The drive from Austin to Houston didn't take long at all. Dan's an account manager for Analysts International a workforce services firm that specializes in IT staff placement. Analysts employs more than 5,000 IT contractors full time, offering them full benefits. Dan and I talked about the hiring process, how companies use the information they gather when interviewing, and what Houston can do to help revitalize its downtown.
Resumes are golden.
As an industry we're too reactive. We don't spend enough time looking at clients with long-term strategic planning in mind. If you go in to a company and do strictly staff augmentation, companies won't perceive you as an IT consulting firm, they'll see you as a temp agency. So we've started a nonprofit in Houston, the Booksellers Foundation for Literacy. Soon we hope to have stands downtown to cater to tourists and commuters, with a portion of the proceeds going to literacy programs.