presented by john barry, president itech consulting partners

Presented by John Barry, PresidentITech Consulting Partners

Jobs in IT

• Trends in the Employment Market• Finding a Job

According to Careerbuilder’s 2011 Job Forecast:

More employers plan to add full-time, permanent headcount in 2011 compared to 2010 with a continued emphasis on hiring in technology and revenue-producing fields.

2009 2010 2011

Full-time hiring 14 % 20 % 24 %

Contract/Temporary Hiring 28 % 30 % 34 %

Trends in the Employment Market

Top five functional areas for recruitment :

1) Sales – 27 percent2) Information Technology – 26 percent3) Customer Service – 25 percent4) Engineering – 21 percent5) Technology – 19 percent


Trends in the Employment MarketTrends in ITech’s New Placements : Comparison from 2007 to 2010

• Market improvement in 2010

• Increase in permanent positions vis-à-vis contracts

• Companies exercised contract-to-hire options

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Trends in ITech’s New Placements

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Trends in ITech’s Placements

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Trends in ITech’s New Placements

Job trends

• Mobile developers, Web designers and software engineers• IS Security • Business Intelligence• ERP (SAP, Oracle Applications, JD Edwards)• Formal SDLC methodologies


Niche Jobs / Skills

• Some companies have a preference for experience in their specific industry (e.g., healthcare, financial, pharmaceutical)

• Industry-based regulations • FDA/Pharmaceutical: 21 CFR• Financial: Sarbanes-Oxley (SOx), BASEL • Healthcare: HIPAA


Niche Jobs / Skills

• According to a Dice survey, despite a soft job market and high unemployment rate, IT organizations still experience difficulty in finding qualified candidates with hot skills such as Oracle, SAP, service-oriented architecture (SOA), project management, Microsoft .NET, virtualization and SharePoint.

• Some jobs require a special combination of skills and/or product-related certification.



Some examples of Skills Set

• Java/J2EE (plus JSF, AJAX, SOAP, Hibernate, Maven, SOA. JDBC)• Enterprise Security Architect with Certification or experience with

TOGAF, Zachman, FEAF, COBIT, ITIL or Gartner Framework • JD Edwards EnterpriseOne (E1) Financials with multi-currency • JDE OneWorld v B7332 or B3317• Oracle Financials Techno-Functional (plus iPro + JDeveloper)• SAP (plus module configuration experience)

What skills should be upgraded?

• Latest technologies include new formats like smart phones (iPhone, Android), tablets (iPad, Kindle) and social media (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin) therefore development skills in these new fields are good to have.

• According to a 2010 Careerbuilder survey, nearly one-in-ten (9 percent) of employers plan to hire a new employee to focus on social media. An additional 13 percent plan to add social media management to a current employee’s responsibilities.



What skills should be upgraded?

• Bachelors Degree • 15% unemployment for no high school diploma• 5% unemployment for people with Bachelors Degree• In lieu of a college degree, candidates must have significant

experience in the field

• Certification is desirable only with relevant experience, e.g.,• PMP• MCSE

Finding a Job

• Job Boards• Dice, Monster, Careerbuilder, Hotjobs, Net-temps (IT)• Indeed, Simplyhired• Use Google or Yahoo to search jobs or find Niche job boards

• If you are actively looking for a job, complete and update your profile periodically

• Set up job agents to save time on future searches (matching job list could be emailed daily or weekly)

Using Technology

More and more recruiters are using social media to post jobs and search for candidates

• Facebook• When you set up your profile, be sure to review privacy

settings• Join groups and fan pages (“like”) that are relevant to job

searching• Be careful of what you share – current and potential

employers may view your profile

Using Technology

• Linkedin – more of professional networking

• “Passive”• Complete your profile• Update your profile periodically• Join pertinent groups (geographic , technical or functional)• Link with other professionals• Research companies or individuals in Linkedin

Using Technology

Using Technology

Be creative in using search terms

• Use Boolean terms to narrow or expand searches• “Quotes”- link an exact phrase together e.g. “Oracle DBA” • AND - Links 2 or more terms together e.g. Oracle and DBA• OR- include either of the terms, e.g. programmer or

developer or software engineer• Wildcard *- Use * when searching for words with the same

root, e.g.: program* will return documents with program, programming, programmer, programmed

Networking

• Networking is a continuous process. It pays to build and expand professional relationships whether you are employed or not.

• Referrals go both ways: if you get a job lead that is not a match, forward to your colleagues so they can do the same for you.

• Let people know if you are in transition or when you land a new position.

Networking

Face-to-Face Networking

• Every social situation is a potential networking opportunity: church, sports, volunteering, community, etc.

• Practice your ‘elevator speech’• Attend local meetings, e.g., NFP, Danbury Network Group, WNO• Join Professional organizations: SHRM, SIM, TENG, DACS• Search online list of networking groups: meetups.com,

landingexpert.com

Networking

Virtual Networking: objective is similar to face-to-face networking

• Instant communication among members• Wider geographical reach• Less personal

Examples:• Yahoogroups / Googlegroups (E.g.

[email protected])• Linkedin

Working with Recruiters

Advantages of working with a staffing agency:

• Some openings are not posted on job boards by companies• Access to HR or hiring managers (i.e., follow up, feedback)• One of a few submittals through a recruiter vs. one of hundreds

through a job board

Working with RecruitersWorking with ITech Consulting Partners

• Long-term relationships with clients and past candidates based on referrals

• ITech has experienced recruiters who have been in the field for a long time

• Better understanding of the critical qualifications based on conversations with hiring manager and/or HR contact

• Resume improvement (in terms of format and content)• Interviewing Tips• Top Echelon network of recruiters

presented by john barry, president itech consulting partners

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