Meet the Whitridge Team – Craig Zimiroski IT Staffing | Technology Recruiters | Engineering Staffing Q: What is your background and how did that lead you to joining the Whitridge Team?  I started in the staffing industry right out of college and was part of starting the I/T division from scratch at the very first company I joined. I have managed and led divisions and practice groups in I/T, ERP, Life Sciences, and manufacturing staffing for over 25 years. I was part of the E...

Whitridge Associates was excited to attend the Curry College Career Fair night in Milton, MA on Wednesday, April 4th. It was great to meet many graduating Seniors face-to-face and talk about their future plans and goals. Our recruiting team enjoyed sharing with them the future of Whitridge, the IT Staffing industry, and opportunities to break into a Tech Recruiting career. As Whitridge grows, we look forward to welcoming the future generation of college graduates into our recruiting family!...

I recently read an article about a start-up that began with two people developing their company by collaborating remotely, one in England and one in Russia. There was no requirement for an office for their company.  As they grew organically, the additional staff they attracted were also remote; therefore, evolving into a completely remote company. In order to create as much synergy as possible, they arrived at the conclusion that they needed some method of connecting all the employees on a ...

Meet Your Whitridge IT Recruiter NAME: Dennis Condon TITLE: Staffing Specialist TIME W/ WHITRIDGE: 7 months 1.    What is your background both educationally and professionally? And how did that lead you to recruiting?  I got my BA degree in Public Relations from Iona College in New Rochelle, NY (May 2011).  Upon graduating I moved home to Boston and shortly after took on my first “real job” at John Hancock working as a Payroll Customer Service Rep. &nb...

Recently, we asked three of our top Quality Analysts to answer questions about their role, the best ways to break into the industry, and best practices, below you will find their answers.  1.    What do you think is the best education/training for someone that is looking to become a Quality Analyst? Rajesh: SQL, Agile training, and any automation tool training. I feel all are important since Agile is the process which is helpful to work in a fast-paced environment and S...

The negative light now being shined so brightly on the H-1 program and immigration as a whole seems to be painting all foreign workers with the broad brush of either itinerant farm workers or extremely low paid technology workers, who just based on their cost alone, are taking jobs away from qualified Americans. This is based on a very select examples of misguided decisions by corporations to spit in the eye of the American worker by blatantly replacing them with outsourced H1 workers, with no v...

Meet Your Whitridge IT Recruiter NAME: Luis Gallo TITLE: Staffing Specialist  YEARS W/ WHITRIDGE: 2 In the third installment of Meet Your Whitridge IT Recruiter, we are thrilled to introduce you to Luis Gallo, a Staffing Specialist here at Whitridge Associates. Luis brings professionalism and a sense of humor to our team and we are so happy he is part of the Whitridge family.  Q: What is your background both educationally and professionally? And how did that lead you to IT r...

Meet Your Whitridge IT Recruiter NAME: Maria Nagel TITLE: IT Staffing Specialist     YEARS W/ WHITRIDGE: 1 1/2  In our second addition of "Meet Your Whitridge IT Recruiter," we'd like to introduce you to the wonderful and talented, Maria Nagel. We asked Maria several questions about her life outside of Whitridge and how she works hard to help our IT consultants.  Q: What is your background both educationally and professionally? And how did that lead you to rec...

Recently, we asked some of our top IT Project Managers what they consider to be best practices in their field and what education they would recommend to become a star Project Manager. Below you will find their answers.  ​1. What do you think is the best training/education for becoming a successful IT Project Manager? Marissa: Learning the SDLC methodologies (Software Development Life Cycle) of managing a project Knowledge of the varying types of methods in the industr...

Meet Your Whitridge IT Recruiter NAME: Nick Butcher TITLE: IT Staffing Specialist  YEARS W/ WHITRIDGE: 3 ½    Over the coming months, we want to introduce you to members of the Whitridge Associates team. In IT recruiting, it really is your employees that make you successful and our team is the perfect example of that. With that said, meet Nick. We asked several questions about him personally and how he works to help our IT consultants.    Q:   ...