Wanted: Tech Savvy Individual

Stories of people getting laid off and companies closing dominated many of the headlines in 2009. Sad times for hundreds of thousands of people with the unemployment rate rivaling that of the Great Depression.

When Wired Wisconsin was first beginning, we talked a lot about what technology issues our organization should focus energy on. High-Tech Job Creation and Industry Development made it to the list early on because as history has shown, technology related jobs and fields were always the bright spot in a gloomy economy. One look at our Strategic Partners page, demonstrates Wired Wisconsin’s dedication to fostering an environment in Wisconsin that helps create jobs with both regional economic development groups like the New North and small tech businesses like Perceptral listed.

SO what if your previous experience/education is not in these fields?

According to an article in the Wall Street Journal

Career experts say the key to securing jobs in growing fields will be coupling an in-demand degree with expertise in emerging trends. For example, communications pros will have to master social media and the analytics that come with it; nursing students will have to learn about risk management and electronic records; and techies will need to keep up with the latest in Web marketing, user-experience design and other Web-related skills.

The point is that in today’s technology driven and enabled global marketplace, to compete you must be committed to a lifetime of learning—always looking for opportunities to increase your breadth of knowledge and experience.

And becoming more tech savvy needs to be top of the list.