Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) --06/10/2011 -- Startups and established tech companies are in a recruiting mode that is making software engineers in high demand once again.

A report published by TopProspect shows that out of all the big tech firms that are competing for software engineers, Twitter is doing the best. Yahoo comes out at the bottom.

The company's analysis is based on the fact that for every one employee who left Twitter, almost 11 more came in. The other tech companies with great hired to leaving ratio are Facebook, Zynga, LinkedIn, and Groupon. Yahoo is at the bottom with other older tech companies such as Microsoft and Google.

In terms of total number of new hires, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Apple were the leaders. In sharp contrast to the rest of the economy, the unemployment rate in the tech industry is only around 4 percent. The national average is 9 percent.

InformationTechnologyCrossing, a job aggregator site for the computer industry, has seen a sharp rise in the number of openings posted on employer sites. The site was able to track down 7,500 new jobs from the Bay Area.

Bay Area salaries for software engineers are also high not just for experienced engineers but new graduates too. The situation is same nationwide. The average entry-level tech salary is $47,000. An experienced software developer can even command up to $79,000. The skills that are in demand are Android developers, iOS app developers, and experts in cloud applications.

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InformationTechnologyCrossing, a job aggregator site for the computer industry, has seen a sharp rise in the number of openings posted on employer sites. The site was able to track down 95,000 new jobs in the last seven days alone.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -06/06/2011 -- New computer science graduates are in a good position because of strong demand for their skills from the tech industry.

The unemployment rate in the tech industry is around 4 percent compared to average 9 percent unemployment rate in most other industries. The figures are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Moody's Analytics is predicting that there will be around 138,000 technology jobs added between the fourth quarter of 2010 to 2011's fourth quarter.

InformationTechnologyCrossing, a job aggregator site for the computer industry, has seen a sharp rise in the number of openings posted on employer sites. The site was able to track down 95,000 new jobs in the last seven days alone.

One of the reasons that the expanding tech industry is offering new graduates good salaries is that they are in short supply. There were around 60,000 graduates in computer-related fields in 2004. By 2008, the number had fallen to 38,000.

But the trend is slowly changing. This is the third straight year of increase in the number of computer science graduates. But the supply is still not enough, not just in Silicon Valley but even in states not known for a strong tech scene.

This has resulted in the average entry-level tech salary shooting up to $47,000. The salary for experienced professionals also went up to $79,000. Some of the skills that are in demand are Android developers, iOS app developers, and experts in cloud applications.

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Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) --05/24/2011 -- The shortage of software engineers and other IT staff means that those in the right place are in the driver's seat. InformationTechnologyCrossing.

Job aggregator site focusing only on jobs in the computer industry and IT departments, has found 37,000 jobs nationwide in the last seven days.

The recovery in the tech sector has produced a shortage of tech workers in most states, led by California.

The report, published by Dice, says that 18 states and Washington D.C. do not produce enough local computer science graduates to work in those states software companies. These states include the main tech centers of the country including Silicon Valley, Seattle, Boston, New York, D.C., Chicago, and Dallas.

The shortage of software engineers and other IT staff means that those in the right place are in the driver's seat. Even graduates from schools that are not considered to be in the top league are getting offers as well as students who do not have a stellar academic performance.

A part of the reason for this shortage is that most states are not producing enough graduates in computer-related subjects, at both the associate and bachelor's levels. Virginia, D.C, and Delaware were among the only "shortage states" which produced more graduates in these subjects than they did in 2005. In the other "shortage states" the percentage of these degrees conferred fell from anywhere from 14 percent to 68 percent.

The skills that companies are looking for these days are Android developers, iOS app developers, and experts in cloud applications. InformationTechnologyCrossing, a job aggregator site focusing only on jobs in the computer industry and IT departments, has found 37,000 jobs nationwide in the last seven days.

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The University of Washington‘s computer science and engineering seniors have reported that their starting salaries are as high as $105,000. The long term trend for computer science majors is excellent according to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science & Technology.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) --05/23/2011 -- New graduates nationwide may be struggling to get an entry level job in their fields, let alone a well-paying one. But graduates and graduating seniors from the computer science field are still getting good offers. This is true nationwide.

The University of Washington's computer science and engineering seniors have reported that their starting salaries are as high as $105,000. They are also getting bonuses of up to $30,000. Some of the students there are being aggressively pursed even before they have graduated by top Silicon Valley firms. Other students in that department are getting internship offers of $30 per hour and the opportunity to work in Europe and Asia.

