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title: Employment is falling
date: "2001-06-07T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1806
description: I observed that while overall US services sector employment is falling, high-tech jobs continue to grow despite the recession. This highlights a strange resilience in technology sectors compared to broader economic trends.
keywords: [high-tech employment, recession, service sector, labor market, economic trends]
---

While in the US services sector [employment is falling](http://www.timesofindia.com/070601/07inte9.htm), high tech employment, which is about 8% of the services sector, [continues to grow](http://www.msnbc.com/news/583499.asp). Meaning technology is still growing, despite the recession. Strange!