silicon valley tech charge drives job growth

Perhaps you haven't yet heard but it looks like the good folks down in the valley, i.e. Silicon Valley, are driving job growth with this recent tech charge. Oh really you think? Well 1,200 new jobs coming out of the San Jose area definitely qualifies as a charge albeit short of a tidal wave. At the same time, considering the rather stagnant hiring coming out of the Valley, until now, this recent tech charge provides a glimmer of hope.

So what's fueling the Silicon Valley tech charge? Well, Google certainly has their hands in pot but it looks like Facebook is leading the way. Facebook is hiring people like IHOP is cranking out pancakes. I mean, HR over at Facebook is a little overworked right now. Not so good for HR, good for you if you're a techie, live in the Valley and want to do some fun cool stuff with the Facebook UI (for the non-techies that's User Interface).

As you know, Facebook recently made a big change to their UI that didn't go over so well with a good percentage of the Facebook users. So to that end, Facebook has been listening to their users in terms of likes, dislikes and wish lists for current and future upgrades to Facebook. This sounds like none other than a win-win. Facebook gets happier users and techies get to lobby for new jobs. So let's guess how many resumes Facebook has in the queue - 150K, 200K? Maybe so but that's still a far cry of the 250k resumes Google has sitting in the queue from their recent Android hiring wave. In any event, don't let the large number of resumes scare you off; over half are generally unqualified to begin with. If you've got what it takes get your name in the hat. It's been a while since Silicon Valley has been on the forefront of job growth with a tech charge; don't sit on your hands waiting on the next run. Timing is everything.