This document summarizes a report on the Minnesota IT job market in summer 2014. It discusses trends in IT jobs and salaries in Minnesota, including high demand for recruiters, project managers, and business analysts. The unemployment rate for IT workers in Minnesota was less than 2% at the time, and average salary increases were around 1-3%, but could be 5-10% or more when changing companies. Salary ranges provided were $45K-$60K, $70K-$100K, $100K-$130K, with over $150K being rare. Upcoming events in the local tech community were also mentioned.
2. • 16+ years as an IT Recruiter
• Author of Minnesota Headhunter blog
• Frequent local and national speaker on Recruiting/HR, Career
and Social Media topics
• Co-Founder and past Advisory Board of Minnesota Recruiters
• Active in the Minneapolis & St Paul technology, marketing and
social media community as a sponsor, volunteer & mentor
5. What I do:
IT Recruiter:
Recruiting for startups and tech companies (monthly fee)
Scout (monthly fee)
Contingent and retainer recruiting (flat fees)
Recruiting Strategy (hourly)
Trainer, Teacher and Speaker (topic, half day, day)
IT Pros:
Advice on job search, career maintenance, relocation, yearly
reviews… always want to have these conversations
* Relationships
23. What’s going on in MN:
• MinneBar and MinneDemo
• Girls in Tech
• CoCo & Google
• User groups and meetups – Tech.MN calendar
• Minnesota Cup
• Coder DoJo
• Healthcare.MN
• Code schools