The long term trend for computer science majors is excellent according to the President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology. The council has said that the field is at the center of the country's ability to achieve all of the priorities and address most of the challenges.

A study from Northeastern University shows that 68.5% of the computer science and math graduates are working in jobs that require a college degree, compared to 45.4% of humanities graduates and 55.6% of all college graduates.

InformationTechnologyCrossing, a job aggregator site, has been able to find around 15,000 tech jobs in Silicon Valley.

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But California’s unemployment rate stayed at a high 12 percent and the state lost almost 12,000 jobs between February and March. This marked the end of five months of consecutive jobs gains.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/28/2011 -- Silicon Valley kept adding jobs in its core business of technology areas in March. The area added around 3,300 private sector jobs in March.

Around 1,400 jobs were created in important tech areas, while another 900 were created in the education and healthcare sector. The demand for skilled computer programmers and related tech professionals continued at tech giants such as Google and Facebook. In San Mateo County, home to several tech firms, the jobless rate was 8.4 percent. This was the third-lowest unemployment rate in the state. Santa Clara County's unemployment rate stayed around the same at 10.3 percent.

A large part of the growth was accounted by the fact that California got 51.2 percent of all the venture capital funding. Out of this, Silicon Valley got around 40 percent of that amount. This resulted in startups being able to start on and expand their projects. Brad Kemp of Beacon Economics says that since companies nationwide are investing in efficiency and automation, Silicon Valley benefits from that.

But California's unemployment rate stayed at a high 12 percent and the state lost almost 12,000 jobs between February and March.

This marked the end of five months of consecutive jobs gains. But Silicon Valley keeps adding jobs as evidenced from the number of job openings on InformationTechnologyCrossing.

InformationTechnologyCrossing, a job aggregator site, has been able to find around 15,000 tech jobs in Silicon Valley.

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Most of the tech firms in Silicon Valley have a lot of job openings available on their websites. This is particularly true of startups that do not have huge funds available to advertise their openings on the usual public job boards.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/14/2011 -- Dell, the Texas-based computer maker, is opening a 240,000 square feet office in Santa Clara.

Dell is one of the blue-chip companies who are moving into Silicon Valley or strengthening their presence there. Dell is going to consolidate its recent acquisitions from the Valley in two buildings in Santa Clara. It has bought up Ocarina, Scalent, Everdream, and Zing. Another company, Kace, will stay in nearby Mountain View.

The company is planning on hiring 1,500 workers in the next five years. Dell is interested in hiring hundreds of people for its engineering, sales, marketing, and other departments. InformationTechnology, a job aggregator website, has found around 150 jobs from Dell for its Silicon Valley location.

Finnish phone maker Nokia has also opened a new regional headquarters in Sunnyvale for about 500 employees. Chinese telecom and networking company Huawei opened a research center in Santa Clara last year. Its staff has since expanded from 200 to over 450. Fairchild Semiconductor, originally from the Valley but now based in Maine, has recently announced that it has designated its office in San Jose as the company's corporate headquarters. The move was done to capitalize on the area's brand recognition and improve its position with Silicon Valley's main stakeholders.

Most of the tech firms in Silicon Valley have a lot of job openings available on their websites. This is particularly true of startups that do not have huge funds available to advertise their openings on the usual public job boards. InformationTechnologyCrossing, a job aggregator site, has been able to find around 16,500 tech jobs in Silicon Valley.

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Ford’s Doug VanDagens, director of its connected service solutions says that the company is on a growth binge. Engineers with skills in cloud computing and mobile software applications are in high demand.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/31/2011 -- Detroit firms, led by auto maker Ford Motor Co., are luring in computer science majors and other tech professionals from Silicon Valley.

A Bloomberg report says that Ford and other auto firms are pulling out all stops to fill up their ranks with Silicon Valley engineers. The auto industry in Detroit has been expanding its technical capabilities for which it needs huge numbers of software and related tech experts. Most of them are typically found in a high concentration in Silicon Valley. Local universities in and around Detroit are not producing enough of the graduates that these companies now need. Auto firms are interviewing promising students from far away schools such as Stanford.

Ford's Doug VanDagens, director of its connected service solutions says that the company is on a growth binge. Engineers with skills in cloud computing and mobile software applications are in high demand. Dice, a job board has seen tech job openings double in the last one year for the Detroit metro area. Other recruiting firms based in Michigan have also seen a big demand from automakers for employees with specialized skills.

