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The Hottest Skills for '08

Computerworld (12/31/07) Hoffman, Thomas

Computerworld's 2008 Vital Signs survey identifies the top IT skills that will be in demand this year. Companies will be looking for programming and application developers who have AJAX, .Net, and PHP skills as they Web-enable their existing applications and commit more to Web 2.0. There also will be considerable interest in project managers who have overseen complex assignments that resulted in a clear business benefit, and in technical staff who can support expanding application portfolios as well as multilingual help desk staff. People with core security credentials, and data center experts, including mainframe technicians and database management specialists, will be wanted. Companies want IT people with business acumen who can serve as business analysts or business liaisons. The job market is also favorable for people with general network administration capabilities and network convergence, wireless, and network security talents. "There's a great opportunity for people in the infrastructure space as well, including messaging administrators and network/systems administrators who act as the air-traffic controllers for email, corporate networks, and PDAs," says Robert Half Technology's Katherine Spencer Lee.

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