Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Technology Career Fair in Austin August 14th

From DICE.com...

Top Companies With Technology and Engineering Job Openings Are Hiring!

Find your next job at the upcoming 2008 Dice Career Fair in Austin on:

Thursday, August 14 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Omni Austin Hotel at Southpark
4140 Governor’s Row
Austin, TX 78744

Meet hiring managers from companies hiring technology and engineering candidates. Network with industry professionals. Even land an interview. You can do it all at the upcoming Dice Career Fair in Austin. Career fairs are FREE, and they are a great way to build your network and explore job opportunities. Make sure to bring several copies of your resume to the event.

To pre-register visit here.

Participating companies include:

Ascendant Engineering Solutions
Austin Energy
Dell Inc
Digital Technology Laboratory Corporation
KCI
Rackspace Hosting
Shoretel, Inc.
Southwest Research Institute
TX Office of Court Administration

Friday, July 25, 2008

Study: IT jobs will drop in 2009

From Computerworld, July 18, 2008...

IT staff jobs are at increasing risk -- both for contractors and in-house workers -- according to a survey of top CIOs by Goldman Sachs & Co. released last week. Global services companies will also feel the pinch because of the slowing economy.

A second survey showed that basic PC and network hardware, as well as professional services providers, would bear the largest proportion of spending cuts. It also showed that CIOs planned to emphasize economizing measures over investments in new technologies, with cloud computing emerging as the last item on their priority lists, despite the hype around it.

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Austin High-Tech Career Fair

From Austin Startup, July 11, 2008...

The folks at Door64 are holding a High Tech Career Faire on August 7th from 3pm - 9pm. The career faire itself runs from 3p - 6pm, and then from 6pm - 9pm there will be networking and socializing. The event is free to the public.

If you’re in the market and looking, or maybe just thinking you might need to switch companies to gain more responsibility, you would enjoy this opportunity to see who is hiring around Austin.

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Website/Wiki Locates Austin Tech Companies

Techcrunch, a wiki for technology company listings, has a search feature which allows a mashup of companies in their database with Google Maps. To see a graphical representation of Austin technology companies, click on this search.