Tech jobs increased in 2008 - Texas and Kansas replace California as area of IT growth!

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Tech-sector employment went up, not down, by a total of 77,000 more jobs in 2008. So says a report by trade association TechAmerica, which claims 1,500 member companies including Xerox, Google, IBM, and Volt, Microsoft's largest provider of temporary employees.

The total headcount for 2008? Just under six million American tech workers, up from 5.8 million in 2007.

Contrary to the widespread presumption that the tech sector is shedding jobs almost as fast as General Motors, TechAmerica's report says job losses in high-tech manufacturing and communications services (PR and marketing) were more than offset by gains in engineering and technical services. In particular, software services jobs jumped more than five percent, to a total of 1.7 million. Go cloud computing!

The takeaway is that high-tech is still America's economic miracle engine, even when it sputters. Moreover, tech jobs are no longer restricted to Silicon Valley. In 2008's state-by-state tally, the largest number of new jobs -- 14,700 -- were added in Texas. The state with the fastest growth at 8.1 percent? Kansas.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/162613/new_...id_layoffs.html

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Tech-sector employment went up, not down, by a total of 77,000 more jobs in 2008. So says a report by trade association TechAmerica, which claims 1,500 member companies including Xerox, Google, IBM, and Volt, Microsoft's largest provider of temporary employees.

The total headcount for 2008? Just under six million American tech workers, up from 5.8 million in 2007.

Contrary to the widespread presumption that the tech sector is shedding jobs almost as fast as General Motors, TechAmerica's report says job losses in high-tech manufacturing and communications services (PR and marketing) were more than offset by gains in engineering and technical services. In particular, software services jobs jumped more than five percent, to a total of 1.7 million. Go cloud computing!

The takeaway is that high-tech is still America's economic miracle engine, even when it sputters. Moreover, tech jobs are no longer restricted to Silicon Valley. In 2008's state-by-state tally, the largest number of new jobs -- 14,700 -- were added in Texas. The state with the fastest growth at 8.1 percent? Kansas.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/162613/new_...id_layoffs.html

Software is where its at. IBM posted profits in the last quarter of 2008 because people want streamlined operations that can be achieved through better software design.

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IBM posted profits in the last quarter of 2008 because people want streamlined operations that can be achieved through better software design.

Let me guess, you work sales?

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IBM posted profits in the last quarter of 2008 because people want streamlined operations that can be achieved through better software design.

Let me guess, you work sales?

Actually I work in Education. At a University that specialzes in Technology.

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Ok, so not sales, but the next best thing.

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Ok, so not sales, but the next best thing.

I recruit, I don't sell!

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Tech-sector employment went up, not down, by a total of 77,000 more jobs in 2008. So says a report by trade association TechAmerica, which claims 1,500 member companies including Xerox, Google, IBM, and Volt, Microsoft's largest provider of temporary employees.

The total headcount for 2008? Just under six million American tech workers, up from 5.8 million in 2007.

Contrary to the widespread presumption that the tech sector is shedding jobs almost as fast as General Motors, TechAmerica's report says job losses in high-tech manufacturing and communications services (PR and marketing) were more than offset by gains in engineering and technical services. In particular, software services jobs jumped more than five percent, to a total of 1.7 million. Go cloud computing!

The takeaway is that high-tech is still America's economic miracle engine, even when it sputters. Moreover, tech jobs are no longer restricted to Silicon Valley. In 2008's state-by-state tally, the largest number of new jobs -- 14,700 -- were added in Texas. The state with the fastest growth at 8.1 percent? Kansas.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/162613/new_...id_layoffs.html

on another note, what happened to aj the doom and gloom?

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Ok, so not sales, but the next best thing.

I recruit, I don't sell!

Fine line.

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Ok, so not sales, but the next best thing.

I recruit, I don't sell!

Fine line.

Very.