The United States Department of Labor reports 7.8 million open jobs available for the month of March in 2019. That’s a large number of unfilled working opportunities. Approximately three million of the unfilled jobs are in the information technology field. The report issued by the US Department of Labor is known as the Job openings Labor Turn Over statistics or JOLTS.
Our focus is on those three million unfilled information technology positions. Close to 400,000 of the technical positions are in California with about 35,000 of these jobs being located in and around Los Angeles County.
The key question to ask is what fields of information technology can a new employee find a job? The following fields will be discussed below.
Cyber-security & network administration. Both areas report 15,000 available jobs in Los Angeles County. The jobs are in the areas of computer technician, junior network administrator, network analyst, cyber-security specialist and Linux network administrators.
The certifications needed to qualify for these jobs include:
CompTIA A+ for computer repair
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert for network administration
Cisco Certified Network Associate to handle commercial network routers
CompTIA Network + to provide a strong overview of network server operation
CompTIA Security +, which introduces a network administrator to cyber-security
Linux fundamentals, which covers the fundamentals and use of Linux
Certified Ethical Hacker, which provides all of the tools for cyber offense and defense.
Either all or a portion of the certifications mentioned in this post will produce a solid career in either network administration or cyber-security.
Other fields producing jobs include software development.
The software development field is reporting close to 8,000 available jobs in Los Angeles. The jobs are with both game development and application development firms.
The Son Java certification, Microsoft Certified Associate for software and a strong working knowledge of Python will bring a good job in this field. Search engine optimization and social media strategist also qualify under this category. Companies are turning to search engine and social media experts to handle online marketing.
The database administrator field is reporting close to 8,000 available jobs. The two dominant database certification software’s operating in Los Angeles are Microsoft and Oracle. Oracle with its Oracle database administrator is producing the most jobs. Most large companies including Amazon, Google, the US Department of Home Land Security and the US Department of Defense are Oracle users.
The keys to a solid career rest in the paths to vendor certification. Companies through legal, leasing and insurance contracts are required to only hire certified employees to work on or change equipment. Certification takes the place of experience.
Candidates who become certified soon learn that two different planets exist in the work environment. The non-certified world where candidates struggle for employment and the certified career planet where good jobs are plentiful.
Each person will make the best informed decision of the correct career path. The important take away from this article is to understand that certifications hold the key to a good job in the field of information technology.
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