Author: Lucy

Although there is no sure fire way to predict how the future employment market will appear, this is the common forecast.

When studying the current employment predictions for the 2014 IT job market, it is very challenging to get a grip on how things will look or what role mobile technology will play in those trends, except that it looks as though – regardless of the numbers – it will be that sector that will lead the way within the marketplace.

There will likely be some overall increases in hiring within the IT market as a whole.

That said, it is believed that while there will still be growth in IT in total, the increases will be cooling slightly next year when compared to previous years. The one area where there will still be quite a large demand for skills and experience is in mobile technology. There are still going to be techs required pretty much across the board, but it will be those with some expertise in the smartphone, tablet, and other wireless gadget field that will be the most highly in demand.

The mobile technology trends throughout this year should give some good ideas as to what next year has in store.

Although 2014 will hardly be a mirror of what was experienced this year in terms of hiring in various different categories of IT, there is still a great deal of hype around big data, cloud computing, and smartphone and tablet technologies that doesn’t appear to be going away. In fact, companies are still struggling to fill their positions with IT pros that have skills in those areas, which means that the demand should remain solidly increasing in those areas. This also means that for people who do have those skill sets, the salaries are still being pushed upward.

In terms of good IT talent in those specific hot areas, the demand of employers is quite outweighing the supply of good quality workers. Overall, it is the mobile technology area that will be the hottest in 2014. This includes a range of different parts of that field, from security to computing and data analysis.

The Line messaging app has opened up a partnership with Maybelline New York .

Line has just announced that it has opened up a new partnership with aCommerce, an online shopping logistics firm, as well as Maybelline New York, from L’Oreal, in order to be able to take a new step into cosmetics mobile commerce venture that will bring the latest products from the brand to Thailand.

Through this partnership, users of the Line app will receive exclusive access to flash sales held on the platform.

These cosmetics mobile commerce discount opportunities will run from December 16 through December 20. Among those who purchase the product offered during the promotional period – an item that has not yet been identified – will also be the first ones to own it, as it will be released to them before the official launch to everyone else, which will not occur until next year.

The complete cosmetics mobile commerce campaign logistics for the Maybelline Flash Sale was handled by aCommerce.

This will include all of the products that are purchased throughout the entire length of the campaign. aCommerce will be managing everything from warehouse services, to customer service, fulfillment of returns, and everything else that is required as a part of the purchasing experience for consumers.

Tom Srivorakul, the aCommerce CEO, stated that shoppers in Thailand are known to be cautious, as a whole, when it comes to using their credit card data online. Therefore, the company is providing an option for cash on delivery. This gives shoppers the chance to pay for the product once it has been delivered to their home or workplace.

The logistics company explained that the Line app already has 20 million Thai users. This is an increase of an incredible 2 million over their data from August. The ability to be able to access that tremendous number of users is, according to the company, a very promising and appropriate step for Maybelline as it makes its first steps into the Thailand cosmetics mobile commerce market. The hope is that this will generate the type of success that has been experience through similar efforts in the Asia Pacific region.