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Only Net 2 Percent of CIO's Hiring in 2005
CHICAGO, Sept. 8 PRNewswire - A net 2 percent of chief information officers (CIOs) in the Chicago area expect to hire information technology (IT) professionals in the fourth quarter of 2005, according to the most recent Robert Half Technology IT Hiring Index andSkills Report.
Nine percent of executives surveyed plan to add staff during the quarter and 7 percent anticipate reductions inpersonnel. The net 2 percent increase is down six points from the third-quarter 2005 forecast. The majority of respondents, 81percent, foresee no change in hiring in the fourth quarter.The local results reflect a two-quarter rolling average based on the responses of 200 CIOs from a stratified random sample ofcompanies in the Chicago area with 100 or more employees; 1,400 executives were queried for thenational data. (To view the national results, visit
http://www.rht.com/PressRoom.)
The surveys 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.
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