12,000 Job Openings - Federal IT Explodes
As others cut back Federal IT staffing levels increase
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 Hiring may be slow for business, but government agencies are going to hire over 12,000 IT professionals in the near term. Projections by government agencies show that the military will hire the most. Interesting the watchdog agencies of the government (GSA and the Government Accountability Offices) will be the ones that hire only 140 professionals between them.
There are at least 12,149 new IT positions - by Agency they are:
- 1,874 - Department of the Army
- 1,820 - Department of the Navy
- 1,408 - Department of Defense
- 1,025 - Department of Homeland Security
- 987 - Department of Treasury
- 716 - United States Air Force
- 680 - Department of Health and Human Services
- 611 - Department of Transportation
- 600 - Social Security Administration
- 540 - Department of Commerce
- 510 - Department of Agriculture
- 428 - Department of Justice
- 217 - Department of Energy
- 128 - Environmental Protection Agency
- 107 - Department of State
- 90 - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- 80 - Government Accountability Office
- 66 - General Services Administration
- 61 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- 59 - Department of Labor
- 40 - Small Business Administration
- 30 - Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- 28 - Broadcasting Board of Governors
- 20 - Department of Education
- 19 - Office of Personnel Management
- 5 - National Science Foundation
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Mainframe a good career choice
Over 2,000 ads on Internet job sites for main frame IT Professionals
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 A senior vice president of mainframe engineering at Bank of America describes mainframe systems, which handle the firm's most critical applications, as very safe arena to focus one's career. Bank of America has been operating that platform for 40 years. It has changed a lot, and IBM has invested in keeping this platform state of the art. The mainframe platform can still handle high-volume work better than non-mainframe systems. Hundreds of its IT workers are assigned to mainframe tasks.
Most companies do not track the number of available mainframe related jobs, but it is not hard to find advertisements seeking people with mainframe skills. For example, a search with the key word "mainframe" yesterday drew 959 help wanted ads on Monster.com. On Dice.com, a similar search produced well over 2,000 ads seeking mainframe experience.
In the early 2000's, there was a decline in the number of new college graduates with any mainframe training. That prompted IBM's Academic Initiative, which works with colleges and universities to develop mainframe-training programs.
IBM claims that 600 colleges, universities and high schools around the world are participating in the mainframe-training program, which began in 2004. The training initiative provides interns and new hires.
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