親愛的安妮：我最近讀了你的一篇專欄，講的是女性如何在信息技術領域立足，讀完之后我產生了不少疑問。你對我這樣的讀者有何建議？我是一名明年春季即將畢業的本科生，主修計算機科學專業，輔修商學。我的實習經歷頗為豐富，當前一些主流研發技術我都有過實際接觸。在踏上慘烈的求職之旅之前，我想向您詢問明年的IT類就業市場究竟行情如何？我如何才能占據先機。期待您的答復?！既R恩，加州大學伯克利分校

親愛的布萊恩：明年的就業形勢對科技類人才一片大好，尤其是那些專業技能對口的從業人員，或是擁有三五年工作經驗的職場精英。（實習經驗也很重要，實踐經歷越豐富越好。）科技類求職網站Dice.com的運營商Dice Holdings公司最近報告指出，55%的雇主（創歷史新高）表示將雇傭大批技術人員，而2013年下半年，這個數字僅為42%。

????更重要的是，由于科技類崗位大量涌現，許多公司不得不開出越來越高的薪水，以挽留老員工，招聘新人。Instant Technology是一家位于芝加哥的科技類獵頭公司，公司首席執行官羅納?伯雷說：“短短一年前，科技類就業市場還不是這番景象。對于用人企業而言，招聘（科技類人才）的難度只會越來越大。”

????這對于大家當然是利好。伯雷補充道：“IT從業人員現在能拿到好幾份offer，可以仔細篩選一番。他們不光考慮誰給的錢多，還會考慮哪家公司正處于技術前沿，能提供給自己最尖端、最重要的技術。”

????最熱門的職位非軟件開發莫屬。招聘網站Wanted Analytics每天會抓取互聯網上的海量招聘信息。這家網站報道稱，軟件工程師的招聘廣告相較去年大漲了120%。伯雷也發現了同樣的趨勢。他說：“移動端、網頁和后臺開發的招聘需求非常強勁?！?/p>

????移動應用程序開發是當下的另外一個熱點。伯雷說：“只要擁有三年移動應用開發經驗，就能獲得高級工程師頭銜。此外，那些能夠幫助公司遷移至云端的技術人員也非常受歡迎。當然，大企業對SAP和大型ERP（企業資源規劃）系統管理人員的需求也是常年不斷?！?/p>

????招聘網站Dice列舉了近期招聘廣告中提及最頻繁的四項技能，在投簡歷前，你不妨看看自己是否具備相關經驗。它們是：基于Javascript的開發框架，例如KnockoutJS和AngularJS（Dice稱，精通這類框架的技術人員自稱失業率僅為1.8%）；開源集成工具Jenkins；在各大公司日趨流行的電子商務平臺Elastic Path；用于交換、分享和檢索健康信息的框架HL7。

????專業技能之外，伯雷還有三點建議，能幫助你獲得技術類職位。首先，伯雷表示：“信息獲取無障礙比以往任何時候都重要，所以，準備好向未來的雇主展示一個你開發或完成的項目”——無論是你在實習期間開發的軟件程序，還是你在校期間開發的電腦游戲或移動應用都可以。伯雷說：“如果你有過往的作品可向公司展示，那么肯定能找到工作?！?/p>

Dear Annie: I read your column about how women can get ahead in the information technology field, so I'm curious. What advice have you got for guys like me? I'll be graduating in the spring with a bachelor's in computer science, minor in business. I have a couple of good internships behind me, where I got to develop programs that companies are still using. I'm about to start seriously job hunting, so I'm wondering what the IT job market will look like over the next year or so, and how to best position myself to get hired. Any thoughts? — Brian in Berkeley

Dear B.B.: The year about to start looks bright for people with tech skills, especially if they have picked up the right ones, and who bring with them at least three to five years' experience. (Internships do count, the more hands-on the better.) Consider: Dice Holdings, which runs tech job site Dice.com, reports that 55% more employers — a record high — say they're ready to hire large numbers of techies, up from 42% in the second half of 2013.

????Moreover, so many opportunities are opening up now that companies increasingly need to offer higher salaries than in the past, both to hold onto current tech employees and to attract new ones. "A year ago, the tech job market didn't look like this. For employers, it's only going to get harder," says Rona Borre, CEO of Chicago-based tech recruiters Instant Technology.

????That's good news for you, of course. Borre adds, "IT people are getting multiple offers and picking and choosing among them — not only to get more money, but to go with the employers who are on the cutting edge, who can offer the latest and greatest technologies."

????The skills most in demand: Software development. Wanted Analytics, which aggregates job listings from all over the Web, reports that help-wanted ads for software developers are up 120% over last year, and Borre is seeing the same trend. "Development, whether mobile or web or back-end support, is where the driving need is now," she says.

????Mobile apps are another hot area. "People with three years' experience in mobile apps are considered senior now," notes Borre. "There is also a huge demand for people who can help companies move to the cloud. And there's always demand at big companies for people who can run SAP and other large-scale ERP [enterprise resource planning] systems."

????In putting your resume together for your job hunt, it might help if you have any experience with the four technologies most often mentioned in recent help-wanted ads on Dice. They are Javascript-based frameworks like KnockoutJS and AngularJS (whose adepts, Dice reports, boast a tiny 1.8% jobless rate); Jenkins, an open-source integration tool; Elastic Path, an e-commerce platform gaining in popularity with employers; and HL7, a framework for the exchange, sharing, and retrieval of health information.

????But beyond your knowledge of specific tools and programs, Borre has three suggestions for you about how to launch a career in information technology. First, she says, "Accessibility of information is more important than ever, so be ready to show a prospective employer a project you created or completed" — whether it's that

????software program you developed as an intern or a computer game or mobile app you created at school. "If you can bring examples of your work, companies will have a job for you," says Borre.