Spring 2025 ESP IT Industry Update: A Letter from Aaron Stratman To our valued customers and partners in the Twin Cities Technology Community, Reflecting on the first quarter of 2025, I want to take a moment to acknowledge the evolving IT staffing landscape and share insights into what we anticipate as we continue to move…
ESP 2024 Salary Survey Guide We are happy to bring you our 2024 edition of the ESP Salary Survey Guide! Our salary guide presents data gathered and analyzed from a variety of Minnesota companies, including established Fortune 500 companies, mid-sized organizations, and smaller emerging businesses. We compared our numbers, using actual salaries from our recent…
ESP IT Summer 2024 Letter from Aaron Stratman, President and CEO To our valued customers and partners in the Twin Cities Technology Community: As we move through 2024, I wanted to take a moment to update you on the state of the industry, share some recent achievements, and announce important changes within our leadership…
TechServe Alliance: IT Employment Ekes Out Small Gain In June IT employment in June eked out a very modest gain of .004%, adding 200 jobs month-over-month, according to TechServe Alliance, the national trade association for the IT & Engineering Staffing and Solutions Industry. When analyzed on a yearly basis, the IT job market contracted by…
ESP Wins ‘Best Staffing Firm to Work For’ 2024: Celebrating Excellence, Collaboration, Open Communication, and Positivity We are delighted to announce that ESP has been honored with the “Best Staffing Firm to Work For” award by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA) for the second consecutive year, reflecting our continued commitment to investing in our team, our…
Dear Valued Clients and Partners, As we enter the second quarter of 2024, the technology market landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, presenting both opportunities and challenges for businesses across Minnesota. At ESP, we’ve witnessed and adapted to numerous market shifts over our five decades in the local market. Today, I’m excited to share…
IT employment inched up 0.04%, adding 2,000 jobs in February, according to TechServe Alliance, the national trade association for the IT & Engineering Staffing and Solutions Industry. While on a year-over-year basis, IT employment was down 1.01% with a loss of 53,900 positions, the three-month moving average turned positive for the first time in almost…
We are thrilled to announce that ESP has been honored with the “Best Staffing Firm to Work For” award for 2023 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA). This recognition reflects our team’s hard work and dedication to creating a supportive and inclusive workplace culture and staying true to our Core Values throughout our company’s 54 year history…
With cloud computing taking hold as the de facto resource during the pandemic as more and more companies adopted a work-from-home strategy, it’s come a long way since its inception, revolutionizing the way businesses operate. More and more a vital part of how we access and share information, the cloud is evolving faster than we…
The technology staffing industry is projected to see 5-7% growth in Technology positions in 2023, despite the economic headwinds of record-high levels of inflation, declining consumer and business confidence, and the expectation of a recession. Mark Roberts, CEO of TechServe Alliance, said the biggest challenge facing the technology industry is not a lack of demand but, rather, an insufficient…