The Synergy Team
The adage "our most important asset is our people" is basic to all service-based organizations but an even more a fundamental truth of successful IT entities employing a Team-Centric model. The value we deliver to our clients – critical to our success - is ultimately dependent upon the people we hire and the contract partners we choose to work with.
Our Team functions at its highest level when each member shares and upholds Synergy Group IT’s Core Values. Adherence to the same values permits deep collaboration within our team as well as with our clients’ teams creating the type of Synergy which fuels continued delivery excellence in the IT arena.
The Team-Centric model demands engagement and dissent as critical to success and fosters the embrace of each unique perspective. We deeply value diversity of opinions, experiences, and backgrounds as these traits enrich the Team’s overall success.
Accordingly, Synergy recruits talented individuals who while sharing the same values are confident, independent-minded, and demonstrate respect for differing opinions and inclusivity as regards other team members, our partners, and our client community. As our organization is nonhierarchical we pursue individuals seeking opportunities that are face-paced, challenging, and above all rewarding.
Members of Team Synergy are expected to demonstrate and embrace three characteristics critical to their success - Integrity, Intelligence, and Intensity.
Integrity leads to respect of associates and confidence in your decisions. It requires adherence to the highest ethical standards demonstrating:
- Responsibility making decisions and taking actions at times with moderate supervision as tasks dictate. Demonstrating capability and discipline through maturity and pride in your work. Occasionally taking on responsibilities beyond your job description as challenges dictate.
- Accountability through taking ownership of choices, decisions and actions particularly those resulting in sub-optimal outcomes. Being committed to sharing unfavorable news with candor and directness regardless of the consequences thereby fostering trust among colleagues.
- Trust by honoring commitments and obligations to colleagues, business partners, and, most importantly, to our clients.
- Honesty in dealings with co-workers and strategic partners.
- Transparency by freely sharing your ideas and actions as well as granting unfettered access to colleagues, strategic business partners or clients as required.
Intelligence, generally defined as general cognitive problem-solving skills, is a measure of mental and emotional characteristics.
Mental characteristics include the ability to:
- reason and think critically
- be curious and highly motivated
- quickly comprehend complex information
- readily discern patterns amongst data
- be creative
Emotional components - prerequisite to building and sustaining personal relationships necessary to successful team contribution - include:
- self-awareness
- empathy and social skills
- the ability to be intellectually honest through constant reflection and process of feedback
These aspects of intelligence shape communication skills necessary to convey an individual’s ideas and, as importantly, drive what a person does when presented with an unfamiliar challenge. Most are sharpened through the courage to ask questions, the self-control to listen attentively, and the knowledge to synthesize information gathered.
Intensity is a measure of concentration, focus, and determination – the energy - applied when pursuing one’s goals. The scale of intensity is borne of the strength of tenacity as fueled by motivation. Competitive determination and personal drive are pillars of motivation.
And, motivation propels urgency in addressing individual tasks, the building blocks of small assignments and larger projects. It energizes the drive to rise to challenges as well as overcome obstacles which arise amidst life’s many distractions.
Intensity generates action. At Synergy we believe, as succinctly put by Mahatma Gandhi, “Action expresses priorities”.
Interviewing
Interviews afford us the opportunity to move beyond a résumé to gain a more in-depth understanding of you as an individual - your skills and, as importantly, your passions. A two-way process, the interview experience enables you to learn more about our organization and the role you could play on Team Synergy.
We seek out problem solvers exhibiting inclusive leadership with the independence and drive of an entrepreneur. Those who challenge themselves to be exceptional - who demonstrate the characteristics of Integrity, Intelligence, and Intensity. Those who share the Synergy Culture and will best serve our clients.
The IT arena has long recognized that there are many avenues through which these characteristics, as well as subject matter expertise, are acquired and honed. Whether you have years of experience, or are just finishing your education, your unique talents and perspective have the potential to complement Team Synergy and contribute to its depth and growth.
