Technology Jobs in Minneapolis
For years, Minneapolis has provided numerous jobs in computer related fields due to the fact that the area has one of the largest concentration of high-technology firms in America. With over 1,300 of these businesses in Twin Cities, there has been a regular demand for individuals trained in this area.
One of the reasons such firms seem to be particularly partial to the area is the area is the fact that the local population is one of the most educated in the nation. Between tax money supported learning programs and the presences of both of the University of Minnesota and several technological institutes there is a constant supply of well trained individuals to fill Minneapolis jobs in the IT field.
Recently Robert Half Technology conducted a survey of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area's chief information officers to determine the hiring intentions of these companies for the fourth quarter of 2007 and found that a net of 8 percent plan to increase their current staff of information technology professionals. All companies polled currently have 100 or more employees and 200 different CIOs participated in the survey.
The results can be broken down to show that 10 percent of those polled planned to be creating new Minneapolis IT jobs in the latter part of this year. With 2 percent of companies planning a decrease in the number of such professionals in their staff, the net results reflect a modest gain in Minneapolis jobs. The largest portion, 87 percent, foresaw no change in their current hiring trends.
Katherine Spencer Lee, the executive director of Robert Half Technology, said that the results of the survey showed that “hiring plans appear to be more conservative.” She went on to say that the “demand for IT professionals remains strong overall, particularly for individuals in hot specialty areas such as web development and network administration.”
The fourth quarter results showed a one point decrease in recruiting intentions for the IT field in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area from the previous quarter. Although there is a slight decrease in number of jobs that companies plan to create, the field continues to steadily increase the number of Minneapolis jobs it provides.
