If there's one question that we're asked the most often, it's this one: "How's the market?"
And when it comes to ECM technologies, employment opportunities for ECM professionals, and hiring options for employers who have ECM jobs to fill, it's probably fair to say that we're a pretty good thermometer.
We're not bad at forecasting either.
We've been saying, for quite a long time (early 2007), that Documentum (and Documentum-related jobs) is on the decline and that Sharepoint and Alfresco are gaining market-share quickly.
Some of our fellow bloggers, and even a few analysts, have told us to hold-our-horses (just a polite way of saying WRONG), but we continue to report what our client companies tell us. And now, more than three years later, we have the data needed to support our forecast. (Graphs provided using the data and tools supplied by job aggregator Indeed.com)
The implications of such big shifts (note that Documentum jobs are in mostly negative growth since Q3 2007) are different for different organizations and different kinds of people; they spell opportunity for some and danger for others. The good news for all is that IT spending is up again which means that projects are being created, funded and staffed. The question is how do you leverage your specific experience and expertise in this specific climate. That's the subject for another post.
If you have questions about leveraging your specific skill set, let us now. We'll aggregate the questions and answer them without using individual names. You can leave the question in comments or e-mail Virginia@BrilliantLeap.com
