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IT Consulting: IT Contract Work Is Up, Permanent Hiring Slowly Increasing

September 15, 2010/0 Comments/in Dallas IT Consulting, Dallas IT Contractors, IT architecture, IT Consulting, IT contractors, Technology/by admin

Technology contractors appear to be seeing the best growth rates in hiring. For high-demand IT architecture and project management jobs, the salary picture is promising. If you have in-demand skills, your asking price is probably above market rate—even with the slow growth of technology jobs, say hiring managers and recruiters polled in an August survey […]

IT Staffing: Tech Jobs Grow During First Half of 2010

September 14, 2010/0 Comments/in Dallas IT Recruiter, IT Budgets, IT Job Growth, Tech Job Growth/by admin

Job growth indicates that the technology industry is creeping out of the recession, according to a tech industry trade group. The U.S. high-tech industry is showing signs of job growth and economic recovery, having added 30,200 tech jobs during the first half of 2010, according to the TechAmerica Foundation, whose data is based on numbers […]

IT Consulting: IT Contract Work Is Up, Permanent Hiring Slowly Increasing

September 15, 2010/0 Comments/in Dallas IT Consulting, Dallas IT Contractors, IT architecture, IT Consulting, IT contractors, Technology/by admin

IT Staffing: Tech Jobs Grow During First Half of 2010

September 14, 2010/0 Comments/in Dallas IT Recruiter, IT Budgets, IT Job Growth, Tech Job Growth/by admin

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IT Consulting: IT Contract Work Is Up, Permanent Hiring Slowly Increasing

September 15, 2010/0 Comments/in Dallas IT Consulting, Dallas IT Contractors, IT architecture, IT Consulting, IT contractors, Technology/by admin

Technology contractors appear to be seeing the best growth rates in hiring. For high-demand IT architecture and project management jobs, the salary picture is promising.

If you have in-demand skills, your asking price is probably above market rate—even with the slow growth of technology jobs, say hiring managers and recruiters polled in an August survey by online job board Dice.com.

Fifty-one percent of 1,350 IT decision makers polled said they are having to sweeten salaries for highly sought-after tech talent, though about 22 percent of workers are not willing to leave their current jobs. Caution about the economy is still in the air for employers and workers alike. But if you are receiving offers, don’t be afraid to try to get the best salary possible.

“Indeed, money dominates the enticement list, whether it’s higher salaries or sign-on bonuses sometimes necessary to help with relocation,” Tom Silver, senior vice president of Dice, said in a Sept. 8 statement. “But No. 3 on the list might surprise you: flexible work options, including telecommuting.”

The rise of telecommuting is one of those win/win situations for employers and employees alike: Companies get to save on office space costs such as leases, power consumption and insurance, and employees get to stay closer to their families, save on commuting costs and have a bit more hourly flexibility. Plus, employees will more likely start their days earlier thanks to a nonexistent commute.

“Technology jobs with a telecommuting option have doubled on the Dice site year [over] year,” Silver said. “Still, they remain less than 1 percent of the total jobs available. Corporations may want to consider giving more tech employees the option of telecommuting. Not only might such a policy attract and keep talent, it can offer real cost savings, as well.”

IT Staffing: Tech Jobs Grow During First Half of 2010

September 14, 2010/0 Comments/in Dallas IT Recruiter, IT Budgets, IT Job Growth, Tech Job Growth/by admin

Job growth indicates that the technology industry is creeping out of the recession, according to a tech industry trade group.

The U.S. high-tech industry is showing signs of job growth and economic recovery, having added 30,200 tech jobs during the first half of 2010, according to the TechAmerica Foundation, whose data is based on numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The TechAmerica Foundation, a nonprofit advocacy group for the technology industry, tracked job growth in three of four sectors of the technology industry between January and June 2010. The tech services sector added the most jobs (29,700) during that period, followed by the software services sector, which netted 14,200 jobs. Technology manufacturers ranked third, with 9,100 net new jobs between January and June 2010.

Communications services, which includes Internet and telecom companies, was the one sector of the technology industry that lost jobs during the first half of the year. It dropped 22,800 jobs.

“As one of the last industries to feel the effects of the recession, the technology industry now appears to be slowly turning the corner with the rest of the economy,” said Phil Bond, president and CEO of TechAmerica, in a statement.

But employment in the tech industry still has a ways to go before it gets back up to even early 2009 levels. As of June 2010, tech industry employment reached 5.78 million workers, compared to 5.99 million in January 2009.