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You have probably been hearing about career prospects in the IT field for several years now. And despite the crisis that many have faced since the start of the pandemic in 2020, subsequent layoffs, relocations, etc., work in IT remains the most stable and highly paid.
In this article, we will tell you
about — current statistics on vacancies and mass layoffs in IT companies;
— and which IT professions have a future.
The situation on the job market
The number of active vacancies in Belarus has indeed dropped to record levels. Thus, in November, 4,293 vacancies for IT specialists were noted. For comparison, in 2021, there were 3 times more.
Does this mean that there will be no work for new specialists? No, it does not. People continue to get jobs, including junior specialists. Only now more effort is required than before.
You can read stories of TeachMeSkills graduates about their social media marketing service current employment and life after the courses here . For example, there are currently 7.5 resumes per vacancy , which in turn slightly exceeds the pandemic indicator of 2020. Therefore, there is hope for the restoration of the previous level of hiring - you should not just sit and wait for this time. Plus, it would be wrong to talk only about the job market in Belarus, because the advantage of IT is its internationality. And if you look at the foreign news - everything is bad. IT giants such as Google, Meta, Microsoft and others are cutting thousands of employees and stopping hiring! However, if you go into detail and read a little further than the headlines, which should be loud, because this is how the media works - everything is not so bad. There are indeed layoffs, but they are associated with excessive hiring of specialists during the pandemic, when there were not enough resources due to the increased demand for services. Companies also use the approaching recession as an argument - a state in the economy that means a non-critical decline in production or a slowdown in economic growth, which usually lasts from six months to a year. Jeffrey Pfeffer, a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, disagrees with these arguments. He believes that companies are simply copying each other in their statements: "... thinking is hard work, so most managers don't do it." In addition, according to Pfeffer, layoffs will not reduce costs, but will only reduce companies' income. There are also some other interesting studies. For example, the Korn Ferry Institute predicts that about 4.4 million specialists will be short by 2030, due to which companies will lose about $8.5 trillion in financial results. And according to the latest data
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), conducted by CompTIA, reported that the unemployment rate for tech jobs fell to 1.8%. Employers across industries hired about 130,000 tech workers last month.
According to Robert Half Technology's 2023 IT salary report ,Recruiting in IT companies remains strong. 56% of respondents plan to hire for new positions, and 39% said they plan to find specialists for vacant positions.
We conclude: if you would like to become an IT specialist, but were hesitant due to the flow of negative news, follow your desire. Only persistence and hard work will help you achieve your goal.
In-demand IT professions
Conventionally, the most in-demand professions can be divided into 4 main areas:
Development
Testing
Management
Working with data (database development and analysis)
Developers, engineers, programmers
Specialists directly responsible for the technical development of the product in the company remain the most in demand. And this applies to everyone
Frontend and Backend Development
The trend towards digitalization of business has remained unchanged for many years. And to implement it, companies need specialists. If the former are responsible for the client part of the product and proper interaction with the user, then the latter are responsible for the internal part and the correct operation of the entire system.
Choose what is closer, and you will not go wrong. You are guaranteed work.
Mobile development
Almost 70% of people living on the planet use mobile phones. You can be sure that the market will be interested in good developers for a long time.
DevOps
DevOps engineers are needed to optimize development processes. Ideally, on all projects. But the most relevant vacancies will be in large companies with a huge number of specialists. Here, the increase in overall efficiency will depend on the work of the DevOps engineer.
ML Engineers (Machine Learning)
Someday, artificial intelligence will actually be able to take over some of our routine tasks, freeing up our time for something new, more creative. But achieving such results will require a lot of time and work… from people.
GameDev
Gamification and virtualization of our reality remain popular areas in the market, both in the gaming industry and in business.
Testers
The number of software products is growing — and the need for testers accordingly. Errors are very expensive for businesses, so it is much more profitable to hire good specialists.
However, it is worth considering that automated solutions will be in the greatest demand. Knowledge of manual testing techniques and approaches is not cancelled, but for further career growth you will have to learn new technologies. Take this into account if you are going to choose testing because you do not want to work with code or get into the technical part.
Product Project Managers
To develop a new product (or improve an old one), one developer will not be enough. You need a team. And of course, someone has to manage it. Good managers are in high demand in the IT sphere. And technical education plays a secondary role here, since over time and with experience, specialists acquire the necessary knowledge.
First of all, it is important to have leadership qualities, high communication skills and the ability to find a solution in various situations (including stressful ones). For example, team productivity. Of the 20,000 Microsoft employees, 87% are sure that they are productive . However, only 12% of managers share this opinion.
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