philly.com — The U.S. high-technology industry added more than 140,000 jobs during the first half of this year, nearly doubling the growth during the same period a year ago, according to a report released today. The sector employed 5.8 million people as of this June, the largest number since 2002, said the analysis by the American Electronics Association,
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kremvaxSep 27, 2006
A $2500 check !=a job, and neither is the 2 credit hours of training you could feasably recieve with such a token. Especially considering the cuts the administration has made in the last six years to education and even the US student loan program. As long as they keep cutting billion dollar tax breaks to US firms that outsource their workforce overseas, those jobs won't be coming home, no matter how much training you have.
corptSep 27, 2006
Five minutes of research later..."If someone maxs their unemployment they are no longer counted in unemployment numbers but they are still unemployed."Bzzzt. "Some people think that to get these figures on unemployment the Government uses the number of persons filing claims for unemployment insurance (UI) benefits under State or Federal Government programs. But some people are still jobless when their benefits run out, and many more are not eligible at all or delay or never apply for benefits. So, quite clearly, UI information cannot be used as a source for complete information on the number of unemployed."<a class="user" href="http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm">http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm</a>You should really know what you're talking about before talking about it. That site explains, quite clearly, exactly how the unemployment numbers are calculated and it is nothing like you think.
irimiSep 27, 2006
Thank you John Kerry... ROFL... I mean George W. Bush. Peace.
beanloverSep 27, 2006
Good news for Bush? HURRY! PLAY IT DOWN!Bad news for Bush? HURRY! PLAY IT UP!
bansicoSep 27, 2006
Why is it that articles always say that companies are having a hard time finding employees, citing dropping graduation rate as a problem? I'm a recent grad and when I do a job search all I find are listings that require 3-5 years of experience with a long list of specific skills. From my perspective it seems that they just don't want to train anyone and their expectations are too high. -B
beanloverSep 27, 2006
Unfortunately, training is a huge expense for companies to undertake. Couple that with the job-hopping you always hear about (I've done this as well to a degree) and that equals "get your own experience...we are going to catch a hopper".This saves them cash but leaves folks like you out in the cold.
bansicoSep 27, 2006
Honestly I feel encouraged to be a job hopper. I have to settle for lesser jobs that will hire me because my CSCI program taught me pure theory. Theory is great, but where do I put that on my resume? It seems I have to hop from job to job to pick up this ridiculously specific set of skills that every employer seems to require before I can get a good, well paying job. Is this just my inexperience talking or do you actually reach a point in your career where you easily have every the necessary skills? Did my CSCI program just suck?
jrvpOct 24, 2006
Why do so many think they deserve a free ride? You go to school and gain some skills and voila, you're immune to layoffs? Only lazy people support unions which protect you from layoffs. Keep learning, keep gaining skills. Buy some Microsoft learning books and start taking exams. Do the grunt work and learn your skills over time. Then, after a while, you'll be worthy of a job. Until then, you're a useless whiner.The employment numbers in the 90s and the growth were mostly fake. What I mean is that new companies were starting up on an idea, getting loads of investment cash, and going absolutely nowhere. There was little in return for investors and the economy of which some of you try and claim was so good was like a Hollywood set; it looked good from the outside, but open a door or dig only a little deeper and you'd see that it was all smoke and mirrors.