IT Sector Jobs
Overview
The goal of this project is to measure the health and needs of Information Technology (IT) in various parts of Wisconsin, including the service areas for The Community Foundation of Greater South Wood County, Midstate Technical College, and Wisconsin's 9th District for the Department of Workforce Development.
To accomplish these goals, we plan to start with job data from Indeed.com, a job agreggator site to determine current demand for employees where IT is a core part of their function within an organization. We also plan to look at national and international trends by comparing that data to job postings on odesk.com.
We hope that this information will help inform employees and job candidates about the skills necessary to be succesful in the field. We expect that we might be able to inform local employers on current trends in the industry. And we expect to also inform educators so that they may continue to prepare well-trained graduates for the workforce.
Links for researchers
Job Scraper Application - Prototype 3 - Jul 13, 2011
Job Scraper Application - Prototype 2 - Jul 11, 2011
Job Scraper Application - Prototype 1 - Jul 11, 2011
Links for job seekers