CEO A. Harrison Barnes of InformationTechnologyCrossing says that for computer professionals, Detroit could be a good move. "Detroit does have a lower cost of living compared to the Bay Area and most firms today are trying to adopt the Silicon Valley tech work culture." Barnes' firm has been able to compile a list of over 4,500 IT jobs in the Detroit area.

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Silicon Valley emerged as the area with the highest average salary in IT at $99,028 per year. 29% of the private workforce in the region was employed in the tech industry in 2009, the highest in the nation.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/28/2011 -- Silicon Valley was the second most dynamic area in California in terms of jobs creation in 2010. The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara area created 14,600 jobs in 2010.

The data was taken from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The region which created the highest number of jobs was the San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos region in southern California which created 16,500 jobs.

Only 19 U.S. metros have been able to create over 10,000 jobs since January 2010. The reason that the San Jose metro area has done so well compared other areas in California is mostly because of its tech industry.

Silicon Valley emerged as the area with the highest average salary in IT at $99,028 per year. 29% of the private workforce in the region was employed in the tech industry in 2009, the highest in the nation. The high earners were most often found working in big companies or having highly specialized skills. The high earners by skills were the Oracle database experts and Java programmers, earning on average over $90,000.

The people who are most in demand are software engineers, graphic designers, and project managers.

CEO A. Harrison Barnes of InformationTechnologyCrossing says that for computer professionals, this was the best time since the dotcom boom ended. "IT workers need to have the latest in demand skills, that's the key to getting these new jobs." Barnes' firm has been able to compile a list of over 17,000 IT jobs in the area.

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InformationTechnologyCrossing, a job aggregator website for people in the IT industry, has seen a huge increase in the number of IT job postings in Silicon Valley. The site has been able to gather over 8,000 job postings in Silicon Valley.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/22/2011 -- Silicon Valley finally seems to be coming out of its recession, at least in terms of jobs gains in 2010. The area added 12,300 positions last year.

This figure is equal to the total number of jobs created there in 2004, although it is still not as much as during the dot-com era of 1999 and 2000. Since 2008, when the recession began, around 90,000 positions were cut.

The area's per capita income has also stabilized at $62,400 per year. This is also at the same level as it was in 2005. The data has been collected by Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network and Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

With hiring increasing across the Valley, especially by tech giants such as Google, Facebook, and startups like Zynga the area is regaining its reputation as the top job market for techies.

InformationTechnologyCrossing, a job aggregator website for people in the IT industry, has seen a huge increase in the number of IT job postings in Silicon Valley. The site has been able to gather over 8,000 job postings in Silicon Valley.

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Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/02/2011 -- Google has announced plans to hire about a 1,000 employees at its Ann Arbor facility in Michigan.

This will be the largest increase in its staff since the company began in 1998. The hiring campaign is in keeping with the company's plans to increase its staff by 6,000 in 2011. The hiring in Ann Arbor will be for its highly profitable AdWords department.

Recent trends show that the IT scenario is improving slightly, at least in terms of pay if not overall employment figures. Dice, a technology job board, conducted an online poll of almost 20,000 employed IT workers across the country.

The results showed that the average compensation went up by only 0.7% in 2010, from $78,845 to $79,385. The survey also showed that only 29% received a bonus in 2010.

Salaries for entry-level IT professionals went down by 6% compared to 2008 levels. The survey overall reveals that IT professionals are not very satisfied with the way things are going on in their firms. This is because 40% of the respondents said that they were ready to quit for a higher salary.

The trend in IT hiring across the country is definitely on the upswing. nformationTechnologyCrossing, a job aggregator website for people in the IT industry, has seen a huge increase in the number of IT job postings. The site has been able to gather over 58,000 job postings in the last seven days. The site's CEO, A. Harrison Barnes says that most of the new job openings in this sector are in database administrator type positions and other IT support jobs.

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Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/21/2011 -- A report from Dice has revealed that most IT companies have held back giving raises for their employees in the last two years.

Dice, a technology job board, conducted an online poll of almost 20,000 employed IT workers across the country. The results showed that the average compensation went up by only 0.7% in 2010, from $78,845 to $79,385. The survey also showed that only 29% received a bonus in 2010.

Salaries for entry-level IT professionals went down by 6% compared to 2008 levels. The survey overall reveals that IT professionals are not very satisfied with the way things are going on in their firms. This is because 40% of the respondents said that they were ready to quit for a higher salary.

Silicon Valley emerged as the area with the highest average salary of $99,028. The Baltimore/Washington DC area was next with an average salary of $89,149. The high earners were most often found working in big companies or having highly specialized skills. The high earners by skills were the Oracle database experts and Java programmers, earning on average over $90,000.

