You used to be able to predict this sort of thing by looking at the cover stories on "pointy-haired boss" magazines at the news stand. If "CorporateDroid", "Mi

You used to be able to predict this sort of thing by looking at the cover stories on "pointy-haired boss" magazines at the news stand. If "CorporateDroid", "Middle Manager Monthly", and their brethren were all running cover stories on (e.g.) Java, you knew that "Java" was the buzzword du jour, and that any resume or sales pitch that included "Java" was gonna get the PHB Seal of Approval. They generally didn't even know what Java was, exactly. They just knew that they needed it. I'd imagine you could do the same today by looking at PHB-oriented websites. Sadly, that takes more time than just sweeping your eyes across a physical magazine rack. You could probably automate it, though...hmm..