Mastering Job Market Opportunities in Orange County

Technology Executives Networking Group, Southern CA

Technology Executives Networking Group Southern California (TENG SoCal)The Southern California Chapter of a national community of 8000+ selected Chief Information Officers (CIO), Chief Technology Officers (CTO), Vice Presidents (VP) and Directors of Technology.

• Regional chapters in 13 major metropolitan areas in the United States.

• Non Profit. Complimentary membership. No fees, dues or cost to participate.

• National and local discussion and executive level job leads.

• Opportunity to speak at TENG and other leadership events.

• Social media interaction through online groups.

• Participation in various academia think tanks.

• Access to leadership development resources.

• Job transition assistance.

• Special Interest Groups (SIGs).

• Specialty mixers with partner groups that include cross functional executives.

• By IT leaders, for IT leaders.

Companies Greater than $50m in Revenue in Southern CA• Los Angeles - 1595

• Orange County - 1063

• Riverside - 335

• San Diego - 482

• Oxnard/Venture - 124

Companies Greater than $50m in Revenue 25 Miles from the Irvine Area• 7188 companies

• Greater than $50m - 1047

• Between $50-$100m revenue – 419 companies

• Between $100-$500m revenue – 488 companies

• $500m revenue and higher – 140 companies

Industries by Type and Count

Industry Industry Industry

Agriculture 4 Arts and Entertainment

7 Business Services 78

Construction 126 Consumer Services 27 Education 69

Electric Utilities 6 Finance and Insurance

104 Government 1

Health Care 62 Lodging 6 Manufacturing 455

Media 48 Membership 6 Mining 1

Natural Gas 2 Non classifiable 2 Nonprofit 7

Oil and Gas 6 Professional Services

104 Real Estate 44

Religious 5 Rental and Leasing 25 Restaurants 19

Retail 118 Transportation 62 Water 7

Wholesale 385

Number of Potential IT Leadership Job Openings• Documented fact that at minimum there are roughly 1000 Director

level and above IT leadership positions in the Orange County area for $50m and above in revenue

• Only 30% of open positions are posted on job boards

• 70% of open positions are through the hidden job market

• At least 100 open jobs at any given time in Southern CA

Overall Position Count Average by Title for All Positions• CIO 10%

• CTO 3%

• VP 20%

• Director 60%

• Other (Dean, Deputy, CISO), 7%

Job Openings by Title and Location

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General Job Search Process Areas

Success

Brand and Value – Self awareness and value proposition, networking bio, cover letter, resume, LinkedIn, business cards

Marketing – Target companies, inbound leads, outbound marketing, networking

Selling – Interviewing

Top Reasons that CIOs fail in their job search

• Waiting until they don’t have a job to get started

• Not keeping up with the latest technology and industry trends

• Lack of energy and assertiveness

• Not understanding your brand and value proposition

• Lack of self and social awareness

• Not targeting and prioritizing networking efforts

• Lack of focused target companies

• Failure to sell yourself in an interview

• Not using third party objective advice

• Not making adjustments when things aren’t working

• Not remaining positive

Senior Level IT Networking and Professional Groups• McDermott and Bull Executive Network, OC Technology Roundtable

• Advancing Women in Technology (AWT)

• Women in Technology International (WITI)

• Southern California Society for Information Management (SCSIM)

• Orange County Technology Professionals (OCTP)

• CIO Roundtable UCI

• Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)

• Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA )

• Project Management Institute (PMI)

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