| In October 1929, the world rocked with a financial | | | | up there. |
| crash that led to severe depression and the naming | | | | If you are a consultant, consider getting a full-time |
| of Black Friday. They say history repeats itself and | | | | employee status. While you can be an outsourced aid |
| never has it proved to be truer then when The | | | | if you work on the lower-level IT projects, you |
| Great Wall Street Crash was reenacted nearly 80 | | | | cannot move to higher levels unless you are a |
| years later. | | | | full-time employee. |
| But, the good news is that, despite the rough market | | | | If you are looking for a full-time IT job, you should |
| situation, and the rumors that things haven't been | | | | consider if there is also scope provided for any |
| this bad since 1929, ITians need not career swap, for | | | | hands-on training or new experiences and new |
| there are still IT recruiters who are bold enough to | | | | projects. If there are such possibilities, you would do |
| hire those of you looking for IT jobs. | | | | well to take the job while it is still available as training |
| Who says that just because there are depressing | | | | and experience is the best way you can get into |
| surveys and predictions on budgets and IT careers, | | | | higher-paying jobs. Earn while you learn should be |
| there is no room for IT employment? It is a farce | | | | your mantra. It is priceless! |
| – nothing more. | | | | Although companies are falling and the economy is |
| If those hiring are upbeat about the IT Software job | | | | sliding, companies still have to function. It is because |
| vacancy, then so can we be. The reason they are | | | | of this that those with good training and experience |
| giving for the positive outlook is that technology is | | | | will keep their jobs, especially so if you are an IT |
| something that every company needs, in every | | | | person. Companies need their core activities to stand |
| sector. They say that IT is the winning career for | | | | strong and as we are in an IT world, this is one |
| the day. | | | | battalion that cannot fall unless of course the |
| The jobs that experts find at risk however are the | | | | company is shutting down either temporarily or for |
| telecom jobs. In a recently published list of jobs that | | | | good. |
| are supposedly recession-proof, the IT recruitment | | | | But in all this talk, we will not underestimate the skills |
| jobs were toppers on the list. Other job streams | | | | that are not technical. All have something to |
| that were seemingly safe were those in networking | | | | contribute to the overall success of the company. If |
| and system administration, software, design, QA, | | | | you have soft-skills such as being a people person, if |
| testing and more. | | | | you're soft spoken, or can handle stress well, you will |
| Apparently, the demand for people who can work | | | | be the last to go even if the company is sinking. |
| with AJAX, Ruby on Rails, Asp.Net Jobs, etc is high | | | | |