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Since some of you will be looking for a job soon, DataMation has some tips:

An interesting trend has recently emerged, one that we haven’t seen in the IT staffing industry for a number of years: Approximately 80 percent of the candidates we represented to clients in a sampling of markets reported receiving not just one, but multiple job offers. Certainly, the increased demand for IT professionals in both permanent and contract positions created by the improving economy was one reason for the boom in job offers. But that alone was not enough to explain the sudden, dramatic increase in multiple offers. So we took a closer look at what these professionals were doing that others were not. What we found was not so much surprising as it was a confirmation of what we have suspected all along: The most successful job candidates are those who first take the time to clearly define their needs and expectations from the positions they are seeking, and second clearly communicate those needs and expectations, along with their unique skills, to potential employers.