The telecommunications industry is showing decent workforce trends during the present economic downturn. A survey by the Cable and Telecommunications Human Resources Association in March 2010 showed generally positive results in terms of employee turnover rate. The annual involuntary turnover rate for the combined telecommunications and cable industries saw a small 0.5% increase from 2009 to 2010. However, voluntary nonexempt, voluntary exempt, voluntary, and overall turnover rates went down. One possible reason for this data is that the job market in the telecommunications, like many other industries, did not have a significant number of new openings. The other possible reason is that capable human resources and leadership methods have made for greater employee engagement leading to lower turnover.
The wireless industry is expected to see continued growth in wireless technology. cvtips.com predicts that we will see a growth in technology that use wireless communications, such as personal devices, appliances, and products related to telehealth. The market growth of these products will create jobs for computer engineers, programmers, and technicians involved in installation.
As many know, the telecommunications industry is seeing the expansion of the wireless sector and the lessening of the wired sector. This has both positive and negative effects for the telecommunications work force. Minority employees make up a larger proportion of the wireless sector than the wired sector. However, the wireless sector does not pay as well as the wired sector of telecommunications.
Info obtained from:
http://www.cvtips.com/career-choice/job-market-trends-in-telecommunications.html
http://www.cthra.com/focus.php
http://www.civilrights.org/publications/employment-trends/
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