Nashville Tech Story (3/23/10)
NASHVILLE: NOW HIRING
The Nashville Technology Council today announced the release of its Q1 2010 Technology Hiring Trends Report. After extensive research, the report reveals over 420 technical jobs available in the Middle Tennessee area. The report was generated from public job postings from large job portals (i.e. CareerBuilder, Monster, etc.), specialty technology sites (i.e. Dice) and local employer sites.
The highest number of openings came from enterprise health care technology companies: Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Health Care Management Systems (HMS), and Community Health Systems (CHS). In addition, other local industry heavyweights like music, publishing, manufacturing, and transactions continue to post job openings in technology.
The most prevalent technology positions are in Management. Management is followed by Analyst, Developers, and Network Engineers. In addition to job openings, the report also illustrates programming languages that are most needed in the today’s technology industry. .Net, and Java are in highest demand for potential employees, as well as SQL database positions.
“Technology is revolutionizing industries in healthcare, digital content, publishing, and transactions,” said J. Tod Fetherling, President/CEO of Nashville Technology Council. “Nashville’s creative and educational communities are being relied on to assist in transforming music, healthcare, and transactional industries. This will create exciting new opportunities for employment for the foreseeable future.”
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, “there were 2.7 million job openings on the last business day of January 2010 nationwide. The job openings rate rose over the month to 2.1 percent, the highest the rate has been since February 2009.”
To view the full report, click here.
