Metrics - Philly IT Jobs

As of Monday January 28, 2008, these major career websites had the following number of IT jobs posted: (Prior 4 weeks moving average in parantheses)

Dice.com: Philadelphia Metro 3,169 (3,013), +SAP 489 (531), +Microsoft 547 (498)
CareerBuilder: Philadelphia Metro 1,573 (1,348), +SAP 88 (98), +Microsoft 412 (365)
Monster: Philadelphia Metro 2,196 (1,940), +SAP 366 (341), +Microsoft 539 (458)
HotJobs: Philadelphia Metro 967 (986), +SAP 196 (199), +Microsoft 143 (135)

Philadelphia's Creative Industry Tops in Nation

According to a report put together by Innovation Philadelphia, "CREATIVE FOOT PRINT - THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE PHILADELPHIA REGION ’S
FOR - PROFIT CREATIVE ECONOMY", the Philadelphia region is tops in earnings and second only to Boston in number of jobs attributable to the for-profit creative industries. Creative industry employment within the Philadelphia Region generated a total economic impact of nearly $60 billion, ranking the for-profit, creative industry among one of the top industries in the region. The creative-industry sectors cited in the report include architecture, engineering and planning; communications and marketing; digital media and programming; fashion design; graphic and visual arts; information technology; music, film and video production; photography; and software development.

You can read more here in the Philadelphia Daily News.

It's good to be a Philadelphian!

Metrics - Philly IT Jobs

As of Sunday January 20, 2008, these major career websites had the following number of IT jobs posted: (Prior 4 weeks moving average in parantheses)

Dice.com: Philadelphia Metro 3,090 (3,000), +SAP 517 (543), +Microsoft 520 (490)
CareerBuilder: Philadelphia Metro 1,449 (1,334), +SAP 95 (99), +Microsoft 381 (373)
Monster: Philadelphia Metro 2.072 (1,919), +SAP 339 (343), +Microsoft 490 (450)
HotJobs: Philadelphia Metro 1,034 (975), +SAP 198 (202), +Microsoft 151 (131)

Metrics - Philly IT Jobs

As of Sunday January 13, 2008, these major career websites had the following number of IT jobs posted: (Prior 4 weeks moving average in parantheses)

Dice.com: Philadelphia Metro 3,049 (3,013), +SAP 526 (550), +Microsoft 504 (483)
CareerBuilder: Philadelphia Metro 1,343 (1,367), +SAP 92 (105), +Microsoft 358 (385)
Monster: Philadelphia Metro 1,961 (1,939), +SAP 327 (351), +Microsoft 470 (445)
HotJobs: Philadelphia Metro 1,005 (985), +SAP 199 (203), +Microsoft 143 (135)

Hottest Skills for 2008

Here are the top skills in demand for 2008, as identified by Computerworld's first-half 2008 Vital Signs survey:

1. Programming/application development (ie, AJAX, .Net and PHP)
2. Project management
3. Help desk/technical support
4. Security
5. Data centers
6. Business knowledge
7. Networking and telecommunications

8 Ways to Attract IT Talent in 2008

In this article on ComputerWorld, "8 New Weapons to Fight the Talent Wars in '08" author Thomas Hoffman lays out 8 ways hiring organizations can improve their chances of winning the war for talent.

(Why everyone feels the need to constantly relate everything to "war" and "fight" these days is beyond me, but so it goes, and you might learn something from the insights described.)