Welcome to the TechSpot OpenBoards. Please read the FAQ if you have any questions. Login to participate.

Go Back   TechSpot OpenBoards > TS Community > News & Interesting links > Old Frontpage News & Comments

Tech Workers Face Tough Job Market

 
Bookmark / Share this page
Thread Tools
  #1  
Old 05-06-2003
Julio's Avatar
TechSpot Elite
 
Location: Ecuador
Member since: Feb 2002, 4,215 posts
System specs
Tech Workers Face Tough Job Market

IT workers looking for jobs in the United States have nothing to cheer about in the latest workforce survey released by the Information Technology Association of America. Hiring projections for IT workers during the next year are the lowest since 2000, and more than a tenth of IT companies are looking at moving IT jobs to countries with cheaper labor.

The only sliver of good news in the study, released Monday, is that the total number of IT jobs in the United States seems to have leveled off, with the number of IT layoffs no longer outpacing the new IT hires projected in the survey. The ITAA study, based on a survey of 400 U.S. hiring managers at both IT and non-IT companies, predicts that U.S. companies will fill 493,431 IT jobs in the next 12 months, compared to projections of 1.1 million jobs in last year's survey and 1.6 million in 2000.

Read more: PC World.
  #2  
Old 05-06-2003
poertner_1274's Avatar
TS Special Forces
 
Location: Saint Louis, MO, USA
Member since: Feb 2002, 4,564 posts
System specs
I understand this to the fullest. I am grauating in May and have gotten no luck in finding a job just yet. I have talked to over 25 companies, all of which are laying off and of course not hiring. So the job market is very tough right now, but hopefully something will turn up shortly.
You can remove this banner by registering, join the TS Community for free.
 
Thread Tools

Forum Jump

Similar Topics
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Light at the end of the IT Job Market Tunnel? Phantasm66 Old Frontpage News & Comments 2 07-28-2003 06:23 PM
Tough competition in the Small factor market Julio Old Frontpage News & Comments 0 01-07-2003 12:48 PM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 06:34 AM.