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Tech Jobs Account for p to 14 Percent of Hiring in January
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The information technology industry accounted for 22,100 of the 157,000 new jobs added to the U.S. economy in January, according to Foote Partners. Meanwhile, TechServe put the January increase at 15,800 tech jobs. Of the total number of jobs added to the U.S. economy last month, tech hiring contributed 14 percent or 10 percent of this total, depending on which estimates are used.
January accounts for the largest monthly hiring increase in the last five years, says Foote Associates CEO David Foote. He notes that overall, more than 132,000 IT jobs have been added to the economy since February 2012.
Foote says the hiring should continue because of solid fundamentals, including "the role of technology and information in allowing an employer to be competitive in the marketplace, to maintain and increase revenues, to be more profitable, to grow market share, or to keep their customers satisfied."
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