Security pros expected to be in high demand for hiring
With chief information officers planning to increase hiring, even if just a bit, in the first quarter of 2010, who they are looking to hire is the next big question. And according to a recent survey, they are making the right choices, as security professionals are among their high priorities, together with networking and application development personnel.
Robert Half Technology interviewed 1400 US CIOs to reach their results, which predict a net 3% increase in IT hiring activity, spread across companies of all sizes in Q1 of 2010. The net increase was reached after putting together the 7% who expect additions to their staffs with the 4% that expect reductions.
The health services industry stands out as a bright spot in the hiring report, with 16% of health services CIOs planning to expand their IT departments and just 3% planning cutbacks. Many health services CIOs pointed to increased staff needs stemming from the development of enterprise-wide applications.
I wonder if the high IT pros demands of health companies have anything to do with all the security breaches and data loss or theft of the past year or so… I bet it does!
