Job searches can be stressful. Job searches during a pandemic can be worse.

Those looking for tech work right now might be having a slightly easier time of it than job seekers in less resilient industries: The IT unemployment rate for January stands at 2.4% compared to a national rate of 6.3%. Tech sector employment was up in January, compared to the previous five months and on par with January 2020 numbers, according to the latest CompTIA monthly tech jobs report.

Tech sector job postings have been down overall since March 2020, when the pandemic froze the U.S. economy, but increasing more recently: More than 78,000 IT roles were added across all sectors in January, CompTIA reported.

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