Introducing the Dice News Weekly Roundup

In its 2011 Technology Salary Guide, tech recruiter Robert Half Technology suggests it's people who can help companies grow and become more efficient will likely be in highest demand. (Then again, those people sound like the types of workers that you'd always like to have in the office.) The firm sees a rebound in hiring, albeit a cautious one.

That rebound may already be underway. TechServe Alliance, a collaboration of IT services firms, clients, consultants and suppliers, says IT employment in October rose to 3,903,000 workers. On a year-over-year basis, IT employment rose 2.2 percent compared to a 0.6 percent increase in total employment. Part of the explanation: Technology is often seen as a way to enhance productivity in companies looking to cut overall costs.

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 One place we know is truly hot for hiring is the world of Android development. Global hiring marketplace oDesk finds that demand for developers with Android skills is up 710 percent - yes, you read that right ¿ between October 2009 and October 2010. oDesk's latest Online Employment Report jumps Android from number 110 to number 40 on the list of most in-demand skills. 

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Google itself is on a hiring tear. It has job openings for 2,076 positions worldwide listed on its site. That's up nearly six-fold from March 2009. Reuters points out that the hiring spree is taking place alongside more than 20 acquisitions this year that have swollen Google's ranks to more than 23,300 employees at the end of September, 18 percent higher since the beginning of the year.

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One of the most interesting findings of the week was the fact that 56 percent of Silicon Valley companies now have at least one woman director on their board, up from 51 percent in 2009 and 41 percent in 2003, according to executive search firm Spencer Stuart. A total of 20 percent of directors added to Silicon Valley companies over the past year were women. Maybe it's no coincidence that Mattel just released Computer Engineer Barbie, pointing out that the busy blonde is no stranger to science. Way back in 1965, she worked as an astronaut.

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