How have BLS monthly adjustments impacted the job market size for IT Pros?
Reports are appearing that the BLS is adjusting the number of jobs added down for the past few month to provide a more positive spin on the US economy
There has been some controversy in the past few weeks about the adjustments to the number of jobs created each month in the BLS data. It has been purported that the initial number of new jobs created is inflated each month, then adjusted down the following month in order to show a more robust US economy.
IT Job Market Growth
In answering the question of inflated initial job growth we have reviewed the data for the IT Job Market size since 2000 - over 23 years.
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