TopLine Strategies announces Critical Jobs Network™, sees strength in hiring within the IT

Jan. 4, 2011 - PRLog -- Scottsdale, AZ. – TopLine Strategies, a national provider of integration and development lifecycle data services, today reported a near tripling year over year compared to prior months in 2009 for new job ticket activity within its technical staffing practice for both November and December. Job ticket activity is a strong leading indicator of tech sector hiring.  In response to this demand, TopLine Strategies also announced initial select deployment of its Critical Jobs Network™ (CJN) family of media technologies. CJN™ is designed to give its clients unprecedented exposure to both new and old media channels, as well as identify with greater than ever precision, an ideal job candidate for a specific job profile fit.

“After a strong summer, November and December job requisitions and placement numbers are showing great strength compared to prior year activity.  Hiring managers are demonstrating increasing levels of confidence in calendar Q1 as well,” said Saundra Stewart, TopLine Strategies Sales Executive.  “Our clients are continuing to see their business prospects improve.  They are leveraging TopLine Strategies technical staffing services to achieve their hiring objectives. Our recruiting team has continued to impress and is consistently finding the top talent in the valley to fill this demand,” said Stewart.  “We’ve had tremendous success filling positions, including those challenging, highly-specialized roles.”

The firm saw requests for talent spike in fall 2010 in over a dozen technical areas, including each of following position titles:

•   Project Coordinator
•   Java/.Net Developer
•   ERP Project Manager
•   Manager of IT Security
•   Financial Consultant
•   SAS Administrator III
•   Manager of Server Services
•   Java Software Developer II & III
•   Microsoft .Net Developer I, II, & III
•   IT Applications Manager
•   Microsoft CRM Developer
•   SharePoint Developer
•   ERP Business Analyst
•   CRM Business Analyst
•   Lead Generation Marketing Manager

“The first half of 2011 is rapidly sizing up to be a dynamic period with some tough competition for IT talent in certain disciplines, “ said Stewart. “These organizations are acting to strengthen their IT workforce.  Simultaneously, talented technology professionals are looking to get back on track and pursue their career aspirations.  It has become apparent to those in the workforce that career opportunities are readily available with outstanding employers. Candidates are now willing to consider change if the opportunity is right,” Stewart added.

When asked about the new Critical Jobs Network™, Stewart replied, “the CJN™ is going to be a hit ticket in 2011 for high priority technical hiring. With CJN, we can offer human resource groups and hiring managers a level of labor market visibility unequaled in the industry, which translates to faster access to the best candidates.  We’ve been able to develop CJN technology because we are one of the leading .NET development teams in the Valley.  Our own staff developers and business analysts have been able to connect some new media and Web 2.0 technologies’ in some ways I find, just amazing.  Some of the small local staffing-only firms are just not equipped to connect technologies like this, and some of the large national firms are, frankly, not as focused on using the most modern technology to acquire the best technical talent.  Their roots in hiring non-technical talent using approaches that may not be able to reach today’s best and brightest, and we are excited to be able to show this difference to our key clients as we begin to deploy these new systems and methods in 2011, which includes expanding our HR consulting toolkit featuring EBCA™, that our clients have raved about for years,” Stewart concluded.

About TopLine Strategies
TopLine Strategies (http://www.toplinestrategies.com) delivers the complete integration and development lifecycle of sales and marketing technologies to corporations and institutions, and premier HR consulting and staffing services for the technology sector. TopLine Strategies’ practice expertise includes Customer Relationship Management, Enterprise Benefit Enrollment Management, Marketing Technologies, Enterprise Content Management, Business Intelligence, CIO and CTO Services, and IT Human Resource Consulting and Staffing.

TopLine Strategies is a subsidiary of AncAla Equity Partners (AEP). Since 1989, AEP has provided capital, management and business resources to professional service companies. AEP invests in companies that deliver innovative solutions and provide their clients with measurable business results.

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TopLine Strategies provides managed IT services and consulting on the processes and systems which affect revenue optimization, as well as premier staffing services for the technology sector.