Hiring Season?

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Curious if companies are slowing down on hiring due to the holiday season?

Appreciate responses.

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petedude

Generally speaking, no, they're not slowing on hiring for _IT_. This IS hiring season for Info Tech.

Only thing is-- the hiring process may take longer given the calendar (vacations, holidays, etc.). You might interview now and not start until January.

kohr-ah

Nope, here it is still as steady as always except like above said with the holidays if I got offered a position I would probably aim towards January to start to save the hastle.

MSP-IT

I was thinking that January/February were "hiring season" due to the newly released budget.

roch_greg

Not sure what's going on in your area, but I've had several interviews and quite a few calls/emails beginning since about the week b4 Thanksgiving.

End of the year is when companies are planning and approving the budgets for next year. Also positions need to be filled for people who are leaving at the end of the year.

Check the Boards.

petedude

MSP-IT wrote: »

I was thinking that January/February were "hiring season" due to the newly released budget.

There's that, but I often see IT bosses lobbying management for early access to next year's budget in 4Q.

What I see is 4Q is hiring season, still good in January, leveling off a little in February, a trickle in early March. . . and "dead" by mid-March.

ReliableGuy2.0

I think they are hiring due to the budget also.

kohr-ah

*snip* nevermind :P

Mike-Mike

Yeah, I seem to be getting bombarded by recruiter emails and calls lately

About7Narwhal

MSP-IT wrote: »

I was thinking that January/February were "hiring season" due to the newly released budget.

I agree with this for standard jobs. I would think IT would staff earlier to meet the demand of new users on the system though. Wrap up 2013 with some new techs, start 2014 with new employees. By the time interns start in March, your techs are trained enough to meet the demand.