Thursday, August 17, 2006

Where The Jobs Are

Jobless claims are down another 10% this past week according to an article in Forbes. So -- where are all these jobs coming from?

Well, except around Detroit, where the UAW rules and brand loyalty is expressed with window stickers depicting Chevy and Ford owners urinating on each other while Japan focuses on building the best-quality cars in the world (and unemployment still hangs around 7%), there's good news.

In the technology workforce, the need for workers increased in the areas of finance, insurance and real estate. This is according to a survey of 1400 CIO's from companies with more than 100 employees, based on their expectations for hiring trends from July to September. Security and Windows administration are two of the hottest skills areas in the latest reports.