DETROIT – A net 14 percent of chief information

officers in the Detroit area expect to hire information technology

professionals in the fourth quarter of 2007, a 3 percent increase from the third quarter, the Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report contends.

The local results reflect a two-quarter rolling average based on

interviews with 200 CIOs from a stratified random sample of companies in

the Detroit area with 100 or more employees; 1,400 executives were queried

for the national data.

“As competition for candidates intensifies in many specialties,

organizations are starting to accelerate their hiring processes, increase

salaries and offer work-life balance benefits such as telecommuting

opportunities and flexible work schedules,” said Katherine Spencer Lee,

executive director of Robert Half Technology.

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