ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Tech Jobs and Slow Economic Recovery.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2002 TOPIC: Technology employment, which experts expected to pick up by now, continues to hinder economic recovery, as reported by USAToday.com. According to outplacement firm Challenger Gray & Christmas, 243,000 jobs were cut this year in the telecom, computers and e-commerce industries. Last month, Santa Clara County, Calif. had a jobless rate of 7.6 percent, which is the highest rate among U.S. metros, the article says. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Ms. Cynthia Cynthia goddess of the moon. [Gk. Myth.: Kravitz, 72] See : Moon Morgan Morgan, American family of financiers and philanthropists. Junius Spencer Morgan, 1813–90, b. West Springfield, Mass., prospered at investment banking. is the vice president of content for techies.com. She leads techies.com's data research department, gathering and analyzing information on technology hiring practices, skills trends, salary/compensation trends, workplace issues such as age/sex/citizenship discrimination, telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. , safety. 952-253-3678, cmorgan@techies.com Professor Ashish Arora, of Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; est. 1967 through the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900, opened 1905) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (founded 1913). , is an expert in economics and technology markets. 412-268-2191 Professor Nirvikar Singh, of the University of California, Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UC Santa Cruz or UCSC, is a public, collegiate university, one of the ten campuses of the University of California. , has areas of expertise including economic analysis, e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. and technology management. 831-459-4093, 831-459-0111 (University PR Phone) ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/ifmd/index.html. |
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