4. Job Security

Currently, the supply of experienced IT employees is insufficient to meet the demand. Therefore, management has an incentive to try to keep you happy and retain you because you will be difficult to replace. Says Ruben Barrales, president and CEO of research firm Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network, "Employers are finding in this tight job market that there's nothing more important than a satisfied employee who will remain with the company and remain productive."^x

Moreover, if your company goes out of business (as the refugees from the dot-coms are finding out), it is still relatively easy to land a job since there is still a shortage of IT employees. Despite the slowing of demand for information technology professionals, many companies still want to increase the size of their IT workforce. According to a recent survey of 1,000 executives by Management Recruiters International, "42% indicated they planned to hire more people and another 46% are going to maintain their current staff sizes."^xi In my opinion, this trend should continue for the near future.