IT pros heading to LinuxWorld next week with resumes in hand, or just looking for a job in their hometowns, have more grounds for optimism than in recent years, according to Scot Melland, CEO and president of Dice Inc., a New York City-based firm that provides online recruiting services for technology professionals. If you're doing some last minute homework before hitting the IT street, read on. Just before he headed out to LinuxWorld, Melland shared Dice's research on the current job market and advised how to stand out from the crowd.

It's definitely changing. The number of job postings on Dice.com that required some type of Linux expertise increased 190% over the past year to over 2,200 positions. That's a significant increase. With the support of IBM and Novell, Linux is becoming more mainstream, which is leading to increasing demand from the Fortune 1000.

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