Ever felt like every other story you've read in the IT press has been about a company cutting back on staff?

Bad news in the mobile phone sector, combined with a US economic slowdown, has meant many of the UK's high-tech workers have been facing redundancy. Big name firms haven't been slow in axing hundreds, or even thousands, of employees as they attempt to survive these difficult times.

Struggling dot-coms haven't had it much better either, with media group Emap only the latest to scale back its online commitments and cut staff.

Evidence shows, however, there is actually an acute shortage of qualified IT workers in the UK, and, generally, commentators are sure that -- although the bad times may continue into 2002 -- the tech industry just isn't going to go away.

NEWS:
Jobs go at Compaq's Scottish factory
Tue, 03 Apr US economic slump means redundancies this side of the Atlantic

Demand for US tech workers nearly halves
Mon, 02 Apr Information Technology Association of America study claims demand is down by 44 percent in the last year

How safe is your tech job?
Thu, 29 Mar This ZDNet editorial asks an uncomfortable question: How safe is your tech job? It examines the root causes of the tech recession, and suggests a way out of the gloom

Jobs cut as Emap halves Internet investment
Tue, 27 Mar Twenty percent of Web staff at UK publisher face the chop as online activity is scaled back

UK jobs lost as Ericsson cuts costs
Tue, 27 Mar Mobile giants follow Motorola's lead in cutting staff numbers, in an attempt to ride the economic downturn

IT skills shortage reaches crisis point
Fri, 23 Mar Permanent IT staff in seriously short supply, warns the Recruitment and Employment Confederation

C&W to slash 4,000 jobs this year
Tue, 13 Mar UK telecoms group Cable & Wireless warns on profits as prices tumble

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