Slow job market will dog IT industry

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Growth isn’t expected before mid-2004, study shows

Jessica Schlenk, an information technology project manager with a master’s in business administration and a decade at a major consulting firm under her belt, counts herself among the lucky. After 10 months of looking for a job, she has two offers.

“IT WAS NICE to be able to choose,” Schlenk says.
Not everyone will be as fortunate, according to a recently released study by a local high-tech consortium.
The first possible chance for significant job growth in the local technology field will not come before mid-2004, according to the study conducted on behalf of work force development agency O-Force, the Orlando Regional IT Consortium and Florida’s Information Technology Education Center.
Companies just aren’t spending money on technology. And when they are hiring, the applicant pool is so full, they can have their pick of experienced people.
“There are so many people out of work, (companies) can find exactly what they’re looking for,” Schlenk says.

http://msnbc.com/news/973435.asp?0cv=CB10

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To: MSNBC, NBC, and Chad Eric Watt;

We've been seeing the stories the pick will come 'Next' month, quarter, year... for 3 years now. Do you actually read what you print?

Slow job market will dog IT industry
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1. Corrected grammar/spelling. Sorry, too fast.

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To: MSNBC, NBC, and Chad Eric Watt;

We've been seeing these stories the pick-up will come 'Next' month, quarter, year... for 3 years now. Do you actually read what you print?

Slow job market will dog IT industry
http://msnbc.com/news/973435.asp?0cv=CB10

Thank you,

MyName


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2. My company just got a few million in contracts...

We are doing just fine. I workin insurance, I support a single payer healthcare as well, its kind of a 'pay me, I don't care' deal.

I am thankful I still have my job, and I know I am lucky. Apparently I have a 1/10 chance of getting fired.

However, my companys CEO is a good man that I've met who is from the immediate area. He really cares about the community, and hired me just shy of what is generally considred the real minimum wage adjusted with inflation: $9.00

I do not like reading about cathetarization all day, it makes my groin hurt, and I really do not like the fundamentals of my job... but it could be alot worse. We train people in India at my current job, I know it's so wrong. But I often wonder if its just a matter of competition, and I realize that the free market is fundamentally flawed. Instead of an Indian getting 1/5 of my pay, we would be out of business if we didn't outsource the little bit that we did.

Ah, so contived. As bad as it sounds, I would classify myself as an Isolationist, with the dog eat dog system we have.