Windows Server Technicians

This is a Preliminary Posting.

Full details of the Requirement will be available 1/20/2009.

Job Closed.

Thank you for your interest.

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RIF’s

I received an email over the weekend from a Recruiter on the West Coast who heard in advance that CitiGroup would be laying off 23,000 workers. Ouch! When the news of the layoff arrived yesterday, the number had swollen to 53,000! Now, according to the BusinessWeek article below, the numbers are 23,000 PLUS 52,000!

Aiming for 300,000 Head Count

Any way you slice it, the number of jobs Citigroup is shedding is huge. Chief Executive Vikram Pandit has already cut 23,000 positions, bringing the number of employees to 352,000 as of Sept. 30. With the Nov. 17 announcement, the bank says it is aiming for a head count of 300,000 during the first half of 2009—an additional 14% reduction. Citigroup’s executives are racing to match expenses to its declining business: Over the past nine months, the company has lost $10 billion.  http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/nov2008/db20081117_319455.htm

We are also hearing of deeper cuts at DHL as they effectively close their US ground delivery service. This combined with the continued negotiation for a bailout of the Big 3 Automakers, and several other newsworthy layoffs, the local job market is in a sluggish state.

From the Recruiters chair, the job requirements are fewer, and the feedback from hiring managers is hit or miss. The typical responses we get are: ‘we are busy and still reviewing resumes’; ‘the manager is off for a few days and will get back to you’; etc., ad nauseum. Overall, many Employers are stalling in their hiring decisions, while others have just stopped releasing new requirements.

In the past, employers traditionally ramp up hiring post-major election, but 2008, with all of the economic woes, has not seen the same return to normalcy. Hopefully this will be a very temporary lull in hiring, and as the Holidays approach and managers finalize staffing numbers for ‘09, the job orders will come flooding in!

November Job Openings

Friday 10/31 saw the end to a fairly good week for I.T. staffing in Baltimore, all things being considered! What with the election next week, the still jittery economy / stock market, etc., we filled a fair number of open requirements and generated quite a few new requirements to get November 2008 off to a strong start.

This month’s local eNewsletter contains 7 of the hottest open requirements we are focusing on now for the Baltimore / DC area; links to some very timely I.T. Industry news; and additional information on how to get the most out of a professional relationship with a Social Recruiter.

Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress.com.

Consider this TEKrecruiter version 2.0

‘Back in the day’ I purchased www.TEKrecruiter.com which pointed to TEKrecruiter.blogspot.com and I regularly put Job Postings on the Blog and had lots of links to sites which had beneficial information for job seekers.

Then sometime around 2007 the Company I recruited for  added blogging to their branding campaign and turned it over to Marketing and wrapped a whole bunch of stipulations around what one could or could not say or do online “officially” when using their logo, etc.  I agreed with their position, and figured that was a good time to pull back on my blogging, so I ‘parked’ the domain name and deleted the blog.

Well, here it is almost 2009, and Employers are using Linked In and Social Networking to reach out to qualified (and elusive) candidates, and Linked In has added WordPress and other pretty cool Social Media tools to their Application, so it only seems natural that I take advantage of this new media and try my hand at blogging again

I will make sure the posts are generic, but will also make sure they have value for job seekers and other recruiters who may be looking for links to online resources.

The blog may grow slowly, but please check back often, or subscribe. The content will be relevant and valuable.