In last Friday's Wall St. Journal, Career Strategies column, journalist, Joe Light reports via an interview with a recruiter, David White, that tech hiring is up, albeit in several key niches: social networking and gaming, not surprisingly, as well as clean technology and medical software companies are having spikes in technology hiring. Mr. White goes on to illuminate the needed skills, saying that engineers who can hit the ground running with PHP, ActionScript 3, and J2EE are the most in demand. Of course, having the latest version of these languages & tools is critical.
Furthermore if your resume lists many languages and has the most desired ones listed at the bottom, the company will think those are your weakest links. So be sure to put those on the top and omit out-of-date or unnecessary items.
Mr. White reminds jobs seekers to research companies and be well versed in what they're business model and plans are. " You need to show a real passion for whatever the company does," he says.
For recent grads Mr. White advises to include your GPA on your resume if it's a 3.0 or higher.
Also he wisely suggests that if you have a choice between an unpaid internship at a really innovative company vs. a paid internship at a so-so firm, take the unpaid one if you can afford it. "Getting the real programming experience will set you apart from your peers, even if they have a higher GPA."
Also "top schools resonate well," he adds, but "if you're not in one of those schools, starting at a well-known company that trains programmers well, like Google, Facebook or Yahoo, will also give you credibility when it's time to take a larger role at a smaller company."
The entire article can be found online at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304510004575186401030589086.html?mod=WSJ_Careers_CareerJournal_4
Janice Litvin recruits in the social networking and online direct marketing space and can be reached at JLitvin@MicroSearchSF.com
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