Are you in a position where you need to
confidently interact with IT people and better understand
today's corporate IT landscape?
Well, here
is your survival
guide!
The first
book written specifically to meet the needs of
IT
recruitment consultants, HR professionals
and business executives everywhere.
The Complete IT Recruitment Survival Guide will calmly
steer you through the entire maze of key IT concepts in plain
English. It will guide you through the jungle of terminology and
acronyms with humour, stories and anecdotes, so that the 'techies'
you speak with will assume you've been in the industry for
years. The title is slightly misleading. Not just for those in
IT recruitment, this is an invaluable easy-to-read handbook for
all business executives and managers who simply wish to sound
credible and comfortable when it comes to discussing all areas of IT
strategy with members of the IT industry. Punctuated by
cartoons by and bits of trivia, you'll find yourself reading this in
bed, and even relaying some of the stories over dinner parties.
About the Author
Ayub Shaikh
is a renowned trainer, famous for having brought credibility,
confidence and industry knowledge to thousands of business
executives, IT recruitment consultants, HR professionals and
resourcers through his training courses around the world. In the
past Ayub himself was an accomplished IT recruiter in the financial
heart of London and is now a mentor to some of the world's
largest IT recruitment consultancies. His company Holistica
Consulting is the world's only training company dedicated purely to
teaching IT recruiters and resourcers all they need to know
about the various IT vertical markets such as SAP, JAVA, C#,
and Telecoms. Without doubt there is nobody more suited to writing
the world's first 'survival guide' for the IT Recruitment
industry.
This is what Ayub says about himself in the
introduction
"You
have to be a rare (and slightly strange) tri-part being to really
enjoying writing a book like this. Firstly, you need to have an
unhealthy passion for all things IT. Secondly you must sincerely
enjoy imparting this knowledge to those from a
sales/business/recruitment background, knowing that they aren’t
necessarily as geek-ish as yourself. And thirdly you need to have
had firsthand experience yourself of working in an IT or IT
recruitment environment so that you know how much IT knowledge is
just enough in order to come across as confident and credible when
it matters. This is the path that I have had the great fortune of
travelling. Not necessarily out of design but certainly out of love
for all three areas."
How to
use the book
Hopefully you will soon find out that this is a guide
like no other. Not a reference manual but an enjoyable reading
experience full of anecdotes, historical perspective, fascinating
stories, and even (dare we say) humour. In this handbook the
author shares with you all of the knowledge and insight he have
picked up as a seasoned IT analyst and an IT recruitment trainer
over the last eighteen years. Constantly aware that you won’t
always have the time or luxury of reading each chapter as a full
narrative, you’ll want to jump straight in to the key bits of
information that count prior to a meeting or an interview. For this
reason at the beginning of each chapter is created a ‘Straight
to’ grid to enable you to quickly leap frog to the key areas. As
well as this most of the chapters relating directly to IT roles have
been structured so that you can quickly jump to
·
The role in detail
·
Key responsibilities of this role
·
What we should see on their CVs
·
Key skills and characteristics
·
Interviewing tips for this role
·
Summary sheet for this chapter
"The most significant book to hit the world if
IT recruitment in modern times, written by the most influential
trainer in this area today. This will undoubtedly become the
definitive IT recruiter’s bible and an essential instruction
manual for all who are thinking of progressing within the field of
IT recruitment."
Simone Gregory,
Personnel And Training Manager Hays Information
Technology
'THE COMPLETE IT RECRUITMENT SURVIVAL GUIDE' consists of over 300
pages within its 20 chapters, and includes the following
content:
SECTION 1: IT FUNDAMENTALS - Understanding
Basic IT Principles
* An overview of the IT industry and how it all came
about.
* All of the key IT concepts and jargon explained in lay
terms.
*
An in-depth explanation of
IT architecture, Software, Operating Systems and IT
Methodologies - in simple non-technical
terms.
SECTION 2: THE HISTORY OF
IT
* The Evolution of IT ( With a number
of chapters on much of the terminology used in IT today)
* The Evolution of the IT Department (A number of
chapters dedicated to explaining the IT department and how IT roles
evolved)
SECTION 3: RECRUITING IT
ROLES
* Recruiting IT Directors (Including all of the
terminology on CVs explained)
* Recruiting Business and Systems Analysts
(Including all of the terminology on CVs
explained)
* Recruiting Technical Architects ( as well as
Systems Architects and Enterprise Architects)
* Recruiting Java, C# and .NET Developers
(Including chapters covering various programming
languages, developers and what they do)
* Recruiting Front
End Developers with VB.NET
*
Recruiting Object Oriented
Developers
* Recruiting Software Testers (Black box, white
box, UAT, Functional and Structural)
* Recruiting Database Developers (A complete
understanding of Oracle experts and the Oracle product
range)
* Recruiting Networking
Specialist
* Recruiting Helpdesk and Adminstration
Roles
and
much much more ...
Each chapter is written
with IT understanding and IT recruitment relevance in mind, and
includes Interview questions and further techniques to help match
candidates to jobs.
This is a hugely significant work for the IT recruitment
industry and those from the business wishing to understand IT. But
do not be daunted (those of you who are squeamish about IT jargon
and terminology). Those who have attended Ayub's training will
immediately relate to the uniquely simple, passionate and even
humorous ways in which he puts across very complex IT concepts and
principals. And his now famous easy-to-understand teaching style
continues into this ground breaking book. IT knowledge is delivered
in a reassuring and relaxed way; and the stories, trivia, and
anecdotes flow throughout.
This is an instruction manual like no other. With 'The
Complete IT Recruitment Survival Guide' you have a constant,
easy-to-understand yet knowledgeable companion as you tackle the
murky waters of the world of IT recruitment.
Back Cover
"This has been eagerly anticipated. An overview
of the IT industry, it’s main concepts and roles in the clearest
most enjoyable way possible. Drawing on his personal experiences as
an IT recruitment consultant, and his formidable knowledge as an
acclaimed trainer within the IT recruitment industry, Ayub is the
one person who is perfectly qualified to compile this invaluable
handbook for those who need to quickly become credible when dealing
with people from the IT industry."
Mike Garlick,
CEO, MBA plc
THE BOOK IS NOW
AVAILABLE PRICED £29.99 (plus
postage).
.
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