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IT job hiring forecast

By Dennis McCafferty on 2010-06-28


With the worst of the recession hopefully behind us, recruiters are gunning to boost their IT talent base, according to a new survey from Monster.com and Technisource.

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78 percent of HR managers/tech recruiters say they plan to hire tech talent over the next six months.

Only 9 percent aren't planning to hire over the next six months. The remaining 13 percent of hirers are TBD.

76 percent of HR managers are confident their company's performance will improve over the next six months.

43 percent say they plan to fill at least 11 tech positions over the next six months.

7 percent say they plan to fill more than 50 positions over the next six months.

Top IT niches in demand

Applications (76 percent), infrastructure needs (58 percent), project management (53 percent)

Other areas of need

Business analysis (42 percent), telecom (17 percent), ERP (16 percent)

Top three resources for recruiting IT pros

Job boards (87 percent), referrals (81 percent), social media (59 percent)

Only 15 percent of IT hirers use newspaper classifieds.

What traits get you the job?

Type of work experience (94 percent), personality/cultural fit (68 percent); years of work experience (68 percent), education (52 percent)

Only 11 percent of those surveyed indicate that an advanced degree is important.

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