IT Talent Management Expertise

While technology can enhance competitive advantage, people are an enterprise’s only renewable asset. IT leaders must think strategically about how to manage their workforce to ensure they are positioned to deliver and ready to respond to upcoming trends in IT.

TEKsystems® IT Talent Management Expertise

Every year, we partner with 6,000 clients to achieve business targets. Every week, we speak with over 100,000 IT professionals about their IT initiatives and career goals. These real-world conversations, combined with our primary research on the IT workforce, enable us to offer you practical guidance to optimize how you manage your IT employees.


Our IT talent management expertise stems from our unique perspective on the IT workforce.

  • Client
    Insight

    We possess thousands of client experiences that enable us to know who’s doing what with their IT workforce and what works best. Check out our IT case studies for some real-world examples.

  • Local Labor Market Expert

    Our staffing specialists are experts in their local IT labor markets. We know supply and demand intelligence, where the best performers are, what they cost and what strategies are ideal for IT talent attraction and retention. Learn more about our local IT labor market knowledge.

  • Primary Research Studies

    We invest heavily in research to analyze emerging trends in IT and to assess the psychology of the IT worker. Our findings enable us to improve our own business model and to advise you on talent management strategies that can help you achieve your business targets. Read some of our published press releases and research papers.

Practical Insight and Advice

Compared to the competition, our clients rate us 30% and our IT consultants rate us 25% higher than the competition. By practicing what we preach on how to lead and manage IT talent, we have gained this competitive margin and helped our clients do the same with their customers and employees.

We consult and advise on the following topics to drive successful IT initiatives:

  • Candidate screening and selection
  • Compensation analysis and rate benchmarking
  • Contract and direct placement onboarding
  • Employer branding and Employee Value Propositions (EVPs)
  • Performance management, coaching and feedback
  • Workforce planning strategies
  • Talent sourcing and attraction
  • Training and education best practices
  • 91%
    of IT professionals say they are open to new opportunities, even if they aren't actively looking for a new job.
  • We help you retain your high performers.
  • 48%
    of IT leaders expect their 2013 budget to increase.
  • 59%
    of IT leaders prefer to be able to rely on IT staffing firms for outcomes, not just labor hours.
  • We provide managed, project-based and IT services, in addition to IT staff augmentation services.
  • Very few IT leaders map out their workforce planning strategies over the long term, with less than 20% planning for the next two years and only 6% making plans over the next five years.
  • We ensure you're ready to address your future skill needs.
  • 63%
    of IT leaders reported they would prefer to purchase more services from fewer vendors.
  • We provide managed, project-based and IT services, in addition to IT staff augmentation services.
  • Less than 10%
    of IT leaders say they have a formal workforce planning process in place.
  • We help you build a proactive workforce planning strategy.
  • Less than one-third of IT leaders rate their IT organization's on-the-job training program as excellent or very good.
  • Our contract-to-hire services allow you to see our people perform before hiring them on full-time.
  • As a matter of strategic importance, nearly three out of four IT leaders agree that they must be great at quickly assembling IT teams with the right skills.
  • Our IT Staffing Solutions enable you to build high-performance teams, quickly.
  • IT leaders rank attracting, retaining and developing top talent one of the top challenges in 2013.
  • Our proprietary Staffing Quality Process® gives you the right people, not just the best-looking resumes.
  • 46%
    of IT leaders believe lack of team bandwidth is the largest contributor to an underperforming IT department.
  • Through our suite of services, we can help you achieve your goals─without burning out.
  • Nine out of 10 IT leaders agree that the success of IT projects and initiatives is heavily reliant on the people behind them.
  • We have the best IT professionals on our team.
  • 55%
    of IT leaders indicate their IT department has utilized IT staffing firms for guidance on how to optimize human capital management.
  • Let us help you optimize how you attract, develop and retain IT talent.
  • 68%
    of IT professionals plan to work as a consultant in IT after they retire.
  • We help you manage a multi-generational workforce effectively.
  • 55%
    of IT leaders expect IT staff salaries to increase in 2013.
  • Do you have the resources to meet increasing salary demands?
  • Six out of 10 IT leaders expect that their best staff will leave their company in less than five years.
  • We help you retain your high performers, build succession plans and fill in skill gaps.
  • 95%
    of IT leaders believe IT will have a central role in accomplishing business goals.
  • We help you ensure you have the best people to execute your strategic goals.
  • Nearly 70% of organizations do not have a formalized program to help IT staff understand their business.
  • We build customized onboarding and training programs to boost employee productivity.
  • Nearly 90% of IT leaders say a cultural fit is very important for the success of management and senior-level IT employees.
  • We screen for technical skills, soft skills and business acumen.
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