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To: James Strauss who wrote (11959)	12/9/2002 12:13:41 PM
From: tsigprofit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 13094

Unemployment numbers. James and William. I'm in IT, working now again in a contract position. From talking to others, the market is still very bad. I have a good friend who cannot find any IT job. He was making 70-80K before, and there are just not jobs available now. Also - people are giving up looking - "discouraged" right? and these are not being counted in the 6% statistics - as they drop off unemployment rolls. These are not 20-somethings with 1-2 years of IT experience, but 40ish people with 18-20 years of IT experience, a B.S. in Computer Science, sometimes with graduate work also (my friend taught briefly at our University - a beginning Computer Science class) Tremendous talent being idled right now. There should be a way to put this brainpower to work on Homeland Security. Sounds like a good idea to me. Matt