Employment shifts in 2001

List - We have discussed the employment situation a lot over the past year, and I am still dismayed to hear of Oracle DBAs out of work. I found some interesting statistics that put the situation in perspective:

	In 2001, there were an estimated 10.4 million IT workers in the U.S.
      In 2001, 2.6 million IT workers were dismissed.
      In 2001, 2.1 million IT workers were hired.
      In 2002, there were an estimated 9.9 million IT workers in the U.S.

This means that 1 in 4 IT professionals were laid off in 2001. Small wonder that some of those included DBAs. Of those laid off, 20% were not rehired
(at least in IT).

These figures are from: http://www2.cio.com/metrics/ The print magazine had a small summary box that I couldn't find online.

Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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