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State and local government IT projections In 2012, the Rockefeller Institute for State Government re- ported that through the third quarter, tax revenue in 47 states continued to grow; the 11th straight quarter of revenue grow. That information doesn’t guarantee employment.
Since 2008, state and local governments shed nearly 681,000 employees. Those municipalities, however, still have growing populations, infrastructure and healthcare concerns and retir- ing workers. While state hiring improvement may be scant, individuals with information technology skills will have an ad- vantage and Moody’s Analytics projects that the states could hire 220,000 people this year.
What states attract future employees “Top States for Business 2010.” Last September, the conservative-leaning Manhattan Institute listed 10 states that were the job destinations between 2000 and 2010, and that trend is unlikely to reverse as the economy picks up.
Many of the attractive states also have industries that need STEM workers.
• Washington state has seen growth in manufacturing, con- struction, and healthcare services and is home to Micro- soft, Boeing, and Amazon.
• Colorado’s public sector employment attractions are the U.S. Geological Survey, NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command), and the U.S. Air Force Academy.
• Tennessee’s employers include FedEx, Volkswagen, and Nissan’s North American headquarters.
• Georgia is home to Home Depot, UPS, Coca-Cola, and Kia Motors’ $1 billion plant.
• North Carolina has the Research Triangle Park area, Bank of America and other financial companies.
• Texas is a carbon-based energy heartland with oil and gas, logging and mining sectors.
2013 IT Hiring trends In December, the Robert Half Technology report projected more good news than bad. Its chief information officer survey said 17 percent of those polled planned to hire more IT profes- sionals. Only eight percent thought they might fire employees, and 75 percent said they would “maintain their current staff- ing levels.”
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Plus, the survey found that in the early part of the year when annual budgets have been approved 90 percent of CIOs fore- saw company expansion in the first quarter, and 49 percent of the CIOs believed that their IT budget would grow.
The IT professionals ranked in order of greatest demand were in data/database management, followed by network adminis- tration and web development/website design. Cybersecurity and applications development openings were also projected.
The early part of the year was expected to see information technology demand, respectively, from the manufacturing sec- tor, business services industry, and finance.
Computer technology fields to investigate
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Energy Outlook 2013.
http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/aeo/er/
The Occupational Outlook Handbook shows the breadth of the STEM employment options that are likely to be available through 2020.
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/About/Projections-Overview.htm
NASA announced a new multi-year Mars program.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-384
Government Executive magazine published The Technologist’s Guide to 2013.
http://www.govexec.com/gbc/technologists- guide-2013/59666/
The Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative needs computer engineers, computer scientists, cybersecurity, construction engineers, and other information technology specialists.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of National Coordinator for Health IT wants to hire Information Technology specialists.
http://www.healthit.gov/?utm_source=google&utm_ medium=cpc&utm_campaign=brand
Check out the National Institute for Standards and Technology Cloud Computing Program.
http://www.nist.gov/itl/cloud/index.cfm
See who are the 34 organizations that got Department of Homeland Security Contracts.
http://www.cyber.st.dhs.gov/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ Press-Relase_cyber-contracts-FINAL.pdf
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