From
aerospace to medical technology, the high-tech industry is seeing more growth
and more job creation in the United States. In particular, the area of
sustainable technology and green initiatives, such as solar power, is really
starting to boom.
Wired Magazine recently featured a major study on
employment growth in the US. I was particularly interested in the high-tech job
growth occurring along the I-85 highway in the southern states, from Alabama to
Virginia. Check out this interactive map to see some specific companies in this
sector and the story of their recent growth: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/05/ff_jobsi85/
The Wired study had a lot of interesting
surprises overall, including maps that show how large areas of the US have experienced
explosions of high-tech jobs. In some cases, these areas showed 10,000 new jobs
in certain geographical areas.
Recently,
the experts at Tompkins took a look at the top priorities for profitable growth
in 2011 in the high-tech industry.
Since it
is already the middle of the year, we looked back to see what we got right and
what we may have missed. One thing that we definitely didn't emphasize enough
in our original priorities was the incredible pace of growth in high tech.
This
rapid pace presents some special challenges for companies: managing suppliers,
deciding when to outsource, and recruiting change management leaders, to name
just a few.
Read more
in this updated article here.
GoGoGo!
Jim
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