The right IT skills get you a job

The state of the IT job market may depend on where you sit, and more importantly, the skills that you possess. Jim Lanzalotto, vice president of strategy and marketing at Yoh Services LLC, a Philadelphia-based staffing agency and outsourcing vendor, said there are plenty of open jobs for software developers with experience building wireless or embedded applications.

"It's a dead-on market for those guys, with unemployment rates of less than two percent," Lanzalotto told CIO.com. He also said IT workers and consultants who have SAP know-how, or are familiar with rival ERP applications such as Oracle's PeopleSoft human resources software, are in high demand.

SAP AG has estimated that about 30,000 more technical specialists are needed worldwide to fill a skills gap for its apps. Lanzalotto said companies in the hiring mode now are typically trying to use IT to help boost their revenues, not to make internal improvements.

For more on the job market:
- check out this CIO.com article