CTO employment market today
Author: Peter Woolford IT and engineering departments in charge of ZDNet ChinaKforce Inc., said: "In the past, CTO for this position is very beautiful, very attractive in general, for the job is an important figure in the company's founders or served. After the CTO, you don't have to participate in the daily management of the company, you can concentrate on your efforts to deal with new technologies. "
However, based on the opinions from experts and the display of work data, such a day is already not returned. IT professionals who have been trying to work hard towards CTO positions may consider some other choices.
In this day, in the past few years, the lowest annual salary that served as CTO will be around 150,000 US dollars, which does not include various additional subsidies and rewards. The number of companies to recruit CTO is increasing, and more and more ultimate talents have embarked on the work of CTO.
However, there is a big change now.
Woolford said: "Now, the number of CTO position is reduced every month. I can give you an example of many people, they have lost their work in all expected situations. These people have been in the past. They all work very well, very respectful. "
In fact, some people have been unemployed for more than a year. They can now only use some levels of IT positions, although the salary treatment of these positions is much lower than the CTO before, but they don't choose.
The Netshare website is responsible for finding the management staff to work with annual salary of more than $ 100,000. The president of the site said: "For those who have received their first management work in the 1990s, the adjustment needs to last for a while. The prosperity of the management employment market is the prosperity. Not normal, that day is not returned. Everyone must face this reality, continue to work and live. "
Simmons pointed out that many senior executives have more attitude towards re-employment. She said: "After the 9.11 incident, everyone has this reaction is understandable, but this state will make their career development stagnant."
Experts also pointed out that even if you can still find a job position like CTO, don't fantasize to get so much salary like the past.
According to reports, CTO's annual salary has experienced a large slope after two consecutive years of growth in 2000 and 2001, a drop of 37%, now only 94,500 US dollars.
What can I expect today? If you still want to seek CTO positions now, you can use some of the following methods to increase successful opportunities for yourself.
When making your resume, the key to highlight your business achievements. Simmons said: "For the candidates of the competition CTO position, everyone's technical level is basically the same. To make you stand out, you must pass the data, pass the facts to prove yourself."
Woolford said that the hardest way to seek CTO is to climb up step by step in technology companies (especially software vendors), because there are too many people in such an environment to be the highest technical decision maker. .
A relatively simple approach is to first seek a medium-sized IT work in a bank or insurance company involving software or infrastructure development business. After a while, if you really feel that the technical management is right for you, then in the environment you work, you will have few people who compete with your CTO position, and you will have a lot of opportunities for success.
Simmons believes that if you want to seek CTO positions, there will be a lot of good opportunities in many small and medium companies. Because these small and medium-sized companies know that the CTO position is a good opportunity to attract senior technicians. If there is such a position to do bait, senior technicians may not consider doing things in a larger company. For advanced technicians, although there is no more salary in a large company, there is not much adjustment in big companies, and this is better than unemployment. New ways to seek CTO positions If you apply the above methods, you don't have to help you get a CTO position, you don't have to feel frustrated, because there is another way to try.
Woolford said: "Usually, we will suggest that you can do some contract work. If you can consolidate your own technical status, you can keep your own synchronization with the latest technology. If you have the ability to sell your own words, you can also try to be Consultant, this is a good way to provide you with a chance to show your ability and value to each company. Maybe one of the companies will hire you as a CTO. "
Simmons said: "People with powerful technical background usually be trapped by technology, only limitate in the technical field and neglect business areas. In fact, the higher the technical positions, the strategic plan and personnel management skills The more important it is. "
