IT Jobs Moving Mid-State?

In a document entitled the "2007 Renaissance Report" released Wednesday June 27 by the Technology Council of Central Pennsylvania, evidence was provided that Technology is creating jobs and new opportunities for young people in central Pennsylvania. The report states that private corporations and government have combined to invest more than $400 million in ongoing efforts to build up the region's technology and telecommunications infrastructure. And, eight major employers, among them Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and GlaxoSmithKline in Marietta, have created 1,341 high-tech jobs in the last two years, yet the midstate still has a shortage of at least 300 to 500 information technology professionals.

Raytheon Hiring IT for State College Location

Wednesday June 27, 3-7pm at the Scanticon Valley Forge Hotel and Conference Center at 1210 First Avenue in King of Prussia (19406), Raytheon is hosting a Career Fair with a strong emphasis on filling IT positions for their State College location. Positions they'll be recruiting for include Software Engineers, Systems Engineers, Software and Systems Engineers Managers, Oracle Database Engineers, Capture Managers, and Configuration Managers.

There are 31 State College jobs listed on the Raytheon - State College Jobs page, with the overwhelming majority of them IT related.

Metrics - Philly IT Jobs

As of Sunday June 24, 2007, these major career websites had the following number of IT jobs posted:

Dice.com: Philadelphia Metro 3,204, +SAP 477, +Microsoft 503
CareerBuilder: Philadelphia Metro 1,880, +SAP 238, +Microsoft 525
Monster: Philadelphia Metro 1,557, +SAP 225, +Microsoft 383
HotJobs: Philadelphia Metro 1,310, +SAP 225, +Microsoft 175.

Shift Happens

I hereby reserve the right to occasionally digress on issues not DIRECTLY and IMMEDIATELY related to IT staffing in Philadelphia.

This is a fun one, and worth your attention. It was brought to my attention by an associate at ITAG (Innovative Technology Action Group) in Chester County, PA, which I have recently joined.

This video on YouTube.com is one that will re-boot, so to speak, your take on the new reality of our world, our role in it, the rising players and their impact, and what lays ahead. All from the perspective of the relentless exponentially increasing rate of technological advancement of which we are in the midst.

I happen to be just about to finish reading one of my favorite books "The Singularity is Near" by Ray Kurzweil and this video seems to have taken some of it's inspiration, and perhaps even some of it's information, directly from it. Anyone interested in how IT and the growing impact it is having on our lives ought to read it. For those in the business of IT, it ought to be required reading.

3 Philadelphia Companies Named to ComputerWorld Top 100 Best Places to Work in IT

All Mid-Atlantic companies in ComputerWorld's Top 100 can be seen here.

The three that are based in Philadelphia are:

#8.) The University of Pennsylvania (43 current openings in IT)

#67.) Temple University (14 current IT-related openings)

#90.) Aramark Corp (4 IT-related openings in PA)

Just outside Philadelphia, in Valley Forge, The Vanguard Group Inc. was listed at #60. There are more than 70 open positions on their Caree Search page with a handful of them being IT-related.

Consolidation in Solutions Providers Channel Coming to Philadelphia

Net@Work a leading provider of integrated business technology solutions based in New York, NY, today announced that it has acquired Werkflow, LLC, providers of network support services to small and midsize businesses across the greater New York City area.

Why do we care here in Philadelphia? Because soon, they are coming here. And hopefully, bringing jobs and continuing success with them. Stated at the bottom of this article in CRN online, according to Alex Solomon, Net@Work's co-president, their "strategy is to become branded as the best technology solution company in New York, New Jersey, Conecticut. And soon in Boston and Philadelphia."

On their Career Opportunities website, they have about 5 openings in IT.

Come on down! We look forward to your arrival.

Radnor Company Burning Up the Charts in BI

QlikTech, headquartered in Radnor PA, appears to be blazing it's own trail as the world’s leading provider of in-memory analysis and reporting solutions. Last month, it was identifed by Red Herring magazine as a top 100 winner for companies that are "promising startups that will lead the next wave of disruption and innovation". Prior winners include Google, Yahoo!, Skype, Netscape, Salesforce.com, and YouTube. This is on top of a whole slew of other awards it won recently including one as a “Fast Track” innovator at the annual Software 2007 event in Santa Clara, CA, where it was described as one of the "25 most innovative players in the software industry" according to the Sand Hill Group.

QlikTech also just appointed a new Executive Director of Sales for a newly-established Western region in the US and opened up a new office in San Mateo in addition to the offices it already has in Philadelphia, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, and Scandinavia.

On the company's website, there is currently an opening for a Technical Consultant in Radnor.