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IT Job Forecast 2006

One-in-five information technology (IT) workers say they are dissatisfied in their current positions and one-third say they plan to find a new job in 2006, according to a recent CareerBuilder.com survey.  Workers cite an unmanageable workload, dissatisfaction with pay, and a lack of effective leadership as the leading factors influencing their decisions to look for new opportunities this year.

• 61 percent of IT workers say their workload has increased over the last six months,

• 49 percent say their workload is unmanageable,

• 48 percent are not happy with their pay overall,

• 38 percent are not happy with the way their corporate leaders are running the organization.

If you are one of those many IT professionals that has had your workload increase dramatically without any pay increase, now might be the time to look and see what else is out there. Search today because a better job awaits.

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Did you sprint away from an IT career after the tech bust?   According to a recent Information Week article, certain IT jobs are back with a vengeance.  Computer science employment rose sharply in the first quarter of 2005, adding 54,000 jobs. 

But not all computer jobs saw the same increases. According to the article, 18,000 computer hardware engineering jobs were lost in the same period.  Other declining jobs: software engineers (13,000), electrical and electronics engineers (8,000), computer programmers (8,000) and computer and information systems managers (5,000).

Interested in a computer science career?  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Outlook Handbook, most computer science jobs require a bachelor’s degree, and the median salary in 2002 was $77,760.