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Slightly fewer U.S. chief information officers plan to add more IT staff in the second half of 2014 compared to the first half, according to a new technology hiring forecast survey by Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI). However, more CIOs plan to hire for open roles.
| Robert Half U.S. IT hiring forecast* | Jan-June 2014 | July-Dec 2014 |
| CIOs adding more staff to IT departments | 16% | 14% |
| CIOs planning to hire only for open IT roles | 67% | 76% |
| CIOs who plan to put IT hiring plans on hold | 15% | 8% |
| CIOs who plan to reduce their IT staff | 2% | 1% |
| Don't know future hiring plans | 1% | 1% |
| *Numbers may not total 100 percent due to rounding. |
“Many IT departments will be focused for the remainder of this year on adding skilled technology professionals for newly created or existing open positions,” said John Reed, senior executive director of Robert Half Technology. “However, many organizations are likely to find it difficult to locate specialized talent, especially in the areas of applications development, networking and security.”
The survey for the second half of 2014 included 2,400 CIOs in 24 major U.S. markets. The older survey for the first half included 2,300 CIOs from 23 major U.S. markets.
In Canada, more CIOs planned to add staff, but fewer planned to hire only for open IT roles.
| Robert Half Canadian IT hiring forecast* | Jan-June 2014 | July-Dec 2014 |
| CIOs adding more staff to IT departments | 12% | 14% |
| CIOs planning to hire only for open IT roles | 74% | 67% |
| CIOs who plan to put IT hiring plans on hold | 9% | 17% |
| CIOs who plan to reduce their IT staff | 2% | 1% |
| Don't know future hiring plans | 3% | 0% |
| *Numbers may not total 100 percent due to rounding. |
The Canadian surveys for both the first and second halves of the year included 270 CIOs in major Canadian markets.