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SmartSource Spins Off TecDirect Division – Jan 31, 2012
| SmartSource to continue providing consultative IT-staffing and recruitment services; TecDirect to focus on self-service Web offering |
| You have always given me everything that I need to know prior to the job. The work I did for Smartsource gave me great experience. You actually ask I.T. questions rather than guessing the extent of someone’s knowledge based solely on their resume. |
| Looking for short-term or long-term help with an IT project? IT solution providers are turning to IT talent agencies to fill the gaps in the still uncertain post-recession economy. |
| SmartSource, an IT employment firm that specializes in serving the needs of IT solution providers and VARs reports that senior level engineers are now receiving multiple job offers and salaries are edging up ever so slightly. Entry level candidates are still having trouble landing work, however. |
| Senior networking and systems engineers, especially those who hold CCIE certifications with VOIP, are getting multiple job offers, something that hasn’t happened in the IT job market in the last two years, according to IT recruitment company SmartSource. The number of permanent, senior-level IT job openings has tripled in the last four months, SmartSource says. Other professionals in demand include .NET developers and Microsoft SharePoint experts. |
| The sheer number of networking certifications available from vendors and associations is staggering, but the demand for each individual certification varies considerably. Presented here are Channel Insider’s Top 10 networking certifications, the ones that will give IT networking professionals a leg up in getting the jobs they want. |
| April 23 article in Channel Insider by Chris Talbot
http://www.channelinsider.com/c/a/Cisco/Choosing-Between-Cisco-and-HP-IT-Certifications-791789/ |
www.tecdirect.com an online community of IT service providers
Tecdirect is a forever growing online community of 8,000 field technicians ready to serve clients in nearly any zip code throughout the USA. |
ChannelInside Article by Jessica Davis
IT temporary firm SmartSource has experienced an increase in both the number of temporary IT professionals it deploys and the number of resumes it receives. The resume increase, however, is outpacing the job increase. |
Gross Sales Grow By 80 Percent and Client List Doubles Over Last Four Years
As Staffing Firm Helps IT Solution Providers Employ Variable Resource Model |
New Position Offerings Complement Existing IT Resource,
Project Management and General Technical Support Staffing Services. SmartSource is now helping VARs and solution providers recruit high-level sales and technology solution-design consultants. The new position offerings complement SmartSource’s traditional staffing recruiting services of systems engineers and project management as well as general technical deployment and support professionals. |
| Author: Jeff PikeSmartSource Now Authorized To Provide Technical Staffing Services In Canada |
Author: Jeff Pike
“SmartSource’s full-time IT placement service helps resellers quickly identify and recruit top IT talent, ensuring they have the resources necessary to adequately support existing customers while still pursuing new, business-building opportunities.” |
| By John Hazard, eWeek Channel InsiderSmartSource President Joe Iovinelli comments on how businesses are turning to VARs and solution providers for help locating IT staff. |
| By Pedro Pereira, eWeek Channel InsiderKeeping people with the right technical skills on staff and having enough work to extract the full value out of those skills is a delicate balance for solution providers. |
By Scott Campbell and Heather Clancy, CRN
Solution providers seeking to fill their technical bench on a project-by-project basis are turning to a new partner – their distributor – for help.
Distributors such as Ingram Micro and Tech Data are leveraging their solution providers as well as third-party companies to provide services resources to any solution provider on a short- or long-term basis.
