Following on from the announcement of 10,000 jobs being created mainly in the digital media sector in Ireland for next year, the outlook for IT goods and services industries is good going forward after overcoming a difficult period, and has actually emerged stronger post the start of the global economic downturn.. This is according to the 2010 edition of the OECD Information Technology Outlook printed this month. This confirms the general opinion that a career in the digital / information technology sector can definitely be the smart choice.
Their findings include:
Global 3-4% growth in 2010 in the information and communications technologies and the outlook is for continued growth in the sector in 2011
The 10 largest internet firms in the world have enjoyed 10% revenue increases over the last year.
It is estimated that the global video games industry has grown by 25% over the last year.