For some time I have been advancing Agile methods, specifically within Higher Education’s Information Technology offices. Beginning in 2012 I began weekly queries of Higher Ed Jobs (www.higheredjobs.com) to identify IT specific jobs which include “Agile” or “Scrum” within their job descriptions. These are then compared to all IT specific jobs posted to the job search site.
Methodology
Two “job agents” were created using Higher Ed Jobs’ (HEJ) providing weekly reports of new jobs posted to the job search site (see HEJ-AgileVaAllData ): “Agile/Scrum” and “All IT Jobs.” The search criteria for the reports are:
All IT Jobs Agent
| Email Notification: | Weekly (How often HEJ emails new job openings) |
| Location Type: | Location Bound – Employee is required to work from a specific geographic location (For example, work in an office or location based classroom) Online/Remote – Employee is NOT required to work from a specific geographic location (For example, teach and/or work from home) |
| Location: | Search in all locations |
| Search Criteria | Admin-Computing; Database Administration; Management/Director; Multimedia; Network/System Administration; Programming/Analyst; Support and Training; Web Development, and; Other. |
| Position Type: | Full-Time; Part-Time/Adjunct |
| Institution Type: | Four-Year/Advanced Degree (BA, MA and/or PhD); Community College (Associate Degree); Outside Higher Education |
| Keyword: | (None included) |
Agile/Scrum
| Email Notification: | Weekly (How often HEJ emails new job openings) |
| Location Type: | Location Bound – Employee is required to work from a specific geographic location (For example, work in an office or location based classroom) Online/Remote – Employee is NOT required to work from a specific geographic location (For example, teach and/or work from home) |
| Location: | Search in all locations |
| Search Criteria | Admin-Computing; Database Administration; Management/Director; Multimedia; Network/System Administration; Programming/Analyst; Support and Training; Web Development, and; Other. |
| Position Type: | Full-Time; Part-Time/Adjunct |
| Institution Type: | Four-Year/Advanced Degree (BA, MA and/or PhD); Community College (Associate Degree); Outside Higher Education |
| Keyword: | Agile OR Scrum |

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