Kaushik Rathi

January IT Employment Holds Steady Employment in IT remained flat In January 2026, adding 1,999 net jobs month-over-month, according to TechServe Alliance, the national trade association for the IT & Engineering Staffing and Solutions Industry. Since January 2025, IT employment grew 0.67%, or 34,836 jobs.    “January’s employment data reinforces what our members are seeing in the market right now—a labor environment that remains selective and uneven, but is beginning to show early signs of stabilization,” said Mark Roberts, CEO of TechServe Alliance.    “We are seeing comparatively better IT hiring momentum in sectors such as healthcare, life sciences, utilities, and infrastructure-related engineering, where digital modernization, data, and security needs remain active. Overall, clients are moving more deliberately, approving targeted projects and high-priority roles, and placing greater emphasis on outcomes, productivity, and near-term business impact rather than broad-based hiring,” Roberts added.  A NOTE FROM PHIL There are so many challenges to finding good IT people today. Candidates can send their resume to hundreds of businesses with one click. Fraudulent resumes and workers are more common than ever before. If you need any help hiring IT Contractors or Full-Time employees, give us a shout.

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Data as a mission asset. Recovery as resilience. Open AI, secure data, ready for action. The new AI Action Plan makes hybrid-ready data a security imperative. Learn how Cohesity Gaia aligns with federal goals: secure, searchable, governed. Read more → https://lnkd.in/edpVpGyG #AI #CyberResilience #DataSecurity

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Contingent Staffing RFPs are wild (and getting wilder!) I posted a couple weeks back about “innovation signaling without innovation delivery” Since then, a super-progressive financial institution (can't say who, but they have global name recognition) asked me to get together a response for an RFP they’re releasing. It looks nothing like a staffing RFP, and looks A LOT more like a platform/product RFP…..nearly 200 questions, 90% being deeply technical. Unfortunately..... The structure of the RFP failed to communicate the actual problems this organization was hoping to solve for. They knew they didn’t want a typical “staffing” RFP response, but the “product” nature of the RFP was insufficient in communicating the full set of business needs. There’s a gap here, and innovation mismatch in the industry. 100% For a number of reasons, this is just where the industry is at. So if you're writing or responding to staffing and recruitment RFPs and you're not actively contemplating these kinds of mismatches, you're probably reinforcing the very barriers you're hoping to overcome. So don't fall into that trap. Connect for advice, and approach the problems you're trying to solve with an open mind.

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Milestone moment: GDIT enabled CMS to become the first federal agency to realize cloud cost savings through OneGov ─ delivering value for taxpayers and supporting digital modernization: https://lnkd.in/echp58SC

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🚀 With National Hire a Veteran Day approaching, now’s the time to highlight the long-term value of veteran hires. They’re more experienced. They stay longer. And they drive results. Know a business that should consider veteran candidates? Share this with them! #Akkodis #SmartIndustry #NHVD #HireAVeteranDay

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CCIE + FSP clearance = rare. But what if you could unlock a pipeline by adjusting just one piece of the puzzle? iQuasar Staffing Services showed it’s possible. Read More: https://lnkd.in/gB_y9eXj #ClearedTalent #DefenseRecruiting #SecurityClearance #CCIE #IATLevel3 #FSPClearance #TS SCI #DSSP #GovernmentContracting #DefenseTech

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