InformationTechnologyCrossing, a job aggregator website for people in the IT industry, has seen a huge increase in the number of IT job postings. The site has been able to gather over 44,000 job postings in the last seven days.

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Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/04/2011 -- Computerworld, a leading IT magazine for IT professionals, has carried out a survey of five leading IT hiring experts. The survey results show a tough time ahead for IT professionals.

Jerry Luftman, a professor at Stevens Institute of Technology, predicts that an increasing number of job openings in IT will require specialized skills as well as business and communication skills. He also sees a demand for IT professionals who can handle legacy systems, but thinks that those too can be probably outsourced offshore.

Victor Janulaitis, CEO of Janco Associates, thinks that there is going to be jobless recovery in IT. He says firms are not in hiring mode and more importantly they are outsourcing low-level and entry-level work offshore. He believes there is still demand for application developers, while others need to use their contacts.

The outsourcing of IT jobs to offshore destinations is expected to go down slightly in the next few years. A report from The Hackett Group that around 311,000 jobs were lost in outsourcing in 2009, but by 2014 around 115,000 jobs will be lost every year.

CEO A. Harrison Barnes of InformationTechnologyCrossing says that this shows that even IT professionals in middle and senior level positions aren't immune to layoffs. "IT workers need to have the latest in demand skills, that's what the experts are saying. If you are able to keep up with the tech changes, then you have a high chance of getting a new job or even just keeping your existing one." Barnes' firm has been able to compile a list of over 90,000 IT jobs nationwide this month.

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CEO A. Harrison Barnes of InformationTechnologyCrossing says that for computer professionals, this was the best time since the dotcom boom ended. “IT workers need to have the latest in demand skills, that’s the key to getting these new jobs.” Barnes’ firm has been able to compile a list of over 55,000 IT jobs nationwide in the last seven days.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 12/10/2010 -- The New York metropolitan area has emerged as the area with the highest number of tech jobs in America.

New York metro area including several New Jersey cities employed 317,000 people in technology jobs in 2009. The data is from a report prepared by the TechAmerica Foundation. It's called the "Cybercities 2010: The Definitive Analysis of the High-Tech Industry in the Nation's Top 60 Cities survey". The report shows that most of the tech workers in New York are employed with financial and other professional services firm.

Washington DC came in second place followed by Silicon Valley. Silicon Valley still has the lead in employing tech workers within tech companies. The survey showed around 30% of tech workers there work for tech related companies. Jobs there also paid the highest in the country on average. The average tech salary in San Jose/ Silicon Valley was $132,000 and the average pay in San Francisco was $123,500.

Silicon Valley has seen a 69% increase in job postings for engineers and other technical positions in the past 12 months. The people who are most in demand are software engineers, graphic designers, and project managers. CEO A. Harrison Barnes of nformationTechnologyCrossing says that for computer professionals, this was the best time since the dotcom boom ended. "IT workers need to have the latest in demand skills, that's the key to getting these new jobs." Barnes' firm has been able to compile a list of over 55,000 IT jobs nationwide in the last seven days.

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CEO A. Harrison Barnes of InformationTechnologyCrossing says that for computer professionals, this was the best time since the dotcom boom ended.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/29/2010 -- Google is on a hiring spree in the midst of a tech boom in Silicon Valley.

Google has 2,076 openings worldwide and over half of them are in USA. This is according to a report from Reuters. Although Google has not said exactly how many job openings does it have right now, it says that the job listings on its website are up to date. The report also quotes Google's finance chief telling investors in a September meeting that the industry was going through a "war for talent".

The hiring spree is happening even as the company is expanding into new services and is on an acquisitions spree as well. Google has acquired over 20 companies so far this year. The acquisitions have already swelled Google's employee ranks to over 23,300 till now. Google is also facing a tech talent war with Facebook, which has succeeded in attracting a lot of Google talent this year. Google, in a move widely seen as a means of retaining top talent, has announced a 10 percent across the board raise starting in 2011.

The IT industry in Silicon Valley has seen an increase in job postings for engineers and other technical positions by 69% in the last 12 months. The people who are most in demand are software engineers, graphic designers, and project managers.

CEO A. Harrison Barnes of InformationTechnologyCrossing says that for computer professionals, this was the best time since the dotcom boom ended. "IT workers need to have the latest in demand skills, that's the key to getting these new jobs." Barnes' firm has been able to compile a list of over 13,000 IT jobs in the Bay Area so far.

