Bunk, Technology still the hottest field
CatMommy,
Even with the US economy on a downturn, IT spending is on the increase over last year (just not in the same areas). Check some of the industry journals or analysts.
There are still over 50,000 IT positions that are unfilled in the USalone. My company struggles to find talented people who are talented DBA?s, System Admins, Network Admins and Web folks of all types. The consulting team I?m a member of, over 20 people, has been at 108% utilization for 2 quarters. I receive calls from several recruiters every week. I?ve had three opportunities to change jobs, i.e. serious offers, in the last two months.
IT is hot, Hot, HOT. To be in the center of the market you have to be looking ahead and tooling your skills to the coming market.
Last year ERP was out, Guess what this year its back in because all the pretty web front ends in the world won?t pick pack and ship and tie into inventory control and run MRP or MES or do CRM or DW. (If these acronyms are mystic babble then you need to spend more time out researching the market.
I admit I have the advantage of being a consultant so I must keep up on the market. In industry I did the same thing, I watched trends, I clipped articles, I help steer my IT management team from below with white papers, research and putting forward well founded. Surprisingly I got to play big parts in those projects, I got to receive additional training and I advanced my skills and career.
