a domain of experts, whereas 99.9% of the recruiters who traffic in this world are laymen, having never studied, practiced or held the positions for which they recruit.

The upshot is placement by accident rather than design, and this is the reason that the vast majority of technical staffing firms consistently fail to meet their constituencies’ minimal expectations and why the staffing business’ reputation is just one notch above that of the legal profession.

At MetaTech, the people that talk to people looking for jobs and the customers looking for the technical people to fill them, are people that have written extensive amounts code, designed complex databases and applications, and managed a bunch of technical people. We deeply understand the work and the kinds of know-how it takes to get the work done.

If you’re a committed software professional or technical hiring manager just wanting to be understood, talk with a MetaTech recruiter and experience what it’s like to be heard, perhaps for the first time.

Official Launch

Welcome to the MetaTech Blog, take off your coat and stay awhile! Here you will find information and news related to MetaTech, career opportunities, job seeking hints and tips, and IT industry topics from us and around the web, and much, much more – all conveniently located under one digital roof.

Please feel free to ask questions and discuss our posts, after all, that’s what we’re here for.

We're looking forward to hearing from you!