IT hiring slows as national unemployment rate up slightly to 3.9%
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The first signs of a poor employment picture are appearing in the IT job market - Demand is still high for experienced CIOs and CTOs in large enterprises.
The highest unemployment states are those that have an overall unemployment rate of 4.5% or higher. In June there were two states (Nevada 5.4% and Deleware 5.0%) that had a high unemployment rate. Last month the unemployment rate in California moved up from 4.8% to 4.9%. These are preliminary indicators that the employment picture for IT Pros is not as rosey as it has been.
State unemployment rates are starting to show a degradation in the unemployment rate. At the start of the shutdown, there were 15 states with unemployment rates of less than 3.0%.
In November there were 17 states at full employment levels.
17 states are at full employment - 14 of these states had an increase in the unemployment rate from the prior month
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