Looking
For A Career Change?
Tech Jobs Leading the Way
Posted October 1, 2014 07:35 am
TALLAHASSEE, FL - How can you boost your bottom line in 2015? A report released today indicates the answer for some could be a career change.
Technology
careers are paying big dividends compared with other job
sectors. The report from human resources consulting firm
Robert Half International projects almost a 6 percent
increase in starting salaries in the technology field.
The company's senior executive director, Paul McDonald,
said it also predicts growth in traditional fields such
as accounting and marketing, where technology is
involved.
"Technology truly is running its course through all
functional roles today," he said. "You need technology
as a foundational, functional understanding, in order to
be successful in any one of these specialty areas."
According to the report, among the top positions to
watch are mobile applications developer, data architect
and chief security officer. All three have starting
salaries that top $100,000 a year.
McDonald said many careers in the technology sector
don't necessarily require four-year degrees, and can be
secured with additional training that could be done at
night or online.
"If you find yourself unemployed," he said, "it's really
a good investment to go back and go to a trade school,
go to a junior college to retrain yourself, to make
yourself marketable in these very hot areas."
Companies are making employee retention a high priority,
McDonald said, since turnover is particularly
challenging for high-tech positions. He said many
businesses are offering flexible work hours to
accommodate a work-life balance for skilled workers who
are the right fit.
Photos/graphics and links added by the Observer: 2015 Salary Guide
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