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Job Horizon COMPUTER TECHNOLOGISTS OF THE WORLD TAKE HEART
The world economy may be fraught with uncertainty, but as a budding, or current, STEM specialist, you‘ve put in the hours, days, weeks and years of study, exams, internships, and job searches. It is your time to turn a dream of meaningful, challenging, and well-remunerated work into reality.
In commemoration of Women’s History Month, this pack- age will introduce you to exciting careers in different areas of computer technology, explore recruiting trends across the information technology spectrum, and spotlight inspirational technology titans.
Let’s get started with some good news about computer tech- nology job prospects. In 2013, predictions and projections have set the stage for a good employment year: • Global IT spending may hit $3.7 trillion. • Sales of devices including PCs, tablets, mobile phones and printers may be $666 billion.
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• Enterprise software spending could total $296 billion. • Big data spending could reach $120 billion in 2013 and $232 billion through 2016.
• The 2013 Consumer Electronics Show introduced more than 20,000 products.
• The U.S. consumer electronics industry is valued at $206 billion.
• GM said it would hire about 1,000 “high-tech” employ- ees for a new Atlanta tech center.
• Nearly 64 percent of hiring managers and recruiters say tech hires will be up this year.
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