State of the Tech Workforce: Gains in 2024 will reverse losses of last year
Early Q1 2024 data indicates an uptick as employers re-evaluate hiring plans put on hold and eyeing growth investments requiring new skills and tech talent.
Read MorePosted by Jodi Leese Glusco | Apr 3, 2024
Early Q1 2024 data indicates an uptick as employers re-evaluate hiring plans put on hold and eyeing growth investments requiring new skills and tech talent.
Read MorePosted by Jodi Leese Glusco | Mar 21, 2024
An analysis of tech job openings as a proportion population shows that North Carolina continues to be among the states with the highest demand for those skills. DevRev, a company whose motto says it connects makers to customers, published the recent study, which shows Virginia ranks as the state...
Read MorePosted by Jodi Leese Glusco | Feb 8, 2024
Many of those jobs are held by affluent college graduates, including business analysts, marketing managers, software developers, database administrators, project managers and lawyers.
Read MorePosted by Jodi Leese Glusco | Feb 6, 2024
Although reports of layoffs abound — Microsoft, TikTok, Rio Games are but a few to make cuts already in 2024 — it’s still good to be in tech. Technology companies nationwide added nearly 18,000 workers in January and there are more than 392,000 active job postings for tech occupations,...
Read MorePosted by Jodi Leese Glusco | Jan 24, 2024
A bunch of companies in the technology sector have been laying off some of their employees recently after quickly ramping up hiring during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MorePosted by WRAL News | May 24, 2023
Posted by WRAL TechWire | May 22, 2023
What a difference a year makes in the North Carolina technology economy. From a near-record of more than 37,000 information technology job openings in April a year ago, posted jobs dropped by more than 50% year-over-year to 17,840. The Triangle and the Charlotte metros have been especially hard hit.
Read MorePosted by WRAL TechWire | Feb 15, 2023
“We continue to see unprecedented numbers of workers exploring career opportunities across the spectrum,” says Todd Thibodeaux, CompTIA CEO. “While high profile layoffs at big, name brand companies make all the headlines, workers are actively pursuing jobs with the mid and smaller companies that make up the majority of the U.S. and global workforce.”
Read MorePosted by WRAL TechWire | Feb 6, 2023
A report finds that 91% of North Carolina jobs require at least one digital skill but one third of workers lack the “foundational” skills to fill those jobs.
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