Firstly, we must note that we will not attempt to come at this topic with a cynical angle. Overall, it can be difficult to see any positivity behind a shadow that’s been cast by years of economical struggle. With inflation at an all-time high, the job market taking curves and drops that would put rollercoasters to shame, and a recession looming on the horizon, thinking about retirement can seem both tone-deaf and illogical. If you can’t afford to live now, how can you afford to live 20-30 years from now? Side anecdote: just the other day, someone asked me about my retirement fund. And, despite ..read more

Recently, we have been diving into a plethora of topics surrounding the idea of customer communication and service jobs themselves. At the end of the day, it’s not only a necessity for most businesses but a necessity for life itself. Communication and empathy are things we simply cannot live without. Though the life of a hermit may sound appealing to some, it’s nearly impossible (at least for those that want to live a healthy existence). Therefore, building a strong foundation on how to handle it is crucial to both success and happiness. In fact, BLS reported that about one-fourth of all emplo ..read more

I remember as a young teen, my grandfather continuously pushed me toward finding a job in tech. He mentioned over and over that the industry would continue to grow, like a twisting vine feeding off both advancement and the human ability to create efficiency. As long as humans strived to create easier tools for daily life, tech careers would continue to grow. Whether IT help desk roles or engineering careers, there would always be reliable and lucrative jobs. At the end of the day, he proved to be correct. On one hand, IT jobs continue to be lucrative. The average of IT-based salaries is still ..read more

Over the entirety of our existence as a staffing agency, we at Tier2Tek have dealt with a plethora (and we mean a plethora) of interviews regarding both IT support and other help-desk-esque roles for companies. Because, let’s be brutally honest: every company needs a strong IT backbone, even those based on products and services that aren’t IT-related. It’s ironic, surely, but even companies that hold a main-selling point of being anti-technology (i.e. a record-player production company) still need IT to survive. It’s 2023, after all. At some point, a company will need to interview for IT suppo ..read more

As a staffing agency that covers all industries, we hear from a plethora of people with different backgrounds. Amongst this bevy of callers are plenty of job seekers with interesting parameters — they simply do not want to sit behind a desk. And, in a society marred by the ever-dropping rates of attention spans, it makes complete sense. Not everyone is built with a docile mind. Not everyone is prepared to place the only physical constraint of labor upon their minds, leaving everything but the eyes and fingers static. If someone doesn’t want to sit still all day, they shouldn’t be expelled from ..read more

Close your eyes for a moment. Let the fickle and fragile imagination that you once under-cherished as a child wisp over you once again. Image, for a second, a worker sitting in their car, forced into a standstill at the back of a long line of unmoving traffic. The worker, sweating and raw with irritation, is running late for their office job 5 miles from their current standing location. In that pulsating-red moment, the worker thinks of the possibility of remote jobs and just how wonderful it would be. Just how peaceful it would be to have a longstanding commute from bedroom to home office. A ..read more

The world of employment, contracts, and salaries can be difficult to navigate. It seems as if every time we turn around, some new ruling or law has been put into effect, blowing the former constraints out of the water. Luckily, it’s often seen with good intentions in mind. Though the world of labor often seems one-sided, it’s anything but. With the power constantly being shifted between those with open jobs and those with labor to provide, it can become a tug of war, leading to benefits for both parties. When discussing the severance agreement, and its changes at the beginning of 2023, we noti ..read more

There’s something to be said about the lack of disconnect from the working world. The blending, like a powder mixture poured into a steaming cup of water, that occurs between professional lives and the lives of professionals. We, as professionals with goals of 9-to-5s, have an impossible time turning off our effort and energy, creating a dissolve into our real world. We, as workaholics, become overworked, spending the majority of our ‘off time’ thinking about what needs to happen in the office. A recent survey by the Inc and Go found that 71% of the 1,000 respondents worked overtime at least o ..read more

Winning a dream job (or any job, for that matter) requires both an ample amount of skill and luck. A twisting of words to become the most presentable. A pulling of connections to create a reference sheet that blows the competition away. Placing the correct keywords in your past work history as a way of presenting your abilities and experience as a professional, creating an efficient and eye-catching elevator pitch. Crafting both the best resume and job application requires dedication and knowledge of your field, so much so that we have created countless articles about it. And though we’ve pile ..read more

It seems like we can never get away from discussing the idea of hybrid work schedules. Every time we turn around, a new statistic or concept is being discussed like a trend that has suddenly appeared, marring and mocking the history of work that lies behind it. It’s as if, upset about the way things once were, those with direct ties to business administration are still marveling at the idea. How can something so drastic take such a useful and regular form in such a short period of time? It truly is a wonder. Around 4 years ago, the idea of working from home was left specifically to those with ..read more