IT - Still the place to be according to Fortune

Decent article in Fortune regarding the continuing demand for IT talent: "Where the tech jobs are now"

Despite continuing layoffs, there is continuing demand for the right mix of skills and experience in IT.

Metrics - Philly IT Jobs

As of Thursday July 2, 2009, these major career websites had the following number of IT jobs posted: (Prior 4 months moving average in parentheses)

Dice.com: Philadelphia Metro 2,197 (2,069), +SAP 151 (198), +Microsoft 364 (308)
CareerBuilder: Philadelphia Metro 670 (738), +SAP 35 (27), +Microsoft 134 (165)
Monster: Philadelphia Metro 679 (697), +SAP 30 (37), +Microsoft 154 (149)
HotJobs: Philadelphia Metro 192 (231), +SAP 8 (8), +Microsoft 34 (38)

Job Boards etc - Big, Niche IT, Niche SAP, aggregators, social, classifieds

For a new product we're working on here at The IT Staffing Company, I just put together a quick list of job boards that may end up also being of interest to anyone visiting this blog, so I'm pasting them below. Enjoy!
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• Big Boards
  • Monster.com - http://www.monster.com
  • CareerBuilder.com - http://www.careerbuilder.com
  • Yahoo HotJobs - http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/
  • JobServe (includes ComputerWork.com & ComputerJobs.com) - http://jobserve.us - http://www.computerwork.com - http://www.computerjobs.com
• Niche-IT
  • Dice - http://www.dice.com
  • JustTechJobs (JustSAPJobs) - http://www.justtechjobs.com
  • TechCareers - http://www.techcareers.com/ (Beyond.com)
  • DevBistro - http://www.devbistro.com/
  • TechCentric - http://www.tech-centric.net/
  • Developers.net - http://www.developers.net/careers
  • CrunchBoard (TechCrunch blog's job board) - http://www.crunchboard.com/jobs/
• Niche-SAP
  • iCrunchData - http://www.icrunchdata.com/SAP-Jobs.aspx
  • SAP-Resources - http://www.sap-resources.com/
  • TheSAPJobBoard - http://www.thesapjobboard.com/
  • ERPCareer - http://www.erpcareer.com/
  • TheSpot4SAP - http://www.thespot4sap.com/
  • SAPCrossing - http://www.sapcrossing.com/
  • SimplySAP - http://www.simplysap.com/
  • SAPCareers - http://sapcareers.com/
• Aggregators
  • SimplyHired - http://www.simplyhired.com
  • Indeed - http://www.indeed.com
  • JuJu - http://www.juju.com
• Social Networking
  • LinkedIn - http://www.linkedin.com
  • Facebook - http://www.facebook.com
    
  • Twitter - http://twitter.com
• In-a-Box
  • JobThread - http://www.jobthread.com
  • Job-a-Matic (SimplyHired) - http://www.jobamatic.com/a/jbb-static/home
• Classifieds
  • Criagslist - http://www.craigslist.com
  • GoogleBase - http://www.google.com/base
  • Kijiji - http://www.kijiji.com/

Univ of Penn - #4 in 100 Best Places to Work in IT

Congrats to the University of Pennsylvania and all the lucky folks who work in IT there. The ComputerWorld 100 Best Places to Work in IT 2009 is out and UPenn ranks #4, having moved up the list from a respectable #6 in 2008.

Metrics - Philly IT Jobs

As of Monday June 1, 2009, these major career websites had the following number of IT jobs posted: (Prior 4 months moving average in parentheses)

Dice.com: Philadelphia Metro 2,049 (2,046), +SAP 181 (199), +Microsoft 339 (310)
CareerBuilder: Philadelphia Metro 683 (798), +SAP 26 (29), +Microsoft 165 (170)
Monster: Philadelphia Metro 619 (706), +SAP 33 (43), +Microsoft 140 (152)
HotJobs: Philadelphia Metro 196 (238), +SAP 8 (8), +Microsoft 30 (38)

Metrics - Philly IT Jobs

As of Monday May 4, 2009, these major career websites had the following number of IT jobs posted: (Prior 4 months moving average in parentheses)

Dice.com: Philadelphia Metro 2,233 (2,140), +SAP 223 (225), +Microsoft 296 (349)
CareerBuilder: Philadelphia Metro 675 (842), +SAP 21 (39), +Microsoft 162 (181)
Monster: Philadelphia Metro 662 (884), +SAP 26 (70), +Microsoft 144 (194)
HotJobs: Philadelphia Metro 221 (235), +SAP 8 (8), +Microsoft 40 (36)

Metrics - Philly IT Jobs

As of Wednesday April 8, 2009, these major career websites had the following number of IT jobs posted: (Prior 4 months moving average in parentheses)

Dice.com: Philadelphia Metro 2,340 (2,188), +SAP 230 (256), +Microsoft 325 (372)
CareerBuilder: Philadelphia Metro 786 (939), +SAP 29 (48), +Microsoft 168 (206)
Monster: Philadelphia Metro 681 (1,253), +SAP 39 (107), +Microsoft 138 (271)
HotJobs: Philadelphia Metro 253 (256), +SAP 5 (10), +Microsoft 41 (41)