In general, this is the hiring season. Folks are executing on their beginning of FY plans and bring in the talent they need to execute.
~stacy On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Harvinder <harvin...@bestica.com> wrote: > You might be right about an increased demand for UX professionals.We are a > nationwide User Experience Staffing agency and just in the last two months > for some reason we saw an increase in job orders. It looks like not only > money is flowing in the economy atleast for now from all the stimulus > package from Obama but also companies which were far behind on the curve of > UX are trying to match their competitiors and it is becoming a necessity > for > them now just to stay afloat. > Companies are now not able to delay any more the UX projects which they had > been delaying so far but the skill sets in demand are becoming extremely > specific. Companies do not want an interaction designer with 5-10 years of > experience any more. They want people with specific experience in financial > industry or desktop applications or mobile applications or whatever their > business is so they don't have to invest in the person to learn. > Economic indicators are still saying very slow recovery atleast until June > of 2010 is what I am hearing. > > Harvinder Singh > 210-614-4198 O > 210-884-1311 C > harvin...@bestica.com > www.bestica.com > Bridging the UX/IT Talent Gap > My Linked In Profile > Follow Me on Twitter > View Besticas Current Openings > Contribute to Usability/Design Challenges Through Our Blog > > > -----Original Message----- > From: discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com > [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Doug > Brown > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 9:21 AM > To: list IXDA > Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] are we an early indicator of economic recovery? > > I think of it more as an indicator that companies are realizing that the > feature wars are over, and a better consumer experience will position them > better in their respective markets. That sentiment is amplified by a down > economy when companies are looking to make fewer, more exceptional > products. > Our field fits into both those desires, and so we become more in demand. > > My two cents anyway. :-) > > Doug Brown > do...@finitemonkey.com > > > On 12/18/09 9:45 AM, "mark schraad" <mschr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I've been watching the job announcements on this forum and there seems > > to be an uptick in the last couple of months. > > > > My theory is that skill sets in high demand can be an early indicator > > of economic recovery. I am measuring this based upon salary and my > > perception of unemployment in amongst our profession. I honestly don't > > know to many Ixd's that are unemployed. Not very scientific... but > > that is what I am operating with and basing my hunch upon. > > > > Just wondering your thoughts. Is there an increased demand for what we > > do in these recent months? Do you think that is an indicator of a > > better economy coming? > > > > Mark > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.427 / Virus Database: 270.14.108/2566 - Release Date: 12/18/09 > 01:02:00 > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
