Monday, December 5, 2011

U.S. tech employment nears its all-time high

"The U.S. government's report today that the unemployment rate is down and hiring is up showed some good news for tech workers as well.


"The tech industry added 7,100 jobs last month, an increase of .17% from the previous month, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data analyzed by the TechServe Alliance, an industry group that tracks labor data month to month.

"This brings the overall employment number for the industry to 4.068 million, which represents a year over year gain of 2.1%.

"Tech industry employment is nearing the all-time high of 4.088 million, which was set in June, 2008, according to TechServe..."

Computerworld

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