Craftlogic Blog

I was planning to write a new blog post earlier this year regarding how badly companies perform technical interviews with IT candidates. So many companies assume that if you're a technical person on staff then you must know how to interview candidates. This is so far from the truth. Companies these days seem to try to figure how how NOT to hire rather than HOW to hire. They're not looking for smart people that can figure things out. They're looking for a wishlist of check-boxes and if not all bo...

This is a letter that our new clients get upon signing a new agreement and is by me. It shows my confidence in Craftlogic and what we can do for our clients. I don't take this lightly. I believe in our people and what we can do to help our clients. It's worth a read.

Craftlogic has added a new staffing model to our existing offerings. It’s called Recruiting-as-a-Service. We have a few clients who have already signed with us using this model and so far we are excited about the results.

As a follow-up to my previous post, Youth is Wasted on the Young, this post will give a personal example of how valuable experience can be. I was working on a project back in the late 90s on a 2-month contract which lasted over 2 years. I was hired as a C++ consultant to help them with the communication protocol between a VRTX, a real-time operating system, and Windows NT. Yeah, this dates me a bit but this will help explain may major point of this post. On my very first day, I sat in a me...

Craftlogic is pleased to announce that Brad Deppe is the new Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Kevin Ferguson, President and CEO of Craftlogic, is excited about the new direction of the company and Brad's role in helping make it all happen.

I see and review hundreds of resumes a week and have been doing so for over 10 years. Whether you’re sending your resume to a recruiter at a staffing company or sending it to HR at a company, you need to realize that certain information needs to be presented in the proper way to keep your resume from going in the bit bucket (electronic trash can). Most companies large and small use Applicant Tracking Systems. The ATS takes resumes that were submitted by email or via job sites or company webs...