Joseph Walker, reporter and key contributor of FINS.com, spoke with GravityPeople’s Jeff Winter on how recent Cisco Layoffs affect the Bay Area labor market and subsequent recruiting practices utilized by recruiters and Cisco competitors.
This story comes on the heels of Cisco outperforming analyst expectations.
Read the full story here.
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Zoe Chace of NPR interviewed GravityPeople’s CEO Jeff Winter today on the Technology segment of NPR’s morning edition. The story highlighted the lower than normal unemployment rate for Bay Area technology workers and the fact that the future is looking bright for new grads as technology companies look to scoop up fresh, young talent.
The story goes on to talk about what Gravity, a leading Bay Area technology recruiting firm, has been prognosticating about for the last twelve months: technology companies are competing fiercely for talent because there’s a massive shortage of qualified candidates with experience in mobile and application development.
Check out our current job openings and have a listen, maybe you’ll be the next Mark Zuckerberg!
We’re always looking for ways to identify trends. Where are the jobs? More importantly, where are the positions that we’ve been asked to fill? This week, our research department put together a little experiment using Google Maps. The map below plots out the location of all of our jobs by city. If you click on the marker, it will take you to the actual job description. You can apply here too! Your application will go directly to the technical recruiter handling the position.
View GravityPeople Job Locations July 2010 in a larger map
It’s on – technology hiring is in full swing. For the past 12 years we’ve proven to be a leading indicator of market conditions, especially for the technology markets: people stop hiring when things get scary (see last year), and they start hiring when things look good. We’ll be the first to tell you, things are looking very good. And, as if you needed any more proof, we’re actively hiring technology recruiters and recruiting account managers in our San Francisco office.
So what’s hot? We get asked this question all the time. And, as the most established recruitment outsourcer in the Bay Area, we keep a keen eye on the trends.
Here’s our list of the hottest technology jobs in the Bay Area.
iPhone Developers: While Apple continues to dominate the worldwide mobile handset markets with its iPhone, makers of Android phones are gaining ground and the demand for Android developers is beginning to heat up too.
Marketing Jobs: Often some of the first to get cut, marketing jobs are making a comeback in a big way in Silicon Valley. From media buyers to marketing directors, technology companies are spending on rebuilding marketing departments.
Product Management: Many technology companies have quit treading water and are designing new products, attacking new verticals and expanding into emerging markets. Innovation is making a comeback and product management professionals are enjoying a market full of opportunities.
