Boston's Rockstar Recruiters | Q4 2012

Everyone is looking for rockstars.

Companies are looking for rockstars.

Hiring Managers are looking for rockstars.

Recruiters are looking for rockstars.

If you are currently in the job market, why shouldn't you look for rockstars, as well?

Beantown Web asked the question, "Where are the rockstar recruiters?"

Boston's Top 100 Technology Recruiters

To begin the quest, Beantown Web identified more than 240 technology recruiters via LinkedIn.  Most are located in the Boston area.  Some are located in New Hampshire and Rhode Island and do 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?

Rockstars have gold albums.  Mere mortals have to make due with recommendations.

In order for a recruiter to make the Top 100 List they had to garner at least three LinkedIn recommendations.

Boston's Top 10 Technology Recruiters

It takes courage to show up at open mike night and play in front of a crowd of strangers.  It takes talent to impress them enough to give you a standing ovation.  Boston's Top 10 Technology Recruiters have been brought back for an encore by delivering rockstar performances to least 20 cheering fans.

Here are Boston's Top 10 Technology Recruiters [number of LinkedIn recommendations]:

1. Scott Dunlop [95] -- The Bivium Group
2. Jamie LeBlanc [45] -- The Bivium Group
3. Brendan Andersen [39] -- CyberCoders
4. Leanne Owens [33] -- Onward Search
5. Luis Perez [29] -- Winter Wyman
6. Bill Sullivan [28] -- Chase Technology Consultants
7. Chris Mitchell [27] -- Winter Wyman
8. Andrea Williams [26] -- Career Minded Recruiting
9. Debbie Strevens [25] -- Jobspring Partners
10. Scott White [23] -- HireMinds

The Top 100 Rockstar Recruiter Countdown begins @webapprentices and will continue throughout the fourth quarter (92 days).  Simply follow @webapprentices and connect with your favorite Rockstar Recruiter each day.

If you are aware of a Top 10 Technology Recruiter who should be on the list, go to Beantown Web on Facebook and cast your vote for your favorite Top 10 Rockstar Recruiter.

MassTLC Start-up to Watch | 2012

Who would you vote for?

Start-up to Watch | Finalists

• Content Raven
• Native Brain
• Practically Green
• SessionM
• Vsnap
  

Find out Thursday, September 13, 2012 at the 2012 MassTLC Leadership Awards Gala.

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MassTLC Private Company of the Year | 2012

Who would you vote for?

Private Company of the Year | Finalists

• Acquia
• HubSpot
• Neolane
• uTest
• Visible Measures

Find out Thursday, September 13, 2012 at the 2012 MassTLC Leadership Awards Gala.

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MassTLC CEO of the Year | 2012

Who would you vote for?

CEO of the Year | Finalists

• Brian Halligan | HubSpot, Inc.
• Tim Healy | EnerNOC
• Diane Hessan | Communispace
• Philip Lee | PHT Corporation
• Michael Simon | LogMeIn

Find out Thursday, September 13, 2012 at the 2012 MassTLC Leadership Awards Gala.

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Boston Web Tech Job Market | Q3 2012‏

"Finding certain hard-to-find, skilled technology professionals continues to be a battle."

According to The Dice Report for July, the most difficult tech candidates to find and secure are the following:

• Java developers
• Mobile developers
• .NET developers
• Software developers

Boston Web Tech Job Market

On a local level, the Boston technology job market confirms the Dice.com findings.  The job market for Web tech professionals continues to be strong.

The list of Top 20 Web Technologies in Boston has been updated for the third quarter. The list is based on keyword searches in job postings at Boston.com. The most in-demand technologies are listed more frequently than less in-demand technologies.

Here are the Four Biggest Movers from early April to early July, listed by percentage increase:

1. Ruby | 117 listings 22%
2. PHP | 182 listings 19%
3. MySQL | 162 listings 12%
4. Python | 192 listings 11%

Go forth and program -- particularly in Ruby, PHP and/or Python.  You will be rewarded by recruiters and hiring managers.  They will likely be queuing up to offer you a seat inside their air-conditioned office space. Double down on your database knowledge -- particularly MySQL -- and multiple job offers await.

Get Smarterer

How can you demonstrate your technology chops?  One way is to consider getting Smarterer by testing your skills online, for free.  Give one of these four challenges a test drive ...

Northeast PHP Conference

In addition to online skills challenges, consider upgrading your skills in PHP and MySQL by attending the first annual Northeast PHP Conference, a two-day conference featuring more than 30 speakers and four learning tracks.

