Tag: IT

  • IT Certifications Grow in Hiring Importance: CompTIA Report

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    Employers are inclined to rely more heavily on professional certifications when hiring information technology (IT) workers, but are challenged by credential evaluation and validation issues, research from CompTIA, the non-profit trade association for the information technology (IT) industry, suggested. The study indicated certifications would grow in importance as organizations seek to fill tech jobs. Among… Read more

  • Top IT Jobs and Markets

    Top IT Jobs and Markets
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    Top IT Jobs and Markets Average earnings for IT workers at companies with more than 5,000 employees: $88,075. No Title Workers with experience in Advanced Business Application Programming garnered an average $105, 887 last year. No Title Those with Informatica experience earned an average of $101,989. No Title IT pros with experience in Extract Transform… Read more

  • Help Wanted: IT Talent Agencies See Growth in Demand for Contractors

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    Although the economy isn’t quite the disaster it was two years ago, many businesses still aren’t ready to staff up in the IT department. Instead they are relying on IT talent agencies to fill the gap with contract workers for both short- and long-term projects.  And that’s not all. Vendors and solution providers looking to… Read more

  • IQ Tech Pros

    IQ Tech Pros
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    IQ Tech Pros Originally founded as Saga Consulting, IQ Tech Pros provides resellers with a variety of IT consultants and integrators that can add capabilities and skills they need for IT projects.Founded: 2004 (changed name in 2010)Size of Database: 17,000+ IT professionalsWebsite: www.iqtechpros.com OnForce OnForce has grown in size and scope since it was originally… Read more

  • IT Job Sector Gets Stronger

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    There was a net gain of 11,800 IT-related jobs in January—the eighth straight month of positive job growth in IT labor segments in federal employment data—according to employment numbers released Friday by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Five bellwether IT job segments in BLS data had a net gain of 74,200 jobs… Read more

  • IT Salaries Stay Flat, but Job Outlook Improves

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    Though economic and personnel satisfaction indicators are showing that IT is on the mend, that won’t necessarily translate into big salary increases for 2011. Experts say that typical IT wages are relatively flat, except in very special situations. The most recent CompTIA IT Industry Business Confidence index, a quantified measurement of industry feelings about the… Read more