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Silicon Valley Engineering Job Market Strong Despite Looming Recession

January 21, 2008

Pete Cary, writing for the San Jose based Mercury News, says global demand will keep the engineering and high-tech job markets in the Silicon Valley strong despite the almost certain economic recession to come. The region has added jobs for three months running . 

For professional services, engineering and technology, we’re still looking at a shortage of candidates and a plethora of openings,” said Tim Thompson of Spherion, a technology and engineering staffing service whose managers in Silicon Valley remain “pretty bullish”.

Read the full article HERE

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Job market appears strong for 2008 graduates

January 21, 2008

Diane Stafford of the Kansas City Star says that there are more job offers available for engineering graduates than there are engineers to fill them. That will be good news for entry level engineers as they head to the salary negotiating table. Read Diane’s article HERE As the baby boomers begin retiring en-masse, the opportunity for less experienced engineers to move up quickly to fill the void is enormous. The aerospace industry is projected to be particularly hard-hit by the attrition of senior engineers. If you have recently graduated or will be graduating with a degree in any engineering discipline, now is the time to work hard to position yourself for advancement. 

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