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It Pros to Find Demand For Skills, Low Risk of Layoffs in 2012: Dice Report
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About 65 percent of nearly 1,200 IT-focused hiring managers and recruiters said their companies or clients will add technology professionals in the first half of 2012, according to a Dice.com survey. The survey also found that 27 percent of companies looking to hire plan to expand their staffs by more than 20 percent over the next six months. Tech professionals with six to 10 years of experience will be most in demand, followed by those who have held tech jobs for two to five years.
"The tech recruiting market is active, although the pace of improvement has been impacted by broader economic concerns," says Dice.com's Alice Hill. "The elevated economic uncertainty makes it tougher for hiring managers to lure tech professionals into leaving their current position." Companies will use larger salaries as a way to attract new hires. Forty-two percent of hiring managers and recruiters predicted an increase in salaries for new hires this year, 48 percent said it takes longer to fill positions compared to a year ago, and 57 percent attributed the delay to a shortage of qualified tech talent and 31 percent to concerns about the economy.
Only 16 percent of corporate hiring managers believe layoffs are likely during the first half of next year.
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