[jsfg_cinti] ARTICLE: Want to win in Vegas? Bet on an IT job...

Dear Folks,

Here's an interesting story about IT jobs in Las
Vegas.  Anybody interested in moving from Cincy to
SinCity? :-)

Regards,
Lance

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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9010165&source=NLT_PM&nlid=8
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http://tinyurl.com/2nnw9n

Want to win in Vegas? 
Bet on an IT job, not the Super Bowl
IT workers are in demand on the strip
by Patrick Thibodeau  

February 02, 2007  (Computerworld) -- Las Vegas
casinos will be packed this weekend with Super Bowl
bettors, but if you're looking for a sure bet, bring
your resume -- not your cash. IT workers are in demand
in this fast-growing city, a reflection of the dip in
interest among college students in IT careers in the
U.S.

"Anyone who can show up to work with a clean shirt is
guaranteed a job," said Ken Peffers, chairman of the
MIS department at the University of Nevada at Las
Vegas (UNLV). 
...
If you are in IT and head to Las Vegas for work, Denny
Frey, vice president of IT at Boyd Gaming Corp., said
your luck will probably be very good. "Anybody who
comes in here with any kind of technical background
will definitely find a job," said Frey, whose company
runs 17 casinos in Las Vegas and other states.

Frey and some of his IT peers advise UNLV on training
needs. He said a variety of technical skills is needed
in this desert city, including telecommunications,
networking, cabling and program management. The gaming
industry, in particular, needs database marketers,
data warehouse skills and business intelligence
administrators, said Frey.
...
Frey said the need for technical skills is a result of
rapid growth in the area. In the 20 years he has been
in Las Vegas, its population has grown from 600,000 to
almost 2 million people. But many of those arriving
are hunting jobs in the service industry, not IT.

The lack of IT workers is part of a national trend:
College enrollments in computer science and related
areas have been declining in recent years. For
instance, the Computing Research Association (CRA)
last year reported that the number of bachelor's
degrees in computer science fell 17% in the 2004-05
academic year from the previous year to 11,808 at
Ph.D-granting universities. The decline is being
blamed on the perception students have of the IT
bubble crash earlier in this decade, as well as
concerns about offshoring. 
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