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August 10, 2022,
If only it could make up its mind.
In some years the college grad job market looks hard, other times, easy.
Fortunately this is one of those easier times.
As reported by cbsnews.com, “The job market for new college graduates is red-hot according to career counselors. Starting salaries are also good news for many students, averaging almost $76,000/year for computer science majors, $74,000 for engineering students, and over $60,000 for business majors. Communications and humanities majors are in the mid-to-low $50,000s.”
Sounds exceptional.
For those of us who have lived through tough job markets, like the 2008 time period, we are a little envious.
Actually extremely envious.
Those current starting salaries sound wonderful.
The team at Better Work Places Better World shrm.org add, “The college graduates of 2022 are entering a labor market where jobs are plentiful. Job openings are near an all-time high (11.3 million), and employers plan to hire 32 percent more new college graduates from the Class of 2022 than they hired from the previous class, according to a new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE).”
This is important news for high school students analyzing what they will major in and recent college grads seeking career opportunities.
Too, if you are a female college student, your numbers in college continue to soar.
Georgetown University posted, “The Wall Street Journal recently highlighted the shifting representation of men and women on U.S. college campuses, pointing out that men accounted for 71 percent of the overall enrollment decline across the last five years—and 78 percent of pandemic-related drop-outs. As of spring 2021, women made up 59.5 percent of all U.S. college students, a record high.”
Maybe the recent job market trends should encourage female high school grads to choose the Tech Industry as a major or minor.
As recent as June 3, 2022, National Public Radio researched, “The Labor Department said Friday that U.S. businesses added 390,000 jobs in May, as the unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%.”
Their research also indicates recreation and entertainment businesses, including amusement parks, added 16,000 jobs last month.
Will you be graduating from college anytime soon?
Read on for more good news.
Tech jobs market powers on with strong gains and historically low unemployment rate, CompTIA analysis finds
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Aug 05, 2022, 12:37 ET
Tech jobs unemployment rate falls to 1.7%; job postings up 49%
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Aug. 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The technology jobs market continued its run of gains, which contributed to the unexpectedly strong #JobsReport for the month, according to analysis by CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce.
Tech occupations across all industry sectors increased by an estimated 239,000 positions in July, CompTIA’s analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveals.1 The unemployment rate for tech occupations was 1.7% in July.
Tech industry level employment experienced a net gain of 12,700 workers, the 20th consecutive month of employment growth. Tech industry employment has increased by 143,700 jobs this year, an increase of 55% year-over-year.
Employer job postings for technology positions approached 484,000 in July, a slight decrease from the previous month but still at a near record-level.2 Through the first seven months of 2022 US companies listed approximately 3.1 million jobs postings for tech positions, an increase of 49% for the same period last year.
“The tech jobs market has repeatedly outperformed in the face of real and perceived economic weakness,” said Tim Herbert, chief research officer at CompTIA. “The data confirms that for every layoff announcement there are other employers stepping in to take advantage of tech talent hiring opportunities.”
A closer examination of the tech job posting data from July shows that there are employment opportunities at every experience level, in a variety of occupation categories and in nearly every metro market and state across the country.
About one in five tech job postings were for positions requiring two years or less of experience. About half specified three to five years of experience, while 13% sought candidates with nine or more years of experience.
Software developers and engineers are the most in-demand positions employers are looking to hire – nearly 148,000 job postings last month. There is also a strong job market for IT support specialists, IT project managers, systems engineers and architects and network engineers and architects. Positions in emerging technologies or jobs requiring emerging tech skills accounted for one-third of all postings in July.
The New York City, Los Angeles and San Francisco metro markets recorded the largest month-over-month increase in tech jobs postings. But “under the radar” markets also populate this list.
| Metro Area | July Tech Job Postings | Increase |
| Topeka, KS | 1,437 | 627 |
| Lansing, MI | 1,810 | 570 |
| Trenton, NJ | 1,770 | 468 |
| Huntsville, AL | 2,195 | 324 |
| Rochester, NY | 1,222 | 283 |
| Little Rock, AR | 1,949 | 257 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 1,764 | 207 |
Within the tech sector, three occupation categories recorded job growth in July – other information services, including search engines (+6,800), data processing, hosting and related services (+4,100) and computer and electronic products manufacturing (+3,300). Hiring in the IT services and custom software development category was flat, while telecommunications-related occupations declined (-1,400).
The “CompTIA Tech Jobs Report” is available at https://www.comptia.org/content/tech-jobs-report. For more analysis and perspective visit the CompTIA Tech Job Report video series at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuqIJd7KnBU_nZd2oXEwa0I5X7Vt124eM.
1 Monthly occupation level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics tends to experience higher levels of variance and volatility. Labor market data and employer job posting data may be subject to revisions.
2 CompTIA analysis of Lightcast employer job posting data
About CompTIA
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) is a leading voice and advocate for the $5 trillion global information technology ecosystem; and the estimated 75 million industry and tech professionals who design, implement, manage, and safeguard the technology that powers the world’s economy. Through education, training, certifications, advocacy, philanthropy, and market research, CompTIA is the hub for unlocking the potential of the tech industry and its workforce. https://www.comptia.org/
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