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It Pros in Demand, Though Worker Confidence Low: Technisource
Technisource's IT Employee Confidence Index has fallen to its lowest level in more than two years. The decline from 56.2 to 47.3 in the third quarter of 2011 comes as a surprise because Technisource sees strong growth in new technology jobs and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the industry added 115,000 jobs through June 2011.
The latest index indicates that only 13 percent of U.S. tech workers believe the economy is improving, down from 16 percent in the second quarter. Fifty-six percent of respondents believe fewer information technology (IT) jobs are available, while only 11 percent are confident that more jobs exist.
Still, 40 percent of IT professionals are confident in their ability to find a new job, 32 percent are likely to look for new jobs while in their current position, and there was only a two percentage point difference in job security confidence from the second quarter.
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