How to find out if a profession in Software Testing is in demand in my City/State/Province?

Search on Internet

According to a poll by the Society for Human Resource Management, 88% of hiring managers now rely on the Internet to fill open positions in their organizations.

Here is the list of best job search sites in North America:

• Indeed (http://www.indeed.com for USA and http://www.indeed.ca for Canada).
• CareerBuilder (http://www.careerbuilder.com for USA and http://www.careerbuilder.ca for Canada).
• SimplyHired (http://www.simplyhired.com for USA and http://www.simplyhired.ca for Canada).
• Dice (http://www.dice.com)
• Glassdoor (http://www.glassdoor.com).
• Workopolis (http://www.workopolis.com)
• OnForce (http://www.onforce.com)
• BCTechnology (http://bctechnology.com/jobs/search.cfm)

Make a search using following keywords:

• QA
• Software QA
• Software Tester
• QA Analyst

Here are some examples of the current monthly demands for Software Testers:

• California – 1100 open positions
• New York – 600 open positions
• Illinois- 200 open positions
• Ontario – 200 open positions
• Quebec – 80 open positions
• Alberta – 50 open positions
• British Columbia – 50 open positions

Use your previous job experience in searching for a tester position

If your previous work experience relies on skills that are not relevant to the Software Industry, narrow down the search you just performed, with keywords of your profession/industry name (make a search within results of previous search). For a former bank employee it would be ‘financial’ or ‘accounting’, for a nurse ‘medical’ or ‘medicine’, for an engineer ‘chemical’, ‘aviation’ or ‘military’, etc. If nothing pops up, try inputting a special skill you have like ‘foreign languages’. Why? Often employers look for testers with very specific skills.

Oleg Vertlib

http://hitekschool.com