Comments on: Layoff survivors (and other gainfully employed IT) unite http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/layoff-survivors-and-other-gainfully-employed-it-unite/ A SearchCIO.com blog Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:08:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: ralph simpson http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/layoff-survivors-and-other-gainfully-employed-it-unite/#comment-437 ralph simpson Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:24:19 +0000 http://totalcio.blogs.techtarget.com/2009/01/30/layoff-survivors-and-other-gainfully-employed-it-unite/#comment-437 Also good bets are professionaland technical services and esp. public sector jobs. But IT professionals will outperform the overall employment market by a wide stride anyway. Even if projects are cancelled, many IT workers will be shifted to other work that the recession is actually stimulating. Somebody should do an article on that---work created by a bad economy, not work disappearing courtesy of the downturn. We are seeing some of these shift at my company. Also good bets are professionaland technical services and esp. public sector jobs. But IT professionals will outperform the overall employment market by a wide stride anyway. Even if projects are cancelled, many IT workers will be shifted to other work that the recession is actually stimulating. Somebody should do an article on that—work created by a bad economy, not work disappearing courtesy of the downturn. We are seeing some of these shift at my company.

]]> By: Dan Connolly http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/total-cio/layoff-survivors-and-other-gainfully-employed-it-unite/#comment-438 Dan Connolly Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:24:39 +0000 http://totalcio.blogs.techtarget.com/2009/01/30/layoff-survivors-and-other-gainfully-employed-it-unite/#comment-438 My employer is in the biotech - healthcare space, and we have not been hit hard as a company. Hence, no cuts, but, expansion of resources has dried up. For those of you who are looking for a job, healthcare is a space that needs good IT folks, and is likely to get some stimulus funds. Do not overlook the many software companies who provide software, implementation and support services, outsourcing / hosting services, or consulting. There is a lot of need, and a lot of depth and breadth of areas to consider. Good luck going forward. My employer is in the biotech - healthcare space, and we have not been hit hard as a company. Hence, no cuts, but, expansion of resources has dried up.

For those of you who are looking for a job, healthcare is a space that needs good IT folks, and is likely to get some stimulus funds. Do not overlook the many software companies who provide software, implementation and support services, outsourcing / hosting services, or consulting. There is a lot of need, and a lot of depth and breadth of areas to consider. Good luck going forward.

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