Landing a tech job might not move you out of the 99 percent but it will rescue you from being among the nine percent of unemployed Americans.

While most industries have felt the jolt of the economic crash, the tech sector has been fairly well insulated. Indeed.com statistics for October 2011 show a 13 percent increase in IT job postings from a year ago, and unemployment in the industry is about a third that of the nation. Likewise, those looking for jobs, particularly folks under 40, see tech companies as the ideal place to make their careers. Even those who don't work in it have a favorable view of the industry; a Public Affairs Council study found that tech companies were the most trusted among the industries surveyed.

The latest NYC Startup Job Fair filled up fast and had to turn 80 potential employers. Underemployed and undeterred, the dismissed companies started their own job fair, the Silicon Alley Talent Fair. So far, it has held two events, one in June and one in November.

Though tech is no longer under the doom and gloom atmosphere that hovered over it in the late 90s, it's now a thoroughly different landscape on the ground. Entirely new categories of jobs exist, tech communities have sprung up in some surprising places, and even the ways of searching for employment have radically changed.

Read on to see which tech companies are hiring, where they're hiring, what skills they're looking for, and how to land the tech job of your dreams.