September 21, 2009 4:33 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
2009 employment situation,
best high-tech job cities,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
US News & World Reprot "10 Best Places for Tech Jobs"On September 15, US News and World Report published a story whose title matches that for this blog: 10 Best Places for Tech Jobs. While some of them...
September 18, 2009 4:54 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
coping with IT job loss,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT employment situationIn following up from my preceding post "Bernanke at Brookings," I've noticed that my reaction to his news about the technical end of the recession mirrors...
September 16, 2009 4:20 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
2009 IT employment,
2009-2010 IT employment situation,
IT career planning,
IT careersThe "it" in the title for this blog is the recession, and the but is a big one — namely, that unemployment will probably continue to rise into 2010, and will still probably exceed 10% overall. Brooking has graciously made a video of Bernanke's keynote, entitled "
September 14, 2009 4:30 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
2009 IT employment,
2009 IT employment predictions,
IT career planning,
IT careersIn trying to understand current conditions, it's sometimes interesting to turn back the clock to see what was forecast for the period we're currently occupying. To that end, I found this 14-month old set of predictions from ComputerWorld (7/18/2008) pretty interesting "
September 9, 2009 11:52 AM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
employer/company checklist,
evaluating a prospective IT or technical employer,
IT career planning,
IT job huntingThough times are tough, and jobs are tight in this era of recession and downsizing, new job opportunities do still pop up from time to time. But with the consequences of a bad choice even more negative than usual — as in "What happens if the new job doesn't work out?" with no place else to land...
September 8, 2009 1:20 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT career planning,
IT job search,
Top IT job areas,
Top IT job localesIn a survey conducted by Dice and reported in Windows IT Pro on August 13, you will find a list of the most difficult skill sets or positions to fill in today's IT job market. This list makes for interesting...
September 4, 2009 3:32 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
August 09 employment situation,
August 2009 employment situation,
IT career planning,
IT job search,
US BLS,
US Bureau of Labor StatisticsThis morning the US Bureau of Labor Statistics released the employment numbers for August, 2009. These numbers aren't especially good: they reversed the modest trend from June and July during which time the unemployment...
August 28, 2009 3:20 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
age discrimination in IT job search,
ageism in IT job search,
importance of flexibility in job search,
important of current skills and knowledge in job search,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT job search,
job search for over-50 workers,
relationship between age and payAs a baby boomer myself, I can't help but be sensitive to continuing reports or complaints about age discrimination for job seekers over 50. But in talking to technical recruiters and reading recent reports on boomer job search and unemployment woes, I'm not completely convinced that a...
August 27, 2009 8:19 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
IT certification benefitsIn her own most recent blog on August 24 entitled "Remember to grab those certification perks," fellow certification maven Anne Martinez of GoCertify.com offers some good advice about...
