While numerous IT vendors are laying people off, and corporate IT jobs are also being lost, other companies -- both vendors and users alike -- are still hiring. But the overall trend is clear, and not encouraging: The number of IT jobs in the US is shrinking. From November to December, IT employment declined by nearly 50,000 jobs, to a total of 3.85 million positions, based on an analysis of US Bureau of Labor Statistics data by the National Association of Computer Consultant Businesses in Alexandria, VA. That followed a loss of almost 34,000 jobs from October to November. The IT labor statistics are only likely to get worse once all of the layoffs announced in January are added to the government's figures.
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