High-tech jobs recovery? Don't believe the hype | Perspectives | CNET News.com

High-tech jobs recovery? Don't believe the hype | Perspectives | CNET News.com
Recent assessments regarding the IT Job Market stand in stark contrast to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest national employment figures which showed far fewer jobs added in June than economists or business leaders had projected.

Only 76,300 new IT jobs were created nationwide during the last three years.

Large technology companies claim they have so much work to spread around that recruiters can't find enough skilled American workers to fill the cubicles in their high-tech campuses. Yet at the same time, large numbers of unemployed tech workers are being turned away outright or are forced to take temporary positions far below their skill level, with reduced pay levels adding insult to injury. Worse yet, tens of thousands of manufacturing and call-center support jobs are being shipped overseas to low-wage companies.