2004 Approaches

There are times when we all might wish to get a small glimpse of the future. Then again, we might not be very happy with what we see. Thank goodness we can only make suppositions and guesses about the coming year, otherwise we might not want to face it at all. Regardless of whatever comes your way, though,, here are a few thoughts to help you in your high-tech career planning for 2004 and make it the best year possible.

The bottom of the hill

While we will probably continue to see layoffs in the high-tech job sector, it appears that things may bounce back within the first few months of 2004. If the economy rebounds even a small amount, this will drive the need for more high-tech workers. If this falters, job gains/losses will probably be much the same as they are now.

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