Again, I'll be blunt. There are IT jobs in GF but they are few and far between. Often times you will see a job posted however they already have someone picked out for the job (either the city will legally have to post the position even if they have someone they know they will be hiring for it, or corp policy in a private firm states the same).
If you are a programmer/web design you may have an easier time getting work, however if you are a Network/hardware person, the job market is VERY competitive. You also have to realize that with 8-12 colleges that have IT related programs near GF/EGF and Fargo/Moorhead (NDUS, UND, Concordia, MSUM, Northwest Tech, Aaker's, Mary's, Vally City State University, and Mayville being the major producers of IT degrees in the area). A lot of those students are going to be looking for work in the IT field while they are going to college and a few do tend to stay in the area after college is done (permanently when they graduate or even just summer vacation).
Dan is right that you can find work in the area and people do get hired but if you want to know the true scope of things, just look at Http://www.in-forum.com (broken link) and check the jobs listings. Narrow the search to the IT field and you will get an idea of where the work is.
Now that isn't all available jobs however. North Dakota Job Service lists available jobs in the area as well.
Job Service North Dakota is the site to check. They normally have more available jobs posted because they don't charge as much as the paper does. (If they charge at all anymore.)
I also suggest contacting the Temp companies. In my experiance in IT in the Fargo area, the tendency of Fargo companies that hire temp employees through temp agencies is that they normally hire you on after X amount of time. Kelly Services, and Adecco, Spherion Corporation, and Kforce Inc are the big temp agencies in Grand Forks. They would be, IMHO, your best bet to start out with first as they know the area and who is looking for what.
Volt Services is based in Fargo, however they do have some jobs that open up in Grand Forks. If you are looking for an IT Job in Fargo, they normally are the first people that the IT crowd stops at. Where Microsoft wouldn't even call me back, Volt not only got me the interview but I got hired for the position in MS. I'd suggest them if you decide to look in Fargo.
I hope this helps.
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