According to the Brazilian news website Globo, the Brazilian job board Catho, announced that from January to June 2015 there was a 44.2% increase in the number of IT job vacancies. Considering June alone, 10.105 new job offers emerged, which are 3.640 more job offers than in June 2014.

To work in IT you do not need a particular sort of training. Instead, you need to be the kind of person who constantly wants to learn new thing and you need certain skills such as being a curious person, who enjoys logic and processes and is really organized.

An option to get a job in technology is through a staffing IT firm. For instance, ConquestOne is a Brazilian Company that provides IT staffing and Outsourcing services to its clients. The interesting thing is that through staffing companies you may access permanent or temporary positions in a great variety of industries and areas.

Within the IT industry the most wanted areas are systems development (analysis and programming), infrastructure (support and functioning) and commercial IT (marketing and sales).

What happens when people are interested in getting into IT but lack knowledge? The Brazilian federal government offers a program called Brasil Mais TI that provides online courses. The program also offers a life simulator where candidates may check the Jobs that better adjust to their salary and lifestyle expectations.

Another interesting option is to become an entrepreneur.

In Goaiania, a Brazilian city, the Federal University of Goiás has a Projects’ incubator where people may present projects they would like to develop. 8 out of 10 projects involve IT.

To gain a position the Project must go through a selection process, it must be very interesting and there has to be money to invest on it. Once people are in, they learn management, marketing and finances from professors and consultants of the University for a period of time that may not be longer than three years. After obtaining the necessary tools and knowledge, these young entrepreneurs leave the incubator and start their own businesses.

Another interesting aspect of IT is creativity. In Campinhas, Sao Paulo, CI&T is a company that is hiring people to invent products and solutions. Those who work in IT tend to apply for these sort of job offers that are becoming more and more popular in Brazil.