Tech skills crisis looms (Metro, Thursday, Jan.19, 2006, page 12) Students look to other fields amid perceived slump. The Canadian high-tech sector may be in full recovery but a serious skills crisis looms unless more students, parents and high-school guidance counsellors shed the perception that information technology jobs are in short supply, two industry groups […]
Here are some interesting IT employment numbers for North America (from "Information Week", July 18, 2005) In the Summer 2005 the total number of IT professionals reached 3.43 million which only slightly less than the 3.55 million of Summer 2001. Between 2001 and 2005 the IT industry suffered a big slump and then a slow […]
Forty two percent growth in IT Jobs (from Fortune Magazine, March 21, 2005) A recent article in Fortune Magazine cites statistics indicating that jobs in IT and networking will experience up to a 41.9% growth in the next ten years. Nine of the top twenty fastest-growing jobs are in the IT field.* * "Fortune 75: […]