HUMAN RESOURCE: HOW TO HIRE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS PERSONNEL

The IT and IS community is huge. There are many different fields in the IT and IS communities just like a state has different cities. Since IT and IS are vast, there are many different job titles, not all of them make sense and this is what makes it confusing as to what type of job to apply for and who to hire. I will attempt to give the Human Resource (HR) folks tips on hiring IT and IS personnel, what HR should not assume, why HR should not think that a certification is a deciding factor in hiring someone, and bring to light some of the unrealistic qualifications I have seen on job boards. First thing is to ask an existing Information Technology (IT) or Information Systems (IS) employee to review the resume! They have a better understanding on whether or not the applicant can perform the job. If you have no IT or IS employees, find a consultant in one of the two communities