Of course, choose from may be an overstatement. A lot of these jobs are highly specialized and difficult to fill.Another challenge: Employers are requiring techs to be more than just techs. Rather than simply writing code, they want their IT staffers to see the bigger picture. And soft skills - such as making presentations - are on the list. "For instance, computer science students can take marketing classes," says Farrokh Hormozi, a professor of economics and public administration at Pace University. For those already employed, he suggests getting a certificate in public administration instead of learning a new programming language. A bit counter-intuitive, no? Seems like someone would hire the tech with hard skills and figure the soft skills will come. Could it be that the demand isn't really that hot, and employers are taking the luxury of looking for that perfect person who doesn't exist? It has that same feel of going through five stages of interviews and still not getting the job. You're left wondering if there ever was a position in the first place. Well, we suspect these positions actually do exist. But it could be this is how employers dip their toes in the water to see what's out there. If that's the case, this could be an indicator of better times to come. -- Dino Londis New York Job Postings Up. But...
Landing a tech job is difficult at best right now. But if you live in or commute to New York, you'll have more jobs to choose from - twice the number, in fact, as in Silicon Valley. We get that from the latest Pace/SkillPROOF IT Index Report, which says the Manhattan IT job market "showed remarkable strength during the second quarter." Of course, choose from may be an overstatement. A lot of these jobs are highly specialized and difficult to fill.Another challenge: Employers are requiring techs to be more than just techs. Rather than simply writing code, they want their IT staffers to see the bigger picture. And soft skills - such as making presentations - are on the list. "For instance, computer science students can take marketing classes," says Farrokh Hormozi, a professor of economics and public administration at Pace University. For those already employed, he suggests getting a certificate in public administration instead of learning a new programming language. A bit counter-intuitive, no? Seems like someone would hire the tech with hard skills and figure the soft skills will come. Could it be that the demand isn't really that hot, and employers are taking the luxury of looking for that perfect person who doesn't exist? It has that same feel of going through five stages of interviews and still not getting the job. You're left wondering if there ever was a position in the first place. Well, we suspect these positions actually do exist. But it could be this is how employers dip their toes in the water to see what's out there. If that's the case, this could be an indicator of better times to come. -- Dino Londis
Of course, choose from may be an overstatement. A lot of these jobs are highly specialized and difficult to fill.Another challenge: Employers are requiring techs to be more than just techs. Rather than simply writing code, they want their IT staffers to see the bigger picture. And soft skills - such as making presentations - are on the list. "For instance, computer science students can take marketing classes," says Farrokh Hormozi, a professor of economics and public administration at Pace University. For those already employed, he suggests getting a certificate in public administration instead of learning a new programming language. A bit counter-intuitive, no? Seems like someone would hire the tech with hard skills and figure the soft skills will come. Could it be that the demand isn't really that hot, and employers are taking the luxury of looking for that perfect person who doesn't exist? It has that same feel of going through five stages of interviews and still not getting the job. You're left wondering if there ever was a position in the first place. Well, we suspect these positions actually do exist. But it could be this is how employers dip their toes in the water to see what's out there. If that's the case, this could be an indicator of better times to come. -- Dino Londis