The leaders of San Diego's high-tech companies have realized that to address the shortage they have to work together. This translates into a coordinated effort to recruit engineers to the San Diego area. The San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. has been working with a group of companies that have organized the San Diego TechForce. Currently 31 companies are participating in the group. Signaigo-Cox described how the group attended the Westech Career Expo in Santa Clara, where it reserved a special section for San Diego employers to showcase the region, not just individual companies.
Interested people can even apply on-line.
Jobs listed cover the entire spectrum of high-tech employment, not just engineers. Openings are listed for technician trainees, mid-level technicians, engineering managers and others. Whether you look at the current San Diego job market for engineers and technical talent as a crisis or an opportunity, it seems clear that the future of technology companies in San Diego is very bright indeed. San Diego TechForce is a collection of companies that have banded together, in part, to recruit employees and promise the region's attributes to professionals who live elsewhere. Here's what the experts tell us the term covers.