Tech News, Issues & IT Jobs Report

Skillproof Report on Connecticut IT Jobs

January 2012 - The year 2011 finished with a further reduction in labor demand for IT professionals in Connecticut. The number of posted job openings declined 3.9% in December as compared  to November. Year-over-year demand for IT professionals was down 11% in December. Compared to peak demand in June 2006 job postings are down 69.1%. While other states have recovered better, demand for IT workers in the state has not come back yet.

The bright light among sectors hiring IT staff is Healthcare. While demand from other industries showed significant decline last year, the healthcare sector continued to show labor needs.
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Public Policy Agenda

‎2011 Public Policy Agenda for the Tech Council has been announced - it features government objectives and strategies needed to build high quality jobs and a sustained growth environment in Connecticut. Please read - and comment on - facebook or on the blog post.

Connecticut Competitiveness Agenda

Study Reports Connecticut Risks Losing its Fastest Job Growth Tech Firms, CTC Report Highlights Issues in CT Job Growth.
Read the Press Release, Download the Summary Report

NPR's Where We Live: Connecticut Tech Jobs -show taped 12/29/2010, can be viewed/ downloaded here
Guests: Matthew Nemerson,  Kip Bergstrom, Michael Gallis, Casey Pickett, Steve Obsitnik, with Host: John Dankowsky

CT Tech Events: There's an App 4 that

Download the Connecticut Technology Council community calendar. This app allows us to pull all events from similar organizations into one place, so that the technology and business community is now much better connected. 

For both Android and IPhone, you can also search events on our www.ct.org website at: http://www.ct.org/Tech_Calendar.asp.

         iPhone App                 Android App

Online Networking

CTC's Online Identity

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CTC BLOGS :
CTC's Official Blog
Matthew Nemerson's Innovation Matters

Tech Companies to Watch

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CTC Online at:

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• Ning: connecticuttechnology
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• Ning: girlsofinnovation
  
• Twitter: cttech
• YouTube: technologycouncil
  

The CTC has established online networking tools for the Connecticut Technology Community.

Click here to sign up and connect with other tech professionals!

Innovation & Entrepreneurship Summit

October 27, 2011 Event Recap
Includes links to pictures & award winner's list

Our 2011 Tech Companies to Watch have been announced.

Click here to see the full list with bios

View the submissions for our Video Elevator Pitch Competition,   the top 3 pitches were chosen from these to compete for a $10,000 web design prize provided by Digital Surgeons - the companies presenting will be: Small Talk, Sir Groovy and My Luck Club.

Marcum Tech Top 40

Congratulations to OpenSky Corporation, the fastest growing company in CT, for their 18,221% growth over four years. Forty companies were honored in six tech verticals.  

Click here to read more, including the Winner's List

IT Summit 2011

The 2011 IT Summit was held on Tuesday, November 29th at the Mohegan Sun Convention Center in Uncasville, CT.  The IT Summit (formerly the CIO Forum) is an annual program designed for the executive information management of mid-sized to large companies. Our goal for the IT Summit is to introduce the state's IT executives to each other and to present topics and information that will make them more successful. 

Click here for an Event Recap and Photos

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