RSS FeedOpenings in Vermont languish for highly skilled professionals
Microprocessor Designs, a company in Shelburne, has an opening for a certain kind of electrical engineer — one with experience inreal-time “firmware,” the software used in micro-controllers. That vacancy is about a year old, with no candidates in sight.
MicroStrain, a Williston company that makes wireless sensors, has had trouble finding senior-level electrical engineers with specialized skill sets. Some openings take at least a year to fill.
Recruiting highly skilled professional workers is a challenge for any employer, but more so in Vermont — a rural state with a relatively small home-grown work force — than in major metro areas such as Boston or the San Francisco Bay area.
Finding key employees with rare technical and professional expertise can be vital to a small, ambitious company looking to expand its niche in a highly competitive global field. Just ask Jeff Finkelstein, president of Microprocessor Designs, who’s still looking for a firmware expert to become an integral part of the company’s development team creating products that use real-time sensors. “It’s not like it was in the ’90s,” Johnson said.
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