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(CFOZone) By Hilary Johnson
The first quarter of next year will see the strongest IT hiring in a year in the U.S., according to staffing firm Robert Half. Seven percent of chief information officers surveyed said that they will add staff, while 4 percent expect to reduce headcount, a net result that's three points higher than last quarter, according to Robert Half Technology's IT Hiring Index and Skills Report.
It's also the most optimistic forecast since the first quarter of 2009, Robert Half said in a release today. The firm noted that 89 percent of CIOs plan to maintain current personnel levels.
Wholesale and retail industry CIOs are even more interested than other industry executives in hiring additional help, based on their need for better customer/end user support. A net 16 percent of CIOs in wholesale companies plan to add employees, while a net 8 percent of retail CIOs plan to hire.
IT executives in the healthcare industry are also more bullish on hiring than other industries, with 16 percent of CIOs surveyed saying they plan to hire additional employees, and just 3 percent expecting to cut back.
The new IT employees will mostly be full-time, the Robert Half survey results showed, and they will likely be used to help complete IT projects next quarter. Across all industries, 42 percent of CIOs are confident their companies will invest in IT projects in the first quarter of 2010, Robert Half said. When it comes to healthcare, more than half (55 percent) of CIOs surveyed said they are confident that their companies will invest in IT projects next quarter, likely spurred by the move to electronic records.
The study is based on more than 1,400 telephone interviews with CIOs from a random sample of U.S. companies with 100 or more employees.
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