DETROIT – A net 2 percent of chief information officers in the Detroit area expect to hire information technology professionals in the second quarter of 2008, s new study shows.
Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index and Skills Report reported nine percent of executives surveyed plan to add staff during the quarter and 7 percent anticipate reductions in personnel. The majority of respondents, 83 percent, foresee no change in second-quarter hiring.
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. The studies were conducted by an independent research firm and developed by Robert Half Technology, a leading provider of IT professionals on a project and full-time basis. Robert Half Technology has been tracking IT hiring activity in the United States since 1995.
“Executives are taking a measured approach to hiring, making sure that there is an ongoing need for additional staff,” said Katherine Spencer Lee, executive director of Robert Half Technology. “At the same time, CIOs are finding that competition is tight for IT professionals with experience in areas such as applications and web development, database management and network administration,” Lee said.
With more than 100 locations in North America, South America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, Robert Half Technology is a leading provider of IT professionals on a project and full-time basis, for initiatives ranging from web development and multiplatform systems integration to network security and technical support.
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