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CEO A. Harrison Barnes of InformationTechnologyCrossing says that for computer professionals, this was the best time since the dotcom boom ended.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/17/2010 -- The talent war going on between the tech giants in Silicon Valley shows no signs of slowing down.

The big companies of Silicon Valley, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and newcomer Zynga are not only in a war with each other over getting each other's brightest talent but also with startups. Angel investors have poured in huge amounts in the first half of the year and the startups are picking up engineers now from even established companies. The attraction for these engineers is that the startups could be developing the next new big thing in social networking or gaming.

Google has been forced to raise its salary across the board by 10 percent for all its employees worldwide beginning new year. It also agreed to pay a $1000 bonus by the year end. There are reports that it offered one of its top engineers $3.5 million when it learned that Facebook was wooing him. Ex-Google employees account for 10 percent of Facebook's staff.

The industry has seen an increase in job postings for engineers and other technical positions by 69% in the last 12 months. The people who are most in demand are software engineers, graphic designers, and project managers. CEO A. Harrison Barnes of InformationTechnologyCrossingsays that for computer professionals, this was the best time since the dotcom boom ended. "IT workers need to have the latest in demand skills, that's the key to getting these new jobs." Barnes' firm has been able to compile a list of over 13,000 IT jobs in the Bay Area so far.

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CEO A. Harrison Barnes of InformationTechnologyCrossing says that for computer professionals, this was the best time since the dotcom boom ended.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/12/2010 -- Amid a stagnant job market nationwide and especially in California, Silicon Valley is facing a shortage of hi-tech workers.

This fact has been making news in the IT circles and the Bay Area news outlets for a while now. Both big companies and startups are having a hard time retaining talent.

The startups have gotten plenty of seed funding in the first half of the year and are now in hiring mode. The big companies are on a hiring spree and the main four are Google (+19%), Zynga (+178%), Facebook (+70%) and Twitter (+203%).

The talent shortage runs both ways. Startups have a hard time matching salaries with the big companies. But the ace that startups have is that their engineers get to create something new. The reason that startups have been on a hiring streak these past few months is that early-stage investing has seen a sharp surge. Even Google had to announce a 10 percent across-the-board raise and $1000 holiday bonuses for its employees. The raise becomes effective in January.

Indeed.com has seen a 69% increase in the IT job postings since October 2009. The people in demand are software engineers, graphic designers, and project managers. CEO A. Harrison Barnes of InformationTechnologyCrossing says that for computer professionals, this was the best time since the dotcom boom ended. "IT workers need to have the latest in demand skills, that's the key to getting these new jobs." Barnes' firm has been able to compile a list of over 13,000 IT jobs in the Bay Area so far.

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Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/29/2010 -- The entire Bay Area region is unlikely to see a major jobs recovery as the local economy still has not recovered to its 2007 levels.

Jon Haveman of Beacon Economics made these comments while addressing the Association of Bay Area Governments during its annual meeting. Haveman believes the economic growth will be uneven in the Bay Area. The area still has not recovered from its peak in February 2008, after which the workforce has declined by 9.3 percent.

Haveman predicts that the job market will not completely rebound till the final quarter of 2015.

The main reason of hiring in the IT industry has not picked up pace according to most experts is that companies are spending money on upgrading and replacing their equipment. A result of this trend is that when companies do need people for their projects, they are increasingly using online outsourcing companies.

But CEO A. Harrison Barnes of InformationTechnologyCrossing is convinced that there are still thousands of regular fulltime IT jobs available. "While outsourcing of IT work has definitively increased, IT firms still need fulltime employees to be on site to do the work." Barnes' firm has been able to compile a list of over 20,000 IT jobs.

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Pasadena, California -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/25/2010 -- Data gathered from the Bureau of Labor Statistics latest employment report shows that there was a net gain of only 6,500 jobs in the IT field in September.

Although the number seems small, CEO David Foote of Foote Partners says that the government still counts only 4 million people as being in the IT industry. Most industry organizations put the figure between 20 to 25 million. The main reason hiring in the IT industry has not picked up pace according to most experts is that companies are spending money on upgrading and replacing their equipment.

A result of this trend is that when companies do need people for their projects, they are increasingly using online outsourcing companies. One such company, oDesk, has recorded a million hours of work in August compared to an average of 400,000 per month in 2009.

Another sign of the increasing demand for outsourcing and consulting in IT is the BLS data which says that management and technical consulting services accounted for 68 percent of the new jobs from June to September.

