Saturday, January 17, 2009

Interesting Facts on Bay Area jobs

By Alex Wu

The San Francisco Bay Area has always been the focal point of IT jobs in the US. A great number of savvy internet and informatics professionals have been seeking for Bay area jobs on their field of expertise. IT employment is a trend that has evolved during the last two decades, allowing huge companies to develop in the area. It is not accidental that many notable dot com businesses and software companies are situated in the Bay area. Google, Digg, Typepad, Cnet and Sega are just a few of the infamous companies you can find in the northern part of California.

In these last five years not everything has been as great as it used to be, but the Bay area jobs in information technology are still at the top of the nationwide list. What happened lately is that more manufacturers moved to the area, in order to work permanently from there, creating huge numbers of job openings every year. Both experienced professionals and recent graduates benefit equally from attractive job packages that Bay area creates. In addition, diversity of job description and opportunities for growth, that industry offers by default, appeal to more and more job seekers.

Bay area jobs seem to be most appealing and attractive to degree holders; again the numbers and statistics are really impressive. San Francisco is the third US city, after Seattle and Austin, in University graduate residents, while the majority of them holding an IT degree.

San Francisco is the third US city in concentration of University graduates and IT degree holders, behind Seattle and Austin. The most impressive is though that more than 60% of those who choose to move to the Bay area hold an IT degree and the actual reason of moving is a job related to their studies.

The increasingly growing need for IT professionals and restructuring of market demands towards IT services, create mere opportunities for information technologists. This is fact that also brings higher salaries and benefits for the employees. The Bay area is the leader in this department as well.

Remuneration packages and full benefits for 'minorities', including gays and people with physical deficiencies, bring the Bay area jobs among the most wanted in the USA. A recent statistic shows that the revenues for the average employee are 20% higher in the area than in other places, for the exact same job.

Maintaining and enhancing a legacy in the IT development and hardware production, the Bay area is a hot bed for those who seek a career in the information technology sector. A career that can be combined with high salaries and a high quality of life as a resident of the area. - 16747

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