EMPLOYMENT & UNEMPLOYMENT • Feb 2022 • Volume 11 / Number 3
Before the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, many IT jobs were already projected to be in high demand over the next decade. The pandemic has made IT workers even more important to the future economy, and the jobs projections for these occupations have increased.
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