
Technical Consulting and Management Jobs Jump in January
Management and technical consulting jobs jumped nearly 5 percent in January to 1.2 million positions, as corporate America continues to embrace the notion of having outsiders handle their IT work despite an improving economy. A recent report, for example, found tech and other knowledge workers are among the most highly sought after contractors or consultants, compared with other industries, as companies find they like the flexibility in scaling back and increasing their workforce without the need to pay expensive benefits. Jobs in the computer systems, design and services industry, as well as the data processing, hosting and services industry, also posted greater gains in January than the 2.2 percent increase that the tech industry garnered overall. It's no surprise that the data processing, hosting and services industry showed gains, given the meteoric rise in cloud computing.
