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IT Hiring Picture For 2011 Mixed: Page 2 of 2

A survey of various IT sector hiring forecasts for 2011 show a mixed bag, with companies planning to bring in more people but still relying, at least in part, on contract or temporary workers rather than making permanent hires. The technology consulting firm Janco Associates reports a slight increase in hiring in some IT areas, but not enough to offset the job losses in IT during the recession. But a survey of hiring managers and recruiters by the tech employment Web site Dice.com reveals six in
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"Perhaps some companies held off on IT spending in 2010 and sat on their costs," Challenger says. "But they actually have a lot of cash on their balance sheets, so a lot of them are reinvesting in themselves and building muscle."

While Challenger acknowledges that hiring could be a combination of temporary and permanent hires, Dice.com believes the balance is shifting in favor of permanent hiring. It its hiring survey, Dice did not ask recruiters or hiring managers if they're hiring temporary or permanent workers, but 60 percent of the jobs posted on its site today are for permanent positions, says Tom Silver, senior vice president, North America, for parent company Dice Holdings.

"We've seen the trend that when hiring ramps up--it begins with contract, and then full-time gradually follows," which is typical of recession recovery periods, Silver said in an e-mail. "[Today] the gap between hiring for temporary labor and permanent tech professionals continues to grow."

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