Market for Tech Jobs Remains Volatile
Frustrated with your job search? You have good reason to be. Despite signs that the worst of the recession may be moderating, the market for tech jobs remains unstable.
Of the technical industry sectors tracked by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the professional and technical services segment has seen the worst of the job cuts. It has hemorrhaged tens of thousands of jobs each month since the start of the year: To date, the professional and technical services sector lost 132,500 jobs.
The semiconductor and electronic components sector and the computer systems design and related services sector have also continued to shed jobs mostly by the thousands each month since January 2009.
After gaining a few hundred jobs in January, computer and peripheral manufacturing, and data processing, hosting and related services have lost hundreds or thousands of jobs each month.
The industry segment with the brightest outlook for jobs appears to be management and technical consulting services: It's netted 2,400 jobs since the beginning of the year.
2009 Tech Employment Statistics
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