Employment Picture Still Dull In High Tech

National employment demand continued to be soft in June though the picture is more encouraging than several months ago.

Since March, online job postings have been up 35,000 jobs with 24 states posting gains and 26 posting declines. The nation experienced a 1.2 million decline in the previous five months.

In particular, June brought a modest uptick in worker demand in Florida and Georgia. But high-tech center California as well as Massachusetts and New York saw continued falling demand from companies, according to the Conference Board.

Almost half of June’s 67,700 decline in online job postings came in computer and mathematical sciences, and in sales and related position, the Conference Board said Monday.

However, computer and mathematical sciences still had more vacancies than unemployed people. That should offer some note of encouragement even with the slow summer business period ahead.