NetworkWorld has an interesting article on the outlook for IT jobs and skills in 2010. IT professionals affected by the economic recession will not find immediate relief in a booming employment market this year, and companies will be looking to fill internal IT roles with individuals who can also make critical business decisions, analysts say.
This means that managers and recruiters are looking for IT professionals with vertical-industry knowledge in areas like health care, insurance and government, as well as technology-specific skills such as cloud computing, software-as-a-service, security and virtualization. Government agencies and the health care sector will experience the greatest demands for high-tech talent in 2010, the article states.
Brittany Ballenstedt
Brittany Ballenstedt writes Nextgov's Wired Workplace blog, which delves into the issues facing employees who work in the federal information technology sector. Before joining Nextgov, Brittany covered federal pay and benefits issues as a staff correspondent for Government Executive and served as an associate editor for National Journal's Technology Daily. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from Mansfield University and originally hails from Pennsylvania. She currently lives near Travis Air Force Base, Calif., where her husband is stationed.
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