Below is an outline of various components of our hiring process. Depending on the position sought some may not apply; as well, the details of others may vary. To initiate the interview process, apply for a position through the Career Opportunities tab. Those wishing to do so may submit a résumé to be held on file in consideration of a future position with requirements matching your skillset and experience. Résumés may be submitted in either a .pdf or Word document; a cover letter may be included if desired.
Whether you have years of experience, or are just finishing your education, your unique talents and perspective have the potential to complement Team Synergy and contribute to its depth and growth.
The screening interview is conducted via phone by a hiring manager to narrow the pool of applicants who will be invited to continue along the hiring path. The manager will review your skills and subject matter expertise, work history, availability, and other qualifications as each pertains to those our firm is seeking in the optimal candidate for the job.
Perspective candidates will be invited to join a video interview with a hiring manager and a department or project manager of the area to which the open position pertains. These face-to-face meetings will enable both you and Synergy Team Members to move beyond the digital confines of your résumé and of our web pages.
You will learn more about unique aspects of the position to be filled as well as the team you will join. Our associates will review your professional and technical capabilities as well as your past employment experiences. As we get to know more about you personally, you in turn will learn more the Synergy Culture.
A more in-depth one-on-one interview may be required for some positions in particular for those pertaining to supervisory or leadership roles. You also will meet with management, other prospective colleagues, and staff members as appropriate.
Supervisor positions will likely demand participation in an interview phase meant to determine your management skills and style. All will require evaluation of your communication and interpersonal skills.
Prior to issuing an offer, Synergy will conduct reference checks to verify employment history, eligibility for rehire as well as qualifications and skills necessary for the position sought. In addition, we will seek to understand your work history and ability to apply your qualifications and skills in the workplace.
For positions requiring a security clearance we will perform screening necessary to validate any existing clearance as well as to understand the disposition of past security clearances which are no longer active.
Synergy Group IT is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Values & Culture
Synergy’s values form the foundation for every decision we make. These shared beliefs and ideas lay the foundation for how we treat one another, work together, and hold one another accountable.
Our corporate culture derives from our core values - in particular our commitment to maintain a team-centric environment to promote exceptional performance. We have built, and endeavor to maintain, a culture which will attract, support, and enable the firm to retain a diverse group of problem solvers who demonstrate a passion for leadership and for delivering extraordinary results.
Our leadership is hands-on; our organization nonhierarchical. Leadership doesn’t manage Team Synergy from afar but are members of the team contributing to its success on a daily basis. Our inclusive hiring practices ensure we target professional candidates who, while capable of dissent, demonstrate respect for diverse perspectives.
Synergy does not discriminate - nor tolerate discrimination or harassment - based on age, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity, national origin, ethnicity or race. We do not tolerate offensive and harmful behaviors toward our employees, clients, or stakeholders.
Members of Team Synergy achieve their highest success when they:
- fully embrace our core values
- maintain their individuality as a team member
- contribute to a diversity of opinions and thought based on their unique experiences and backgrounds
Every employee is expected to:
- act with integrity upholding the highest standards of ethics and business conduct
- to hold themselves accountable and, if necessary, to hold other associates accountable as well
- to be transparent and honest, and communicate openly
- to demonstrate the upmost professionalism in everything they do
- to value differences in opinion and embraces everyone’s unique perspective
- to demonstrate respect, and inclusivity with respect to their colleagues as well as with our business partners and clients
Our culture continually grows while adapting to new viewpoints. It is open to the possibility that current methods could be suboptimal – that current beliefs could be wrong. We acknowledge biases may accrue in approach to challenges but adapt as required to guard against a rigid mindset negatively impacting productivity, engagement and/or innovation.
Synergy supports work-life balance as well as our employees’ commitment to their communities and to social causes they embrace.
Please visit Career Opportunities to learn more about employment opportunities and current openings.