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IT Skills Shortage Drivers . . .

• Information Technology Driven Economy
  • Migration from an industry-based to an information-based  economy
  • IT share of GDP has nearly doubled in the last decade  (from 4.9% in 1985 to 8.2% in 1998)
  • High tech employment has been the fastest growing  segment of the industrial sector since 1990
  • Anticipated employment growth (1996-2006:107.6% for  core computer occupations)

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