Most of the things I read in the Bach Seat about Detroit are negative at best, so good news about jobs in Detroit is always welcome.
Detroit has seen a 66% growth in tech jobs which BussinessWeek says second best in the U.S., behind Cleveland. The article says that Detroit employers are looking for technology workers as automakers create cars with increasingly sophisticated Internet services (a trend I wrote about here) and lithium-ion batteries. Skills in needed in the Motor City are project management and experience with Oracle software. The tech top employers in Motown are Computer Sciences and General Electric.
The rest of the top ten cities with tech job growth
3. Cincinnati
6. Richmond, VA
7. Miami
8. Tampa
9. Portland, OR
10. Pittsburgh
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I have hired a couple more techs to coordinate and am looking to hire a couple more, so maybe BuseinessWeek is right.
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