IT Employment
When my contract expires I'm thinking of moving to Tucson. How's the IT job market down there?
My main area of experience is Windows adminstration.
Thanks for any info.
by jdclyde
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/
http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobResults.aspx?ch=AL&strcrit=QID%3dA3851748327856%3bst%3da%3buse%3dALL%3brawWords%3dwindows+administration%3bTID%3d0%3bCTY%3dTucson%3bSID%3dAZ%3bCID%3dUS%3bENR%3dYES%3bDTP%3dALL%3bYDI%3dYES%3bIND%3dALL%3bPDQ%3dAll%3bJN%3dJN008%3bPAYL%3d0%3bPAYH%3dgt120%3bPOY%3dNO%3bETD%3dJTFT%3bETD%3dJTPT%3bETD%3dJTCT%3bETD%3dJTIN%3bRE%3dALL%3bMGT%3dDC%3bSUP%3dDC%3bFRE%3d30%3bCHL%3dAL%3bQS%3dsid_gatuc003%3bSS%3dNO%3bTITL%3d0%3bOB%3d-modifiedint%3bJQT%3dRAD%3bJDV%3dFalse&lr=cbga_tuc&IPath=PI
http://www.dailyearth.com/USNews/arizona.html
Might help to get a feel of the hiring.
Why Tucson? Friends/family in the area?
Good luck.
by rfink
Tucson has the following going for it.
1. I heard that the job market is booming down there. (Multiple sources)
2. My wife and I wanted to move some place warm, now that her father passed on we have no ties to MI.
3. My wife lived there for 18 months and loves the area.
4. The cost of living is about the same as Michigan.
5. We both want to learn Spanish :D
P.S. I registered for the Tucson Citizen yesterday. Thanks for the suggetion.
by nicknielsen
Best of luck.
by rfink
I never thought of using Craigslist for job hunting.
I found a couple of nibbles.
by nicknielsen
by ic-it
The job market is not doing as well now as a year ago, however the IT demand is staying healthy.
Home prices have taken a nice adjustment (for buyers).
Many transplanted Mi. folks here.
Here is a link to one of the larger employers.
http://www.rayjobs.com/
by rfink
My contract doesn't expire until Oct. I'm looking to get a feel for the area.
My goal is to be in Tucson by Thanksgiving!
:) :)
No more Michigan winters. :D :D
BTW Is "valley fever" as bad as they say it is?
by ic-it
Occasionally you will hear of a human instances. It is not infrequent in animals especially dogs.
Tucson will certainly not as large as Phoenix, now has a million people in the immediate area. Somehow we still maintain that town type atmosphere though.
by tig2
Phoenix is good if you can take the heat. Tucson is much
smaller and you still need to be able to take the heat.
I hear that there is a lot of gov't contract down there and
in New Mexico.
Good news- No tornados or lake effect weather. Bad
news- Monsoons, dust storms, rattle snakes, and geckos
that like to move in with you. Get a cat.
I moved to the Midwest from Phoenix.
Edited because what I thought I typed was not the same
as what I posted.
by rfink
I like it warm. I'll miss the tornadoes. I used to be a skywarn spotter.
I once saw a strip mail destroyed right before my eyes.
EDITED: Typo
by nicknielsen
When the Army stationed my brother-in-law in Hawaii, he says he had this conversation about finding a place to live:
"Never live in a house that doesn't have geckos."
"Why not?"
"If the geckos won't live there, it's got snakes."
I lived in Las Vegas NV for three years in high school, and was stationed at Ft. Huachuca AZ near Tuscon for a few months in the mid-80's. As others have noted, it gets quite hot in July and August, and temperatures over 100 for several days or even a few weeks continuously are not uncommon. "But it's a dry heat..." Yeah, a frigging HOT dry heat.
One minor consideration is that Arizona is on Mountain Time, the red-headed bastard stepchild of the US time system. It also doesn't observe Daylight time, so BALTHOR would like it.
I believe Tuscon is a retirement destination, so opportunities in the medical field are probably available. Gotta keep those Boomers on life support :-)
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