Technology Jobs Down 3.1% in 2009, But Better Than Most Industries

Technology suffered job losses across all industries last year but fared better than most other fields, according to the latest numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
IT lost 224,000 jobs between June 2008 and June 2009, a 3.7  percent decline, while the overall job market was down 5.1 percent for the same period, said the [...]

ITT Relocation Packages Lure Hires to “Less-Glamorous Locations”

High-tech engineering and manufacturer ITT’s Defense Electronics and Services is offering new hires “generous relocation packages” to move to “less glamorous locations,” like Omaha, Neb., and Huntsville. Ala., reports BNET.
ITT, based in White Plains, N.Y., has more than 40,000 employees and has been hiring steadily in 2009, since its security and defense business was awarded [...]

A Closer Look at Technology Jobs in Silicon Valley

There is supposed to be some security in choosing a career in technology. But a recent report on Silicon Valley may have you scratching your head a little.

Between 2001 and 2008, Silicon Valley — the Northern California technology corridor — shed more than 85,000 jobs, according to a report from the Bureau of [...]

NY Federal Reserve and Other Green Shoots for Finance and Technology Jobs

The lure of big Wall Street salaries has made it hard to lure finance executives into the public sector.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) even cited its inability to attract top candidates as a reason for lax enforcement that it said contributed to the current recession, not to mention scandals like the ones that overtook [...]

Top Jobs for 2009 Are in Math, Science and Technology

Math careers top out the list of best careers in 2009.

The greatest revenge of the nerds may be in the realm of careers.
Math, science and numbers-centric careers have topped out a list of 200 as having the best jobs, according to  a study published by job site CareerCast.com earlier this year. The numbers were culled from the [...]

Technology Salaries and IT Jobs in 2009

Information technology workers and executives, listen up.
Management-consulting firm Janco Associates has put out its Mid-Year Annual IT Salary Survey (for purchase), and the results are not surprising. Salaries and bonuses are down, and outsourcing is up. From the Janco release:
Janco Associates is just completing its 2009 Mid Year Salary Survey and found that the median [...]

Recruiters on Job Openings and Job Trends in Boston

Recruiters claim Boston’s cluster of IT and biotechnology institutions like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (above) are spurring a small, but strong boom in software jobs with a focus on health care, cloud computing, open source and search engine specialists.

From CFOs to social-media experts to mobile developers for iPhone apps, recruiters in the Boston-area speak [...]