IT employment falls in U.S.; hiring may be stalled for months

From Computerworld, December10, 2008...

IT employment in the U.S. dropped in November after months of bucking national employment trends in other industries, said the National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses (NACCB).

U.S. IT employment dropped by nearly 34,000 jobs, or 0.87%, in November, according to the NACCB, an Alexandria, Va.-based trade group that represents IT staffing firms.

Even with November's losses, IT employment in the U.S. is up 2.1% from November of 2007, the NACCB said. IT employment dropped slightly in September and October, the organization said

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