This is your chance to network with more than 300 developers, designers, recruiters, hiring mangers and content experts from New England and beyond.

Full Disclosure: Gene Babon is a Professor of SQL at Smarterer.com and one of the Event Hosts for the Northeast PHP Conference.

Top 20 Web Technologies in Boston

Here is the complete list of the most in-demand web technologies in Boston. [ or from early April ] listed by number of job postings at Boston.com/Monster.com:

July, 2012

1. SQL | 830 05%
2. Oracle | 609 12%
3. Java | 565 03%
4. JavaScript | 351 06%
5. SQL Server | 336 07%
6. C# | 274 04%
7. XML | 264 20%
8. Social Media | 223 06%
9. "Web Services" | 204 14%
10. HTML + CSS | 212 08%
11. Python | 192 11%
12. Perl | 189 03%
13. PHP | 182 19%
14. MySQL | 162 12%
15. jQuery | 160 03%
16. Ajax | 146 01%
17. ASP.NET | 143 01%
18. UI | 136 04%
19. SharePoint | 124 05%
20. Ruby | 117 22%

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Web Innovators Group | WebInno34

Nine companies. Nine hundred networking opportunities. All in one room. All FREE.

If you are interested in previewing the latest innovations on the Internet and mobile devices, and networking with industry leaders, then check out the next gathering of the Web Innovators Group.

This 34th installment will feature the following presentations:

Main Dishes

• Cloze | Making real connections is hard.  Cloze makes it easier.


• ImpulseSave | How we can save you money and make pigs fly.


• MyReci | Share recipes.  Stay Organized.  Get Inspired.

Side Dishes

• ByteLight | Anyone can find their exact position inside a building.


• GivingSomeThing | The world's most transparent donation resource.


• Ovuline | A free ovulation calendar.


• Specctr | Supercharges Adobe Fireworks and automates spec generation.


• Stix Mobile | Your iPhone photos will never look ordinary again.


• Trendslide | A pulse on your business.  Trending up, flat or down?

Event Details

Monday, June 25, 2012, 6:30 pm

Royal Sonesta Cambridge

Registration is FREE and the networking could prove invaluable! Check out the Attendee List of more than 900 pre-registrants to determine if this networking event is right for you.

Registrants are encouraged to join the Boston Web Innovators Group on LinkedIn and connect with more than 1,500 members.

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Boston Web Tech Job Market | Q2 2012

Boston is one of the 10 largest job markets in America for technology workers.

Boston is also one of the 10 fastest growing job markets in America for technology workers.

Boston is the only city in America to make both lists, according to The Dice Report for March.

The Boston technology job market is large and growing.

Boston Web Tech Job Market

The list of Top 20 Web Technologies in Boston has been updated for the second quarter. The list is based on keyword searches in job postings at Boston.com. The most in-demand technologies are listed more frequently than less in-demand technologies.

Here are the Five Biggest Movers from early January to early April, listed by percentage increase:

1. Python | 173 listings 53%
   
2. MySQL | 145 listings 48%
   
3. Social Media | 238 listings 39%
4. PHP | 153 listings 34%
5. jQuery | 156 listings 26%

So, by developing programming skills, particularly in Python, PHP and/or jQuery, customers, recruiters and hiring managers will likely be queuing up to offer you a seat at their table. Add in some MySQL database knowledge and a dash of social media spices and you have a recipe for award-winning Job Jambalaya.

Top 20 Web Technologies in Boston

Here is the complete list of the most in-demand web technologies in Boston. [ or from early January ] listed by number of job postings at Boston.com/Monster.com:

April, 2012

1. SQL | 874 listings 14%
2. Oracle | 690 listings 10%
3. Java | 546 listings 12%
4. SQL Server | 363 listings 16%
5. XML | 332 listings 25%
6. JavaScript | 331 listings 06%
7. C# | 286 listings 11%
8. Social Media | 238 listings 39%
9. "Web Services" | 237 listings 22%
10. HTML + CSS | 196 listings 06%
11. Perl | 184 listings 17%
12. Python | 173 listings 53%
13. jQuery | 156 listings 26%
14. PHP | 153 listings 34%
15. Ajax | 147 listings 04%
16. MySQL | 145 listings 48%
17. ASP.NET | 142 listings 03%
18. UI | 141 listings 16%
19. SharePoint | 131 listings 21%
20. Photoshop | 124 listings 22%

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