But CEO A. Harrison Barnes of InformationTechnologyCrossing is convinced that there are still thousands of regular fulltime IT jobs available. "While outsourcing of IT work has definitively increased, IT firms still need fulltime employees to be on site to do the work." Barnes' firm has been able to compile a list of over 44,000 IT jobs.

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A. Harrison Barnes, CEO of InformationTechnologyCrossing, says “There are still several high paying jobs in the IT field, especially in Silicon Valley.”, InformationTechnologyCrossing has been able to find over 40,000 jobs for the sector.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/01/2010 -- The total number of people employed in the tech sector has remained nearly constant from 2008 to 2009 even as six million Americans lost their jobs during that period.

The report comes from data taken from the American Community Survey (ACS), which is done by the Census Bureau every year. There were an estimated 3.472 million people doing computer and math related jobs in 2009, which was a little below the 3.475 million in 2008.

New Hampshire saw the biggest loss in the jobs in terms of percentage (-2.8 %), while Kentucky and North Carolina saw the biggest increase (+1.8 %). Overall, California remained the state with the most tech and math jobs with over 460,000 people employed in those two sectors.

The IT industry has hired 30,200 people since January 2010. The hiring represents an increase in the IT industry's workforce by 0.5 percent. The total number of people employed in the tech industry in June 2010 stood at 5.78 million. This more current data has been gathered by TechAmerica Foundation, an industry group which keeps track of the IT workforce.

Asked about the employment situation in the tech industry, A. Harrison Barnes, CEO of InformationTechnologyCrossing, says "There are still several high paying jobs in the IT field, especially in Silicon Valley." InformationTechnologyCrossing is a job aggregator site that focuses on jobs in the information technology sector. The site has been able to find over 40,000 jobs for the sector.

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The IT industry showed job growth in three of the four tech sectors according to data gathered by the TechAmerica Foundation. Employment in the tech manufacturing sector went up by 9,100 jobs.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/27/2010 -- The IT industry, which has shed around 215,000 employees since January 2009, has hired 30,200 people since January this year. The hiring represents an increase in the IT industry's workforce by 0.5 percent.

The total number of people employed in the tech industry in June 2010 stood at 5.78 million. The data has been gathered by TechAmerica Foundation, an industry group which keeps track of the IT workforce. Another IT research firm, Computer Economics says that the workers being hired could be doing non-IT jobs in those firms such as sales and distribution. A survey of 600 IT hiring managers conducted by the IT job search site Dice revealed that 71 percent of them are planning to hire more employees in the second half of the year.

The IT industry showed job growth in three of the four tech sectors according to data gathered by the TechAmerica Foundation. Employment in the tech manufacturing sector went up by 9,100 jobs, an increase of 0.7 percent. The software services sector added 14,200 jobs and 29,700 jobs were added to the tech services sector.

Asked about the employment situation in the tech industry, A. Harrison Barnes, CEO of InformationTechnologyCrossing, says "In spite of the media stories over IT outsourcing and H1B visa holders taking over American jobs, there are still high paying jobs in the field." InformationTechnologyCrossing is a job aggregator site that focuses on jobs in the information technology sector. The site has been able to find over 43,000 jobs for the sector.

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A. Harrison Barnes, CEO of InformationTechnologyCrossing, which is a job aggregator site that specializes in finding jobs related to the IT field.

Pasadena, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/07/2010 -- Hiring in the technology sector remains weak, dashing hopes that highly skilled workers should have no problems getting and keeping jobs.

The unemployment rate for computer programmers, systems analysts and even computer scientists is around 6 percent. And although, that is low compared to the national average of 9.6 percent and higher in some industries, it is high compared to some other white-collar professions. The two main reasons for this situation are: outsourcing of even high-end work and layoffs in Silicon Valley. This has put several people with multiple degrees in the job market competing for jobs, most of which can be outsourced.

Another factor that people in these tech professions have to face is the fact of underemployment. There are over 9 million Americans working part-time according to the latest jobs report. By hiring part-time workers, employers do not have to offer several benefits which they would have to give to full-time employees. The underemployment rate for August was 18.6 percent, according to Gallup.

But there are thousands of jobs in the information technology sector according to A. Harrison Barnes, CEO of InformationTechnologyCrossing, which is a job aggregator site that specializes in finding jobs related to the IT field. "There are small and medium sized IT firms who have a hard time finding qualified workers." The site has been able to find over 10,000 jobs in the last two days alone, with jobs ranging from database administrators to systems architects.

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