Rick Newman predicts, based on IBISWORLD data, that jobs in different sectors of the information technology industry are set to experience the highest job growth in 2013. Article>>
Herman Trend Alert: Growing Global Demand for Engineers
December 10th, 2012 by Rich Feller
In the United States alone, in the month of September, there were more than 184,000 jobs advertised online for engineering professionals, according to Wanted Analytics, a business intelligence firm. The volume of listings was up 12 percent compared to those the year-earlier and 27 percent against the same time period in
3 Hot Tech Jobs with Rising Salaries
December 4th, 2012 by Brad Graham
Robert Half Technology, which has an office on ParkLake Avenue in Raleigh, has released its list of “hot technology and design jobs” for 2013, and several of the suggestions just happened to fit in with the Triangle’s
U.S. Science Industry Faces Fiscal Cliff Doom
November 26th, 2012 by Brad Graham
The American science programs that landed the first man on the moon, found cures for deadly diseases and bred crops that feed the world now face the possibility of becoming relics in the story of human progress. American scientific research and development stands to lose thousands of jobs and face a starvation diet of reduced funding if politicians fail to compromise and halt the United States’ march towards the fiscal cliff’s sequestration of federal funds.
Mexico Is A Top Producer Of Engineers, But Where Are The Jobs?
October 30th, 2012 by Brad Graham
In an aggressive bid to move beyond low-wage factory jobs and toward an entrepreneurial economy, Mexico is producing graduates in engineering and technology at rates that challenge its international rivals, including its No. 1 trade partner, the United States.
The State of STEM and Jobs
September 24th, 2012 by Brad Graham
A year ago, U.S.News & World Report launched a special project to examine the problem of why, at a time of high unemployment, there are so many jobs going unfilled. The answer: American workers lack the necessary skills for those jobs. We came to summarize this as the STEM problem and called our project “STEM Solutions.” STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math, and it is the lack of skills in those subject areas that is behind many of the nation’s vacant jobs today—and the prospect of considerably more in the next few years.
The Top 10 Cities, Jobs, and Employers for Computer Science Grads
September 18th, 2012 by Brad Graham
Earlier this year, we chronicled the career paths of 21 recent University of Washington computer science and engineering graduates, asking them about their future employers and what gets them excited
Posted in: College, Computer Science, Grads, Jobs, STEM
Republicans ready ‘STEM Jobs Act’
September 14th, 2012 by Brad Graham
The U.S. House is moving closer to acting on legislation that would make green cards available to as many as 55,000 foreign nationals who have earned advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering or math — the so-called STEM fields.
