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Information Technology Facts

  • More than 19,000 IT jobs are unfilled at large and midsize companies in the United States (1997 ITAA study)
  • Average salary for entry-level positions in the IT field is $26,000 to $36,000 a year. (1996 Datamation Salary Survey)
  • 83 percent of employers say they have difficulty finding enough employees with technical education.
  • In a 1997 survey, more than two-thirds of IT companies cited a lack of skilled workers as a barrier to future corporate growth. (1997 ITAA study)
  • More than 80 percent of IT graduates from BCC find employment within three months of graduation. (BCC Career Resource Center)
  • 82 percent of IT companies expect to hire more workers. (1977 ITAA study).
  • Within a 30-mile radius of BCC are more than 1,900 firms that specialize in information technology or biotechnology.
  • Currently over 80 percent of BCC's high-tech grads find work within three weeks of graduation.
  • By the year 2000, one third of all United State's jobs will be Information Technology related

 


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