IT jobs

People early in their career say “If I work hard, one day I’ll be a THIS.” THIS could be a CIO, Systems Architect, Senior Programmer, or any other professional goal you desire. Then, one day, years later, you look up from your day-to-day activities and realize one of the following . . .

Even though I have undergraduate degrees in physics and mathematics, I really like computers and would like to work professionally within IT. How can I find a job within IT?

I love the company where I work. The people are great, the benefits and salary are more than fair, and the company is doing well. My problem is that I’m tired of my current business analysis role and there doesn’t seem to be any jobs opening internally that are appropriate for me. What do I do?

A thousand employers screaming for your skills couldn't help you find a job if you were looking in the wrong place. In an exclusive analysis for ITworld, Dice.com breaks down what employers are looking for, cross-referenced by location. Good hunting.

The economy is flat for other jobs, but IT jobs remain more resistant to recession than other gigs, though your mix of skills and location have more to do with that than anything else.

SysAdmins don't have the time or gullibility to accept "holidays" designed to make them feel appreciated without giving them anything to appreciate.But they can pretend for just long enough to start a chorus of "For s/he's a jolly good sysadmin" while heading for the door.

Social-recruiting site TopProspect gathered two years worth of hiring data to find out the hottest spot for social-networking-savvy IT people. The result was Facebook by a ton of Likes.

It doesn't seem like it, but IT jobs are recovering faster than almost any other. They don't do it consistently across geography or skill set, though. See below for the hottest areas.

During the most recent recession unemployment for IT people 55 and over went way up, while actually dropping for noobs aged 25-54.

BLS study shows more outsourcing, less telecom and data-center hiring; survey results show growing 2011 IT budgets may be trimmed.