IT Hiring Looks Promising in 1Q

Despite recent bad news about rising unemployment rates, the economy shows signs of improvement in certain sectors. Hiring in information technology early next year may help stoke the fires. 

Eighty-four percent of chief information officers are confident about their company’s prospects during the first quarter, according to a survey by the staffing firm Robert Half International of Menlo Park, Calif.

A net of 8 percent of the CIOs said they plan to add jobs in their IT departments during the first quarter. The survey is based on phone interviews of 1,400 CIOs in the U.S. at companies with more than 100 employees. 

Companies in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin will be most active in hiring, the survey said.

Network administrators will be the most sought-after employees, followed by Windows administrators and desktop support and database management.