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Friday, June 19, 2009
Where the high tech jobs are
By Mass High Tech Staff
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It’s small comfort if you are a professional type standing in line at the local supermarket, hoping for a bagger job. But jobs in the tech sector do exist, and despite forecasts that employment won’t pick up until mid-2010, there are signs of confidence and stabilization among New England tech companies.
Defense firms such as Raytheon Co. list hundreds of jobs, while game makers and biotechs want programmers.
New England companies surveyed by Mass High Tech indicate that company payrolls are stabilizing after months of turmoil. Almost half of those surveyed between April and early June expect no change in their work force over the next six months.
The bad times aren’t over: Dice.com’s job postings are 45 percent of what they were a year ago. As Dice.com’s Tom Silver notes, “My heart wants me to be confident, but my head says ‘no.’ ”
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Expected work force change Q2 2009
| No change | 45.4% |
| 1-4% increase | 18.7% |
| 5-9% increase | 9.9% |
| 10-19% increase | 13.7% |
| 20% plus increase | 13.7% |
| Decrease | 1.4% |
Preliminary figures based on 423 responses
Source: MHT Research
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