How’s the IT Job Market?

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My perspective/experience with IT:

I work for the biggest telecom company in San Diego in IT and am in early thirties.
We are always looking for good people in IT and when I say good people, we mean:
1) Excellent technical skills
2) Good Communication/interpersonal skills
3) Attitude and aptitude to learn things fast and being curious.
4) Good Project management capabilities

Needless to say, it is very very difficult to find good people in IT. Even today, we have couple of openings though we have a blanket hiring freeze.
We have even outsourced a major portion of our development work to India. Now problems with outsourcing:
1) Major time difference
2) Same as above: Difficult to find good people.

Personally, I feel IT demands a lot on a person as technology is changing very rapidly. One always has to keep oneself uptodate. But this is the case with any knowledge based profession ( Medical/Engineering/Accounting ).
Most of the knowledge based profession can be easily outsourced to other countries which does not need tangible interaction with a person located here. For example:

1) Lots of IT jobs
2) Few Medical Jobs: Example: Radiologists
3) Tax/Accounting jobs

Few of the reasons, my company is expanding big time in India:
1) Large number of people with good skillset
2) H1B Visa problems in USA
3)Somewhat cheaper to outsource in India

In essence, with the general economy being bad, all kinds of job markets are affected and IT is no exception to this. But good people in any field in general are always difficult to find and thus no job issue for them.

Age Bias: I feel it definitely exists though one can reduce this bias with excellent technical skills

[paramount]

I’ll say again – Unionize IT workers and never deal with 3rd party recruiters.

Based on my experience, dealing with 3rd party recruiters is a complete waste of time.

Recruiters are like Realtors of the IT world – bottom feeders that will suck the life out of you among other things.

I’d rather stand in an unemployment line than deal with an IT recruiter.

[paramount]

I’ll say again – Unionize IT workers and never deal with 3rd party recruiters.

Based on my experience, dealing with 3rd party recruiters is a complete waste of time.

Recruiters are like Realtors of the IT world – bottom feeders that will suck the life out of you among other things.

I’d rather stand in an unemployment line than deal with an IT recruiter.

[paramount]

I’ll say again – Unionize IT workers and never deal with 3rd party recruiters.

Based on my experience, dealing with 3rd party recruiters is a complete waste of time.

Recruiters are like Realtors of the IT world – bottom feeders that will suck the life out of you among other things.

I’d rather stand in an unemployment line than deal with an IT recruiter.

[paramount]

I’ll say again – Unionize IT workers and never deal with 3rd party recruiters.

Based on my experience, dealing with 3rd party recruiters is a complete waste of time.

Recruiters are like Realtors of the IT world – bottom feeders that will suck the life out of you among other things.

I’d rather stand in an unemployment line than deal with an IT recruiter.

[paramount]

I’ll say again – Unionize IT workers and never deal with 3rd party recruiters.

Based on my experience, dealing with 3rd party recruiters is a complete waste of time.

Recruiters are like Realtors of the IT world – bottom feeders that will suck the life out of you among other things.

I’d rather stand in an unemployment line than deal with an IT recruiter.

[no_such_reality]

[quote=paramount]I’ll say again – Unionize IT workers and never deal with 3rd party recruiters.
[/quote]

The union would need to be like SAG. Can you imagine on-going royalty payments IT work?

Or are you thinking more of a UAW style union where the IT workers can put in their time and be told what to do?

I’ve worked in enough big places to know the worst IT workers to deal with are those that are putting in their time.

At the same time, I call BS on H1Bs. The problem with H1Bs isn’t that companies cannot find the skills. They cannot find the skills at the prices they want to pay. And frankly, I’m tired of seeing the semi-sweat shop conditions and questionable arrangements that many H1Bs are placed in by 3rd party contracting firms.

[no_such_reality]

[quote=paramount]I’ll say again – Unionize IT workers and never deal with 3rd party recruiters.
[/quote]

The union would need to be like SAG. Can you imagine on-going royalty payments IT work?

Or are you thinking more of a UAW style union where the IT workers can put in their time and be told what to do?

I’ve worked in enough big places to know the worst IT workers to deal with are those that are putting in their time.

At the same time, I call BS on H1Bs. The problem with H1Bs isn’t that companies cannot find the skills. They cannot find the skills at the prices they want to pay. And frankly, I’m tired of seeing the semi-sweat shop conditions and questionable arrangements that many H1Bs are placed in by 3rd party contracting firms.

[no_such_reality]

[quote=paramount]I’ll say again – Unionize IT workers and never deal with 3rd party recruiters.
[/quote]

The union would need to be like SAG. Can you imagine on-going royalty payments IT work?

Or are you thinking more of a UAW style union where the IT workers can put in their time and be told what to do?

I’ve worked in enough big places to know the worst IT workers to deal with are those that are putting in their time.

At the same time, I call BS on H1Bs. The problem with H1Bs isn’t that companies cannot find the skills. They cannot find the skills at the prices they want to pay. And frankly, I’m tired of seeing the semi-sweat shop conditions and questionable arrangements that many H1Bs are placed in by 3rd party contracting firms.

[no_such_reality]

[quote=paramount]I’ll say again – Unionize IT workers and never deal with 3rd party recruiters.
[/quote]

The union would need to be like SAG. Can you imagine on-going royalty payments IT work?

Or are you thinking more of a UAW style union where the IT workers can put in their time and be told what to do?

I’ve worked in enough big places to know the worst IT workers to deal with are those that are putting in their time.

At the same time, I call BS on H1Bs. The problem with H1Bs isn’t that companies cannot find the skills. They cannot find the skills at the prices they want to pay. And frankly, I’m tired of seeing the semi-sweat shop conditions and questionable arrangements that many H1Bs are placed in by 3rd party contracting firms.

[no_such_reality]

[quote=paramount]I’ll say again – Unionize IT workers and never deal with 3rd party recruiters.
[/quote]

The union would need to be like SAG. Can you imagine on-going royalty payments IT work?

Or are you thinking more of a UAW style union where the IT workers can put in their time and be told what to do?

I’ve worked in enough big places to know the worst IT workers to deal with are those that are putting in their time.

At the same time, I call BS on H1Bs. The problem with H1Bs isn’t that companies cannot find the skills. They cannot find the skills at the prices they want to pay. And frankly, I’m tired of seeing the semi-sweat shop conditions and questionable arrangements that many H1Bs are placed in by 3rd party contracting firms.

[jpinpb]

dd123 – would it be inappropriate to ask what company? I’m very curious who is looking for good IT people. Thanks.

[jpinpb]

dd123 – would it be inappropriate to ask what company? I’m very curious who is looking for good IT people. Thanks.

[jpinpb]

dd123 – would it be inappropriate to ask what company? I’m very curious who is looking for good IT people. Thanks.

[jpinpb]

dd123 – would it be inappropriate to ask what company? I’m very curious who is looking for good IT people. Thanks.

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