9 essential IT skills in 2012

The grip tightening on recruitment in 2011 has gradually been relaxed. Technology companies are looking for information technology staff who are skilled and creative in order to be ready for the new business season.

Most large or small companies have the need to recruit IT industry personnel to prepare for infrastructure upgrading projects as well as investment projects. It was shelved three years ago by the 2008 economic crisis. Mike McBrierty, director of IT human resources at Eliassen Group, a human resources group, said. According to Eliassen Group, nearly 29% of the 353 technology directors participating in the group's survey said they planned to hire more in the summer, up from 23% in 2010 and 20 % of 2009.

The research results of Eliassen Group also stated that IT managers (CIOs) will prioritize creative employees. They not only turned the green light on the creative workforce available, but also sought more talent for the research and creative division of the business. Therefore, the priority of skills needed for IT staff in 2012 also changed.

Programming and application development

61% of the 353 CIOs said they would need programmers and application developers within the next 12 months, up from 44% in 2010.

Such a skyrocketing percentage did not surprise Robert Half Technology's CEO (CEO) John Reed. The CEO said, the demand for skills in many different areas, from website development to upgrading intranet systems and catering to the needs of new applications for users of devices Mobile, rising. In particular, Mr. John Reed stressed the role of IT staff to develop the company website so that the customers can visit the website once and then want to come back later. In order to do this, developers and web developers must also be knowledgeable about mobile technologies to improve the access of content to customers via smartphones.

Randy Bankers, director of IT cooperation at Lehigh Valley Health Network - the inter-university health care system in Allentown (USA) - also said that the development of mobile application software in the field of care Special medical hot. The company itself is trying to find skilled IT staff in the field of mobile technology.

It also appreciates the development of mobile technology, Bill Predmore, Director of the Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Enterprise Application Support in Austin, stressed that the transportation industry desperately needs mobile applications, such as Applications for organizing data, arranging routes and smart schedules for buses, trains and providing these content via smartphones.

Project management

About 44% of CIOs are promising to recruit people with project management skills next year, up from 43% in 2010.

Large projects need managers, but are capable managers of a business analyst. According to CEO John Reed, these people are able to understand the needs of users and convey them to IT staff, in order to help them complete projects as planned. "The need to find business analysts as project managers will be higher than finding purely project managers like in previous years," Reed said. In other words, those who are able to help implement projects more conveniently than those who work on overall project monitoring and employee supervision.

Technical assistance

In the new year, about 35% of companies will hire these skilled employees, down from 43% in 2010.

As long as IT is used in companies, technical support workers still have a living land. And in an organization like Lehigh Valley Health Network, technical support is seen as the first job placement for new IT professionals, where they can learn a lot of experiences for positions. work at a higher level later.

However, CEO David Foote of Foote Partners IT consulting firm recommends that the increasing number of new mobile operating systems will set higher requirements for technical support skills when lips The business school of the business operates on this new mobile platform.

Business network

35% of CIOs said they would recruit skilled employees for networking in the next 12 months, down from 38% in 2010.

Robert Half Technology CEO John Reed insists that IT professionals with networking skills will continue to be recruited at a high rate and last for many more quarters, especially those with skills to do so. work in the virtualization technology environment. Employers are looking for people with real working experience in the enterprise network field, especially if they work in organizations that already use the virtualization or cloud computing environment like VMware's. and Citrix, according to CEO John Reed.

Smart enterprise architecture (BI)

About 23% of CIOs said they would hire skilled workers in smart enterprise architecture next year, up from 13% compared to 2010.

According to the survey results of Eliassen Group, the increasing demand for investment in enterprise architecture infrastructure makes businesses have to supplement the workforce for this BI work. Everyone knows when the economic crisis took place three years ago, a series of plans to upgrade and invest in infrastructure architecture of businesses were forced to put aside. Now is the time to start focusing on investing in infrastructure, such as pouring money into technologies that support real-time data retrieval and solutions to support better business decisions. .

This can be seen at Lorillard Tobacco in the near future, said Dan Clark, director of desktop and server technology management. The six-billion-dollar company plans to expand its use of Microsoft's SharePoint collaboration software with a user base of 175 to 2,000. Clark affirmed, the plan will require the recruitment of additional development and monitoring personnel and priorities for those who are capable of developing SharePoint.

data center

In the coming year, 18% of CIOs said they would hire staff for data centers, down from 21% in 2010.

Like the enterprise network, the operation of data centers next year will be heavily influenced by corporate virtualization and cloud strategies. Specifically, employers will seek IT professionals with background knowledge about the organization and operation of data centers and integrated systems.

In addition, the need to have data available to ensure IT services is guaranteed to emphasize the need for disaster recovery and business consolidation skills, according to Bob Cuneo, CIO of Eliassen Group. Companies need to make sure that the system needs to be backed up and replicated.

Web 2.0

Although not significant, the percentage of recruitment in the job area requires these skills to increase by 1% compared to the survey results of 2010, to 18%.

Technical skills focus on social media as more and more businesses want to integrate Web 2.0 technology into their infrastructure and John Reed thinks this demand will increase in 2012. More than anyone else, the Businesses understand the attraction of customers through online platforms, and IT staff who can support these standards will become brighter in the new year.

Security

Eliassen Group recorded a large gap in personnel recruitment information for security with 17% according to survey results compared to 32% in 2010.

While new employment percentages fall, security is still a top priority for businesses, especially in businesses that see cloud computing as part of their IT strategy.

Corey Peissig, senior vice president of technology at Mortgagebot, a web-based software service provider, said security is a top priority for his company and it's worth finding see talents in this job.

Telecommunication

About 9% of employers said they plan to recruit employees for the telecommunications industry in the next 12 months, down 17% from the survey results in 2010.

Laurie Connors, HR manager responsible for Partners HealthCare, based in Boston, and also managing Massachusetts General Hospital, said it was necessary to upgrade the information system, especially with VoIP technology. This is why Partners HealthCare will look for telecom professionals next year who have the knowledge and skills to set up and manage IP voice communications systems or work with the system. Call Center Cisco IPCC.

Despite many concerns about the US economy next year, predictions from Computerworld's IT industry employment statistics have shown that the budget for recruiting new personnel has been and is already top. more investment.