Part of the WTIA’s mission is to grow a strong and sustainable workforce, which means we’re passionate about keeping local talent plugged into our state’s technology industry. In addition to our job board, every Wednesday we’ll be keeping you connected to Washington’s job market with the latest in local hiring news.

 

HackerRank Makes Technical Recruiting More Transparent

TechCrunch | Frederic Lardinois | Jan. 12

http://techcrunch.com/2016/01/12/hackerrank-jobs-takes-the-mystery-out-of-technical-recruiting/

“Like all of HackerRank’s products, HackerRank Jobs focuses on coding challenges. When you apply for a job, you get a coding challenge from the company and if you solve the problem to the company’s satisfaction, you’ll get a guaranteed interview call within a certain number of days (most companies on the service currently advertise a three-day turnaround). If you didn’t pass, the company will also notify you…HackerRank is clearly trying to make the application process more transparent. Most of the companies that advertise on the platform also disclose the salary range for a given job, for example.”

For more information on HackerRank, click here

 

25 Skills You’ll Need to Master If You Want to Land a Job in 2016

Business Insider | Jacquelyn Smith | Jan. 12

http://www.businessinsider.com/25-skills-that-will-land-you-a-job-2016-1

“To find out what it takes to successfully land a job, LinkedIn analyzed all of the hiring and recruiting activity that occurred on its site in 2015, and uncovered the 25 hottest skills in 14 different countries. ‘If your skills fit one or more of these skills categories (a grouping of related skills), there’s a chance you either started a new job or attracted the interest of recruiters last year.’”

Check out the 25 hottest skills needed to land a job this year, here

 

Job Outlook 2016: Seattle Area Expected to See Steady Growth

Seattle Times | Kristin Kalning | Jan. 8

http://www.seattletimes.com/nwshowcase/careers/job-outlook-2016-seattle-area-expected-to-see-steady-growth/

“Many companies, particularly in tech, are having trouble attracting candidates due to scarcity, says Josh Warborg, district president of Robert Half staffing company in Seattle. Even big-name companies that could recruit on name alone in years past are having difficulty filling positions…‘IT hiring is going to hide in many different places, including retail, and professional services, where you’ve got a lot of consulting firms,’ says Vance-Sherman.”

 

US Employers Hire At Robust Pace, Defying Global Trends

Seattle Times | Christopher Rugaber (The Associated Press) | Jan. 8

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/us-adds-strong-292k-jobs-last-month-jobless-rate-at-5-pct/

Employers added a robust 292,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate stayed low at 5 percent, the Labor Department said Friday. Job gains in the October-December quarter averaged 284,000, the best three-month increase since last January…Healthy consumer spending, modest gains in home construction and an uptick in government spending should offset drags from overseas and bolster growth this year, economists said…For all of 2015, employers added 2.65 million jobs, a monthly average of 221,000. That made 2015 the second-best year for hiring since 1999, after 2014.

 

When the Call of Duty Is Technology, Veterans Rally to Support Each Other Through Operation Code

GeekWire | Lisa Stiffler | Jan. 7

http://www.geekwire.com/2016/call-duty-technology-veterans-rally-support-operation-code/

“Software and technology rank among the top jobs in the country, but military veteran David Molina fears that the country’s military veterans aren’t getting the support they need to successfully land tech positions when transitioning into the workforce…His group helps veterans by connecting them to mentors, scholarships and apprenticeships, and by sending them to coding conferences at no cost. Operation Code is a resource for employers seeking to hire veterans and it recently launched Deploy, a veteran-run web development consultancy. A few hundred veterans have received mentoring or other support through the group, Molina said. ‘We love what we do,’ Molina said. ‘We’re military vets who love software and programming, and we want to help other vets.’”

Find more information about Operation Code, here

Find more information about Deploy, here

 

Amazon, Microsoft Make Up 8 Percent of Seattle-Area Job Openings

Puget Sound Business Journal | Ashley Stewart | Jan. 6

http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2016/01/amazon-microsoft-make-up-8-percent-of-seattlearea.html

“Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) alone has 4,796 unfilled positions, according to job search engine Simply Hired – a significant portion of the estimated 25,000 technology jobs across Washington state that go unfilled for at least six months. Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) has 2,113 openings…It’s why tech companies often go to great lengths to lure and retain workers.”

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