Increasingly, there are more jobs than workers in Silicon Valley. In fact, there are so many jobs with more to come, recruiting is big business. Employers and staffing outfits recruit worldwide for jobs in Silicon Valley. The California Employment Development Department predicts that by 2001, there will be 98,700 more jobs than there were in 1994. But, according to other sources, that's a conservative estimate from a over year ago. Since 1992, Silicon Valley has added over 200,000 jobs, with 1997 as the only estimated year. I recently heard on the radio that in 1997 alone, Silicon Valley added over 30,000 jobs, even with the Asian Financial Crisis beginning to hit.

Speaking of which, recently the Asian Financial Crisis has slowed job growth and caused spotty to massive layoffs, especially at chip makers with Asian interests. Still, Silicon Valley continues to add thousands of jobs. The job market is still pretty good, despite layoffs.

In the absence of an economic crisis, in some areas such as Sunnyvale you can literally walk next door and land a new job on your lunch break. Job hopping for higher pay, career advancement or better working conditions is the norm.
Silicon Valley skills in the highest demand include those in science, engineering andinformation technology. The concentration and sheer size of high-tech companies creates thousands of supporting jobs in:

Accounting
Customer support
Field Service
Human resources
Manufacturing
Marketing
Sales
Technical communications
Education and training

Quality assurance
And many more. The personal needs and desires of such a large, well-paid population lays the foundation for thousands of non-technical businesses and jobs, too.

Lots of sites include jobs in Silicon Valley. For those that focus on Silicon Valley, see Job and Career Sites in my special section, Silicon Valley Career Resources.