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Skillproof Report on Connecticut IT Jobs
January 2012 - The year 2011 finished with a further reduction in labor demand for IT professionals in Connecticut. The number of posted job openings declined 3.9% in December as compared to November. Year-over-year demand for IT professionals was down 11% in December. Compared to peak demand in June 2006 job postings are down 69.1%. While other states have recovered better, demand for IT workers in the state has not come back yet.
The bright light among sectors hiring IT staff is Healthcare. While demand from other industries showed significant decline last year, the healthcare sector continued to show labor needs.
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Public Policy Agenda
2011 Public Policy Agenda for the Tech Council has been announced - it features government objectives and strategies needed to build high quality jobs and a sustained growth environment in Connecticut. Please read - and comment on - facebook or on the blog post.
Connecticut Competitiveness Agenda
Study Reports Connecticut Risks Losing its Fastest Job Growth Tech Firms, CTC Report Highlights Issues in CT Job Growth.
Read the Press Release, Download the Summary Report

NPR's Where We Live: Connecticut Tech Jobs -show taped 12/29/2010, can be viewed/ downloaded here
Guests: Matthew Nemerson, Kip Bergstrom, Michael Gallis, Casey Pickett, Steve Obsitnik, with Host: John Dankowsky
CT Tech Events:
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Download the Connecticut Technology Council community calendar. This app allows us to pull all events from similar organizations into one place, so that the technology and business community is now much better connected.
For both Android and IPhone, you can also search events on our www.ct.org website at: http://www.ct.org/Tech_Calendar.asp.

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