By John Mark V. Tuazon
Computerworld Philippines
January 25, 2010

Despite a slight decline in global demand for IT professionals in early 2009, recruitment for IT workers remain remarkably high, the CEO of a local IT jobs website remarked recently.

“IT today is as vital as any key unit or department of the organization, so there is always a need for tech professionals,” claimed Gina Duminy, President and CEO of itprosasia.com. “The market is picking up and we should expect more opportunities to open up here and abroad.”

Despite the stability in IT professionals recruitment, Duminy pointed out that the last decade saw a slight decline in enrollment for IT and other related disciplines. “IT as a course of study will always be up against the healthcare and other service-oriented disciplines,” she explained, emphasizing that despite this, players in the IT and BPO space are continuously underscoring the fact that there are many opportunities for professionals here and abroad.

Data from three months’ worth of job postings since the site’s recent relaunch suggest that employers demand programmers from the market the most, followed by technical support representatives, Java developers, analysts and application architects.

On technology demanded by employers, .NET takes the top spot, with PHP, HTML, J2EE, and Java following suit. “This is a very interesting indicator as it mirrors what kind of technologies businesses are investing in terms of software, for instance. It mirrors what technologies businesses are actually dependent on,” Duminy elaborated.

Duminy said they were able to identify this critical information due to the recent revamp of their jobs site, which used to be called itpros.ph. “[In the new site], we have already laid down all key expertise or skill categories and all the possible tools or technologies they may be using are outlined,” she clarified.

The revamped site, which had a soft launch last October 2009, is the product of a “long and tedious process that all started with an extensive review of the old itpros.ph,” according to Duminy. She said the new site incorporates elements gathered from user feedback from tech professionals and employers, such as a simpler presentation of job postings, and a cleaner front page design.

Postings on the website are also grouped depending on skills sets or technologies that potential employees may have. “This way, it would be much easier for them to define who they are, what they are capable of doing and at what level of expertise,” Duminy added.

Itprosasia.com pulls from a resource of about 800 HR practitioners it gathered from its previous incarnation, and utilizes such resources to offer specialized services such as Career Lounge, a career cocktails for experienced techies and T/EX, and the Technology Jobs Expo, a job fair for IT professionals. “We know the issues affecting the industry and in our own way, do best to contribute in helping find solutions,” Duminy added.

Possibly Related Posts:

• 5 Tips for Social Business Adoption: How SAS Succeeded
• AMD aims for better graphics in casinos, hospitals with new chips
• EMC acquires Syncplicity for cloud file management
• Chrome trumps IE as world’s top browser
• Avaya lays out roadmap for unified software management

 Print This Post