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Employment Picture for IT Pros is Spotty
4.1 million individuals are employed as IT Pros in the US
With all of the talk about DOGE, tariffs, and the possibility of a recession in the 3rd or 4th quarter of this year, CIOs are slowly stopping the growth of their IT Staff and technology initiatives. The February employment numbers by state which the BLS released show that trend.
Job descriptions are now key tools which both employer and employee need to understate for roles and respinsibilities.
C-Level Director Level Managers Mid-Mgt Staff
IT Governance and Infrastructure Released
IT Governance and Infrstructure Released - 11 key job descriptions including Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
The IT Governance Infrastructure, Strategy, and Charter Template addresses every critical governance and infrastructure issue, including: IT management structure; strategies and responsibilities; priority setting; personnel practices; ERP and Omni Commerce; compliance and
controls; and security/access controls.Information Technology and digital resources are changing the ways that enterprises operate, employees and enterprise associates interact on a day-to-day basis, and customers and suppliers access enterprise assets remotely. That, along with the exposures and risks that are placed on critical and sensitive information, places stress on the traditional governance models that are in place.
To support the process, the IT Governance offering includes eleven (11) full job descriptions:
- Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- Chief Information Officer (small enterprise)
- Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO)
- Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)
- Chief Experience Officer (CXO)
- Chief Security Officer (CSO)
- Chief Data Officer
- Chief Digital Officer
- Chief Mobility Officer (CMO)
- Digital Brand Manager
Hiring of IT Pros has has slowed - IT job market softens
Hiring of IT Pros has has slowed - IT job market softens
IT Job Market Soft - A pair of reports on tech sector employment trends in the United States suggest out-of-work techies have relatively decent prospects, but economic uncertainty and rapid policy changes initiated by the Trump administration mean the future job market looks less rosy.
Janco generated a report with data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to the February analysis, the IT unemployment rate fell from 5.7 percent in January to 5.4 percent in February.
Overall, IT employment shrank a little: about 9,100 jobs have been lost so far this year. Specifically, employers added 1,000 roles in January and 10,100 in February, according to the report. That's out of around 4.1 million IT sector jobs in the US, mind you, equating to a total loss of less than a quarter of a percent.
Security Management Best Practices
Top 10 Security Management Best Practices
- Centralize Malware Management
- Establish Boundary Control
- Centralize Provisioning and Authorization Management
- Implement Acceptable Use Policy
- Build Security into Applications Starting in the Design Phase
- Understand and implement all compliance and audit requirements
- Implement Monitoring and reporting processes
- Manage security deployment and infrastructure processes
- Implement network and host defenses
- Constantly validate network and system resource integrity
Unemployment Rate is High for IT Professionals
IT Job market shrank by 9,100 in the past three months
Janco reports that IT unemployment hit a new high in August as organizations shift their focus to artificial intelligence.
Six percent of IT professionals were out of work in August, up from 5.6% the month before, according to the Sept. 6 report that analyzed U.S. Labor Department data. The overall U.S. unemployment rate dipped to 4.2% in August. The IT jobless rate has surpassed the national benchmark for seven of the past eight months.
IT unemployment hasn't been this bad since the dot-com bubble burst in the early 2000s but is now being driven by a pivot from traditional IT positions to AI and cybersecurity, accordiing to Janco Associates CEO Victor Janulaitis
The roles that are most in demand right now are roles where candidates have expertise in security, AI and the cloud.
Layoffs continue in IT
Even with 4.18 million employed IT Pros layoffs continue
Layoffs are continuing as large employers of IT Pros continue to trim staff. General Motors that it is planning to cut over 1,000 software jobs. That is on top of the 4,000 plus jobs thta CSCO announced.
IT Job Market growth stalls with hiring freezes
IT Pros Hiring Plummets
Recession hits IT Hiring as for second month in a row as the unemployment rate for IT pros exceeds 5.5% (traditional definition of high unemployment).
Unemployed IT Pros are having more difficulties finding positions at their prior compensation levels in most regions of the country. Currently, it can take several months for unemployed IT Pros to complete the interview process and receive a job offer. This is driven by CIOs and CEOs who have pulled back many open requisitions and halted and/or slowed non-critical IT Initiatives. There are some opportunities for IT Pros who have experience or skills with new technologies like AI and Machine Learning (ML).
Mixed Signals from the Tech Job Market
Skills Mismatch for IT Pro and employers
The problem is you have a growing number of unemployed people (147,000 in June) with legacy skillsets competing for a shrinking pool of jobs
When more applications come in for fewer jobs, it slows the hiring process down.
Janco's data shows that it takes three to six months to find a new job supporting legacy systems and technologies, and just two to three weeks to land a job that requires AI or blockchain skills. Therefore, these two groups have different experiences and perceptions of the tech marketplace.
If youre having trouble finding a job, your best bet is to update your toolbox to include skills that are increasing in demand and value. In fact, close to 70 percent of leaders say they would rather hire a less experienced candidate with AI skills than a more experienced person without them.
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IT Unemployment Rate Hits 5%
The number of IT Pros who are unemployed in the US is 128K - Unemployment rate is 5%
In January the report from the BLS the National Unemployment Rate was 3.7% versus the current 5.0% for IT Professionals.
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