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[internetworkers] internetworker unemployment rises in Q1 2004

From: Michael Czeiszperger <michael AT czeiszperger.org>
To: Internetworkers AT happyhouse.metalab.unc.edu:"http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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Subject: [internetworkers] internetworker unemployment rises in Q1 2004
Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 08:23:58 -0400

More bad news for us internetworkers:

http://www.ieeeusa.org/releases/2004/050404pr.html

"The EE unemployment rate increased from 4.5 percent in the final quarter of 2003 to 5.3 percent in the first quarter of 2004, an increase of 17.8 percent. The average for 2003 was a record 6.2 percent, compared to the more typical 1.3 in 2000 and 2.0 in 2001."

"The joblessness rate for computer scientists and systems analysts, which averaged a record 5.2 percent last year, went from 5.4 percent in the fourth quarter to an all-time high of 6.7 in the first quarter, a 24.1 percent rise. The number of people employed in the field averaged 722,000 in 2003; the first-quarter figure was down to 672,000."

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[internetworkers] internetworker unemployment rises in Q1 2004, Michael Czeiszperger, 05/30/2004