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In response to the negative impacts of COVID-19 within our community, OpenArc partnered with other Pittsburgh-based IT Staffing firms to help raise a substantial donation to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.  PGHTechFuse featured the donation drive in a recent article. Message from our President: “OpenArc is proud of the opportunity join our competitors with […]

If you are looking for a new job for any number of reasons, including the recent pandemic layoffs, there are tips you can follow. While staying at home makes it more complicated, there are employers still searching for talent and have even taken their interview process remotely. There are likely going to be certain hindrances […]

How to Spot a Toxic Software Development Project and How You Can Improve the Outcome At OpenArc, our approach is to define and solve problems that are valuable to businesses and their end customers. The way we work empowers a team to empathize, advocate for users, listen, understand needs, explore, experiment, make and learn. Just […]

Hiring for a Remote SCM Position in Pittsburgh, PA As part of the Enterprise Solutions business line team for Product Management and Development, you are responsible for the processes, policies, and tools for organizing the companies development process. The SCM position relies on you to manage the configuration of the drafting, testing, and final production/baseline […]

The last few weeks have been difficult for our friends, neighbors, clients, and community with recent health-related developments and the challenges that we’re facing in light of them. Like you, we are taking things one day at a time, focusing on what’s essential to our clients and delivering services safely and flexibly. We are adapting […]

What Makes IT Recruiters Good at Evaluating Candidates There was a national article a few weeks ago that discussed that a good number of tech people, developers, designers, DBA’s, etc., perceive that typical IT recruiters don’t have the qualifications to fill open jobs because they lack technical field expertise. To help educate and bring a […]

“Risk Management (def.) – The process of evaluating, identifying, and acting on threats and opportunities that may impact the success of a project.” Here I am explicitly talking about threats, because the reality is that risks threaten the success of almost any software project. How do we mitigate these threats?  First, there are two points […]

Have mobile apps replaced dogs as man’s best friend? A recent study asked millennials and baby boomers to use their phone settings to record exactly how much time they dedicated every day to using mobile apps. The average of 5.4 hours surprised most of the study participants. Unexpectedly, boomers averaged only about one-half hour less […]

What’s in a job title? Would a director-level position with a manager job title still look sweet to a prospective job candidate? In contrast, how much do job titles on a resume impact recruiters and employers? Information technology job titles are one of those parts of a job description that shouldn’t seem to matter as […]