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Maximizing Your IT Job Search Efforts in the Greater Pittsburgh Area

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Looking for a new job is a time-intensive process. Writing cover letters, tweaking resumes to suit a particular posting and researching company culture on review sites can take hours. Even with a large amount of online job search engines available – the submission process can be cumbersome and have vastly differing application requirements for each job posting. You might even be sent to a third-party site to create a brand new profile. Then, you wait. Wait for an email or phone call to schedule an interview.

OpenArc can help you maximize your IT job search with a comprehensive job-seeker friendly process. OpenArc career advisors can help you find the ideal job with the salary, benefits, career advancement opportunities and company culture you specify during the intake process.

Pittsburgh’s Best Technology Job Placement Firm

While OpenArc has won many “Best of” awards for staffing talent satisfaction – there’s a more important reason that OpenArc is the best source for IT job placement in Pittsburgh – we’re one of the largest Pittsburgh-area technology consultants. Our in-depth knowledge of modern full stack development and IT architecture is a tremendous benefit for our career coaches. We have years of established relationships with top tech companies in the Pittsburgh area and have worked on numerous projects with these companies. That’s valuable insight to have for job seekers who want a particular company culture and work environment.

Career Goal and Personal Goal Focused Job Search

One of the main reasons IT and development professional mention for starting a new job search is finding a job that allows them to work with technologies they are passionate about while advancing their careers. During our intake process, our career counselors focus not only on your skill set and experience – they will want to find out about your ideal job needs. Our job placement services ensure you’ll find the right opportunities because we already know what employees want for a specific job opening and salary ranges. Some other benefits of using our placement services include:

  • Your resume will be reviewed by top tech companies in the area
  • Get insight into every company’s unique hiring process, benefits, and compensation
  • A results-based process with an honest recruiting approach custom tailored for your job search needs
  • Coaches that will advise you on every step of the interview and hiring process

If you’re ready to find your next dream job and advance your technology career with a team of experienced technology and development professionals – you can search our technology job openings here or contact us to learn more.

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