Hot growth areas such as Southern California, Chicago, Houston, Phoenix and Atlanta are still rich mining fields for technology consultants. Southern California is one area in which there's still strong demand for consultants. According to Oliver, the entertainment and banking industries in and around Los Angeles are expanding their e-commerce efforts. And as long as demand for Web developers outstrips supply, consultants can bank on lucrative work in the area. PeopleSoft Inc. ERP suites, according to Oliver.
Consultants stay consistently busy in our area.
Oliver says she even gets calls from as far north as Seattle for such experience. In fact, businesses are having trouble finding skilled consultants to fit the bill in both e-commerce and ERP integration, Oliver says. Jesse Cochran couldn't agree more. As an IT project leader and owner of a consulting firm 10 miles southeast of Oliver's Glendale office, Cochran says he and his team spend many a day cleaning up the work of other consultants. So Cochran capitalized on those problems and built a niche for himself.