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About 5,200 new tech jobs were added over the period

With the global economy slowly starting to slowly turn around, spending and hiring in the tech sector is improving as well. Many companies are still feeling the pinch of the economy and even some of the largest tech firms in the world have made layoffs recently.

Microsoft cut another 800 workers in November 2009 and over the course of the year, all of its layoffs combined cut 6.3% of its global workforce. Despite big firms like Microsoft still laying off workers as 2009 ended, the tech sector in general is growing. InformationWeek reports that in December tech hiring grew as about 5,200 tech jobs were added.

That contrasts greatly with the overall job market that shed 85,000 jobs from November to December. The total number of tech workers employed in 2009 was down a bit from the number employed in 2008. InformationWeek reports that slight reduction was proof that the tech sector fared the poor economy better than the overall job market.

Workers in tech manufacturing were the hardest hit with the poor economy. Workers in computer and computer related product manufacturing were reduced by 10% compared to the previous month. The biggest growth in the tech sector came from system design and consulting with system design workers growing 0.2% and consulting employees growing 0.3%.

Comparing December 2009 to December 2008, the overall number of workers employed in tech sectors in the U.S. declined 3% compared year over year. The growth in the segment for December was compared to November 2009. Overall unemployment in the U.S. held at about 10% from November to December.

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Getting paid less, though
By kmmatney on 1/11/2010 5:07:19 PM , Rating: 3
Although hiring has improved, most people are getting hired back for less pay. This is not necessarily a bad thing, but will will delay a full revocery. I did not get laid off (engineer/programmer) but I did have to take a pay cut, and am still only on a 35 hour week. What really needs to happen, at least here in Colorado, is that goverment workers need to take a paycut (like everyone else) to meet our budget deficit.




RE: Getting paid less, though
By BB33 on 1/11/2010 7:19:51 PM , Rating: 3
Not only do they need a pay cut but also some need to be let go altogether. The redundancy in the government is crazy, state and federal.


RE: Getting paid less, though
By lucyfek on 1/11/2010 10:48:11 PM , Rating: 2
true, at the same time the most obvious/easy savings would be to cut funding for 2 pointless wars (unfortunately - in the name of "patriotism" - this is not going to happen). i'd rather keep some of the services provided by local/state/federal governments that have my tax money burned overseas.


RE: Getting paid less, though
By ekv on 1/12/2010 1:14:08 AM , Rating: 3
Your pre-9/11 mentality is what almost got another airplane "burned" ... here ... in the name of "patriotism" [i.e. mainstream, every-day Islamic Jihad].


RE: Getting paid less, though
By CENGJINYIWEI on 1/31/10, Rating: -1
RE: Getting paid less, though
By Obujuwami on 1/11/2010 7:37:34 PM , Rating: 2
Same for California, but executives across the board need to do what they did back in 2000 when many of them took a pay cut and or reduced their salary to $1/yr. After the economy rebounded back in the tech sector (if you call it a rebound) many of their salaries where reinstated but its the fact that they took the bullet for their employees.

Many companies, especially financial institutions, should take heed of that example and follow suit. The executives that did that would pull off a major PR coup and actually help their companies.


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