Current Unemployment Rate in the IT Industry?

Posted by Cliff on Tuesday January 13, 2004 @02:30PM from the paper-versus-experience dept.

concerned-about-employment asks: "What's the unemployment rate in the IT industry currently? Years ago I heard it was 8-9% but with so many jobs going offshore and the general unemployment rate rising, could it be even higher than before? Has it really broken 10% as some people say? That would mean 1 out of every 10 IT workers is out of a job. Personally though, from the perspective of a recent college graduate, it looks like 20% from here." How does the actual national unemployment rate in IT compare to the number of IT professionals that you know who are currently out of work?

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Don't go into IT!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-13 14:32 · Score: -1, Troll

Unemployment rate is more like 50%! If you haven't graduated yet, change you major to something useful like Sociology immediately! There are no jobs in the US for people with IT training!
1 in 10? by wrenkin · 2004-01-13 14:45 · Score: -1, Troll

"Has it really broken 10% as some people say? That would mean 1 out of every 10 IT workers is out of a job."

Maybe once you fully master percentages, you will find IT employers more receptive.

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