Via Indeed.com … Our May Industry Employment Trends provide the strongest evidence yet of an improving job market. May 2010 shows year-over-year job posting growth in all 12 of the major industries we track. This is the first time we’ve seen positive growth in all sectors since launching Industry Employment Trends in February 2009. Read the rest [...]
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June 11, 2010
Pew: Cloud Services Will Dominate By 2020
Via Data Center Knowledge … By 2020, most people will access software applications online and access information through the use of cloud services hosted on remote server networks, according to a new Pew Internet & American life survey of 895 technology stakeholders and critics. A solid majority of technology experts and stakeholders participating in the fourth [...]
April 16, 2010
Tech Sector in Hiring Drive
Via Wall Street Journal … The technology industry, an engine of innovation and U.S. prosperity for more than half a century, is accelerating its recovery from the recession with surging earnings that have spurred companies to sharply ramp up their hiring. The latest evidence for the rebound came Thursday, when Internet giant Google Inc. posted [...]
March 25, 2010
Huge Growth Projected for Web Tech, Software, Systems Job Market
Via ReadWriteWeb … Looking for a job? You’re probably about to find one. By the year 2018 there will be 1.4 million job openings for so-called “computer specialists” – that’s everyone from developers to database administrators – according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The non-hardware-related job market is expected to grow faster than [...]
January 8, 2010
More Employers Plan to Increase Hiring of College Graduates
Via WSJ Blogs … More employers plan to increase college graduate hiring than decrease it for the first time in more than a year. The National Association of Colleges and Employers‘ index for college hiring rose to 98.2, up from 87.2 in November. The index, based on the organization of career counselors’ survey of 122 [...]
November 11, 2009
Gartner Says Worldwide SaaS Revenue to Grow 18 Percent in 2009
Via Garner Research … Worldwide software as a service (SaaS) revenue is forecast to reach $7.5 billion in 2009, a 17.7 percent increase from 2008 revenue of $6.4 billion, according to Gartner, Inc. The market will show consistent growth through 2013 when worldwide SaaS revenue will total over $14 billion for the enterprise application markets. [...]
November 6, 2009
America’s Hot Jobs (and Not Jobs)
Via The Daily Beast … With unemployment over 10 percent for the first time in 26 years, The Daily Beast crunches the numbers to determine the careers with the best—and worst—prospects. The results: the 10 high-growth and 10 worst-growth jobs out there. Read the rest of the article >>
September 22, 2009
What’s the best method to use for referral source tracking?
There are many opposing opinions and theories regarding how to accurately track the true referral sources with regards to how candidates arrive at corporate career centers. Dr. John Sullivan’s recent article, Determining the Correct Source of Hire: the First Step in Recruiting Excellence, (ERE.net website) addresses these issues and points out what it he believes [...]
August 18, 2009
The Growing Talent Crisis: Challenges and Solutions
Via CareerBuilder.com … Employers throughout the world are increasingly struggling to keep pace with expanding hiring needs. A recent workforce planning study conducted by Aon Consulting for one of its clients showed that nearly 60 percent of its key knowledge workers and leaders would need to be replaced in the next five years. But, demand [...]
August 12, 2009
Ride The Next Hiring Boom
Via Forbes.com … Once the recession ends, there could be a hiring boom. Using jobs numbers as an indicator to get in to an investment has worked before. The national unemployment rate in July was 9.4%, down slightly from 9.5% in June. A theory is emerging that there will be a hiring boom once the [...]
