Sunday, June 23, 2013

Best (Small) Places to Work | 2013


The Boston Business Journal recently honored the 80 Best Places to Work in Massachusetts.  The 11th annual celebration of companies that are creating a high level of workforce satisfaction and loyalty took place on June 13, 2013.  Companies were recognized in each of four categories as follows:
  • small (20-100 employees)
  • medium (101-500 employees)
  • large (501 or more employees)
  • plus a PR/communications category

Small Company Category


If you are looking to work at a small company that values the efforts of its workers, then start with the list of 25 below.  Click the LinkedIn icon to identify the connections you have into each company.
Additional Lists:
Google Maps:
  • Access Google maps of the 80 Best Places to Work in Massachusetts in 2013.
[ NOTE: The Best Places to Work in Massachusetts are being recognized daily on Twitter.  Follow Beantown Web on Twitter @webapprentices and on Facebook by becoming a Fan of Beantown Web. ]
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Tuesday, June 04, 2013

Boston Web Tech Job Market | Q2 2013


Nearly nine out of 10 startup executives plan to hire technology workers this year.  This compares to "only" two out of three hiring managers from a broader range of companies who expect to add tech workers during the first half of 2013.

Details are available at Tech Startups See Increased Hiring, available from Dice.com.

Boston Web Tech Job Market


On a local level, the demand for Web tech professionals continues to be strong in the Boston metro area.

The list of Top 20 Web Technologies in Boston has been updated for the second quarter. It appears in the right-hand column and below.  The list is based on keyword searches in job postings at Indeed.com. The most in-demand keywords are listed more frequently than less in-demand keywords.

Indeed.com is a meta-search engine that offers a maximum number of search possibilities.  All searches encompass a 25-mile radius of Boston.  Search parameters can be adjusted to fit your personal needs.

Here are the Four Biggest Movers from the Top 20 Technologies, comparing early June postings to early March postings, listed by overall ranking and percentage increase:
  1. ASP.NET | #20 32%
  2. agile * | #4 23%
  3. jQuery | #13 21%
  4. Ruby | #19 21%

    * Note:     While "agile" is not a technology, it is a process used in technology development and this keyword appears in more technology job descriptions that almost any other keyword.

Top 20 Web Technologies in Boston


Here is an abbreviated list of the 20 most in-demand web technologies in Boston. [ or from early March ] listed by number of job postings at Indeed.com:

June, 2013
  1. SQL | 4,741 15%
  2. Java | 3,579 05%
  3. Oracle | 3,259 16%
  4. agile | 2,709 23%
  5. JavaScript | 2,535 14%
  6. SQL Server | 1,723 19%
  7. C# | 1,610 16%
  8. XML | 1,510 01%
  9. Python | 1,450 09%
  10. "Web Services" | 1,416 12%
  11. Social Media | 1,371 17%
  12. HTML + CSS | 1,350 14%
  13. jQuery | 1,208 21%
  14. SaaS | 1,117 09%
  15. UI | 992 06%
  16. Perl | 987 04%
  17. MySQL | 951 05%
  18. Ajax | 913 11%
  19. Ruby | 888 21%
  20. ASP.NET | 846 32%
An expanded version of this list -- Boston's Top 100 Web Technologies -- is being counted down for the next three months @webapprentices.

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Sunday, April 21, 2013

Boston's Rockstar Recruiters | Q2 2013

 
Six is the magic number.  As in ...
  • Six Sigma
  • Six Pack Abs 
  • Six Feet Under
You need Six to make The List -- The Boston Rockstar Recruiter list.
  • Six recommendations from adoring fans

Boston's Top 100 Technology Recruiters


In the fall of 2012 Beantown Web asked the question, "Who are Boston's Rockstar Recruiters?"  Welcome to the third installment of The List.

To begin the quest, Beantown Web identified more than 300 technology recruiters via LinkedIn.  Most are located in the Boston area.  Some are located in New Hampshire and Rhode Island and conduct a significant amount of business in the Boston area.

 Beantown Web then turned to LinkedIn to identify customer satisfaction scores.  In particular, how many people were willing to provide a public recommendation for that recruiter?

 Rock 'n Rollers have gold albums.  The rest of us mere mortals have to make due with Recommendations.

 The market for Rockstar Recruiters is heating up.  In order for a recruiter to make the inaugural Boston Rockstar Recruiter List a mere three LinkedIn recommendations was enough to merit Rockstar status.  Last quarter the bar was raised to at least five recommendations.  This quarter the Platinum number is six recommendations.  One in three technology recruiters in the Boston metro area has earned Boston Rockstar Recruiter status.

Boston's Top 10 Technology Recruiters


Boston's Top 10 Rockstar Recruiters play to packed houses and receive standing ovations.  The best in the biz have received at least 34 Rockommendations from adoring fans, up from 29 last quarter.

 Here are the Top 10 Boston Rockstar Recruiters for the second quarter of 2013 [number of LinkedIn recommendations]:
  1. Scott Dunlop [96] -- The Bivium Group
  2. John VanderSande [62] -- WinterWyman
  3. Jamie LeBlanc [53] -- The Bivium Group
  4. Chris Fountas [50] -- AVID Technical Resources
  5. Robin Napier [45] -- CyberCoders
  6. Doug Schade [43] -- Winter Wyman
  7. Brendan Andersen [39] -- CyberCoders
  8. Leanne Owens [38] -- Onward Search
  9. David Honig [34] -- MarketSearch 
  10. Bill Sullivan [34] -- Rakuten Loyalty
Three companies have each placed two recruiters in the Top 10:
Could these three recruiting companies be the Super Groups of the Boston area?  Aerosmith?  The Cars? The J. Geils Band?

The Boston Rockstar Recruiter Countdown begins @webapprentices and will continue throughout the second quarter listing all 97 Boston Rockstar Recruiters.  Simply follow @webapprentices and connect with your favorite Boston Rockstar Recruiter each day.

 If you are aware of a Boston-based Technology Recruiter who has garnered at least six LinkedIn recommendations, go to Beantown Web on Facebook and share your Rockstar Recruiter selection with our readers.  Rock on!
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