US IT job growth slows because of too few candidates
Job growth in the US IT industry slowed further in October, adding 4,800 positions, according to US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data included in the latest figures from IT employment consultancy Janco Associates. That’s down from 8,900 positions added in the revised September figures.
Overall growth in IT positions comes even as the highly infectious delta variant of COVID-19 continued to hinder overall job growth, mainly due to slowdowns in the restaurant, entertainment, and service sectors.
The IT industry’s bigger challenge is finding qualified candidates for those IT jobs, M. Victor Janulaitis, Janco’s CEO, said in a statement. And the challenge won’t end soon, he said:
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