| Enrolling and holding IT talent is a key success factor | | | | abundance. One survey respondent commented, |
| for any IT company. This special study investigates | | | | \"With the increasing unemployment rate, there are |
| current trends and challenges that IT companies are | | | | more candidates to sift through.\" However, a |
| facing in recruiting and staffing. | | | | substantial count of respondents in Q4 (36%) shows |
| In spite of the recent unanticipated inflow of job | | | | that providing a competitive remuneration still persist as |
| candidates, finding out certified individuals (highly skilled | | | | a challenge for companies, saying that overall budget |
| and certified etc.) will be the top IT staffing challenge | | | | and salary cuts down may be canceling out any |
| (53%) as 2009 begins. The availability of those | | | | rewards resulting from a less competitive labor market. |
| individuals with in-demand and difficult-to-find IT skills | | | | In fact, 66% stated that their IT hiring challenges |
| changed only slightly. In spite of significant change from | | | | remained the same despite economic changes. |
| 2008 to 2009 there is an increased demand for | | | | Most responders (74% in Q4) looking for staffing |
| programming language skills and software developing | | | | requirements will use or will think of employing a |
| skills, doubling from 15% to 30%. Remaining high in | | | | staffing provider, maybe because consciousness of |
| necessitate are enterprise solutions skills and, business | | | | the advantages has grown. There was an increase in |
| intelligence that highlights the proceeding demands for | | | | the number of responders who value a provider\'s |
| companies to make effective use of | | | | ability to manage altering workforce requirements (up |
| business-centered, strategic IT positions to stay | | | | from 8% to 15%), and an appreciation of the ability of |
| competitive in the present challenging financial positions. | | | | HR to focus on more strategic initiatives (up from 4% |
| Finding qualified candidates is regarded as a tough job | | | | to 12%). |
| when the labor supply is less and when it is in | | | | |