What’s New This Quarter
Everyone likes Austin—including Forbes, which ranked the city second on its recent list of Best U.S. Cities for Future Job Growth. Forbes projects the annual job growth at 4.1 percent, which mirrors the unemployment rate of 4.1 percent. The Austin Technology Council predicts that 9,000 new tech jobs will be created in the city by 2017. Dice also picked up on this positive trend, crunching the numbers in August to find that Texas as a whole is the fastest-growing state for technology jobs, with an annual six percent growth rate. “With no state income tax and relatively low housing prices, it seems like we are watching new companies move or expand into Austin every month,” said Josh Olson, sales director at recruiting firm Randstad Technologies. Click here to find a tech job in Austin. There’s no doubt that tech remains Austin’s biggest economic driver. A report by Wells Fargo Securities, titled “The Texas Economic Outlook,” found broad-based economic growth in the city, with the tech sector leading the way. Familiar names such as Apple, IBM, and National Instruments are always in the news, but the report made a point of pointing out the local importance of lesser-known firms such as Flextronics, Ottobock, and Websense: “Professional and technical services employment is up 7.1 percent from a year ago, and solid gains have been seen among cloud computing, data processing, and search.” And tech companies, of course, inspire related businesses.Upload Your ResumeEmployers want candidates like you. Upload your resume. Show them you're awesome.
- Simpler Trading, up 10,523 percent
- Main Street Hub, up 4,625 percent
- Phunware Inc., up 4,040 percent
- Jobs2Careers, up 2,830 percent
Skills in Demand
“Austin is a leader for startups, and there are many opportunities for tech professionals,” suggested Rob Robinson, district president of IT recruiting firm Robert Half Technology. “Unemployment is extremely low so it continues to be a candidate’s market.” Robinson’s list of hottest job titles: database developers, Java developers, network administrators, .NET developers, PHP developers, QA testers, and network architects. “We continue to see need for .NET and Java developers, project managers, and business analysts,” says Randstad’s Olson. “We’re also watching an uptick in Salesforce development and DevOps positions.”Leading Industries
- Technology Manufacturing
- Government
- Financial Services
- Software Development
Local Employment and Research Resources
- Austin American-Statesman/Technology
- Austin Business Journal
- Austin Technology Council
- Door64
- Silicon Hills
- Texas TechPulse
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