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 [email protected] 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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 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 [email protected] On 12/18/09 9:45 AM, "mark schraad" <[email protected]> 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 ....... [email protected] > 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 ....... [email protected] 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 ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
