U.S. IT jobs fall, unemployment hits 3.2 percent

The United States lost 260,000 information technology jobs in the fourth quarter, a 6.4 percent drop from the previous quarter, according to data posted this week from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That sent IT unemployment to 3.2 percent, its worst level since early 2005. The job losses are a sign of how quickly IT budgets tightened at the end of 2008.

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