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Company: Bowman Williams

Job Title: CEO

John Davenjay

John Davenjay is the CEO of staffing agency Bowman Williams. John founded the company in 2009 after running operations and sales for a managed service and VoIP provider based in Washington, D.C. His firsthand experience of sourcing and hiring MSP employees led to the creation of a staffing firm exclusively focused on helping the MSP industry eliminate the common bottleneck of hiring MSP talent. Forbes ranked Bowman Williams #137 in the Best Recruiting Firms in America in 2018. The firm is a staffing partner for more than 300 MSPs around the country. Follow Davenjay on Twitter or on LinkedIn.

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Salaries and Payroll

MSP Salary Guide: Structure Competitive Offers that Don’t Break the Bank

Use salary guide information to align salaries with national averages.

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How MSPs Can Profit from Hiring Underqualified Candidates

Hiring strong but slightly underqualified staff and training them can help avoid turnover.

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MSP Skills Most Often Translating Into Successful Hires

Look for candidates who can communicate and are a good cultural fit; then, offer needed training.

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MSP Sales Candidates: If You Build It, They Will Come

For new MSP sales hires to succeed, it’s important to have a defined sales and marketing process.

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Don’t Get Blindsided When Hiring Your Next MSP Employee

Hiring can be painful. Understand which skills translate most often into successful hires for MSPs – and which ones do not – then stick with those skill sets to avoid making a bad decision.

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Dangle the Carrot that Retains MSP Employees

We all know how challenging it is to find high-quality help these days. That’s why retaining your top talent can be equally as important as choosing the right person to hire. To improve employee retention, consider the importance of outlining career progression

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Why Successful MSPs Hire Within the Channel

Finding the right candidate for your position goes beyond technical skills. Look for an understanding of the business model, a focus on customer service — and then build a bench.

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Avoid This Landmine: Hiring Overqualified Candidates

MSPs want the very best talent they can afford. But when an applicant seems too good to be true, it’s time to do some digging.

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Go Small Or Go Home

One of the largest misconceptions that can be seen in current IT job seekers is realistic expectations evaluating a company’s career growth opportunities. Career growth can often be associated with a company’s size: the larger the organization, the more stable the enterprise, the more they can provide for their employees. This, however, isn’t always the case.

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Why Not To Mention All Your Aspirations In An Interview

It’s normal to aspire for career growth, and employers want their employees to have large aspirations when they align with their business’ objectives, but candidates interviewing for a new job should tread lightly.

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The Interview: The Small Things Are The Biggest Things

It is too often that candidates worry about listing “significant” items on their resume and ignore the “small things” that make a lasting impression on employers during the interviewing process. The smallest things are often the biggest things

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Message to CSPs Hiring: Keep Calm and Carry On

Keeping your business fully staffed requires you to have a proactive process for interviewing and hiring employees, but don’t forget to keep a staffing company in your back pocket, too.

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Finding Talent for the Cloud: What CSPs Need to Know

Finding the right resume can make place more money into your pocket, but hiring the wrong individual may cost you in the long run.

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10 Things Every Cloud Solutions Provider (CSP) Needs to Know About Hiring

Hiring employees requires a unique set of skills — and sometimes a new hiring manager. Here’s how CSPs can pair the right people with the right opportunities.

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5 Reasons Your Employees Leave for New Opportunities

Keeping your employees with you will save you time and money in the long run. But for them to stay with you, you’ll need to understand their needs and wants. Here’s where you might be going wrong.

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Tips for Hiring Cloud-ready Managers

Here’s what channel partners should look for when hiring cloud-ready managers.