...career marketing consultants to IT Professionals
      

Information Technology / Systems professionals were once in short supply throughout the United States. Things have changed.

The market has gone through a double-reverse: in the 1990’s our universities and the professional labor pool couldn’t meet the demand for IT professionals. Now, the U.S. is having a tough time supplying enough employment for IT professionals.

According to Bureau of Labor Statistics, the seven fastest-growing occupations are all IT related:

  * Applications software engineer * Computer support
  * System software engineer * Network & systems administrator
  * Network and communications analyst * Desktop publishing
  * Database administrator  
 

 
The employment issue for IT professionals is not limited to whether employment can be found.
You must also consider:

  • How do select the right career track to follow, to best take advantage of hiring trends in the years to come?
  • What are the best ways to find the right position and increase your earning potential?
  • How do you avoid the onslaught of outsourcing?
  • Can you transition into or out of high-tech with your background?

Changing Times Call for Changing Career Plans

Over the last few years, there has been a slowdown in IT hiring for two principle reasons: A glut of talent on the domestic market and an abundance of outsourcing overseas. The countless recruiters and hundreds of thousands of online IT job postings of only a few years ago are looked upon as “history.” Today you need a customized, adaptable plan for ensuring your career doesn’t obsolete itself.

How can it be done? By answering these key questions.

  • How will you capitalize on your professional development within the
    context of current market trends?

  • Are you committed to accepting the requirements of constant education
    and endless upgrade certification?

  • How much organizational structure is the right amount for you, and what companies have it?

  • When your skill set is specialized to the point of being vulnerable for outsourcing, how will you protect yourself?

  • Given the competition in the field, how will you maintain, or better yet, increase your earning potential?

  • How do you position yourself to take advantage of hiring of trends in the
    years to come?


Is your career programmed for success?

 

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