Not too dramatic, I will confess there are still some, but there have been major layoffs at CIGNA, AETNA and THE HARTFORD in IT in the last year, not related to 9/11 or the Telecom collapse, but instead are all due to new jobs created for India.
As for NEW jobs...fat chance for anyone without years of experience
here is a link, search for yourself, see what is offere here for todays graduates, then, add up the number of grads. 1000 people for 10 jobs?
http://www.jobsearch.org/CTOn Dice I found 53 for programmers in Ct. Over 100 in Florida, almost 500 in California. 2464 nationwide, using "programmer" as a search keyword. Didn't try it without that and just in computer field alone.