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Report finds 59% of IT employers to add temp/contract workers

January 28, 2015

More than half of IT employers plan to add full-time, permanent staff this year and three-quarters will offer higher starting salaries, according to CareerBuilder’s new IT forecast. In addition, 59% of IT employers will add temporary or contract workers,.

However, IT employers may run into challenges finding qualified talent. Sixty-two percent of IT employers said there’s a significant gap between the skills they need at their organization and the skills job candidates have, and 48% have open positions for which they cannot find qualified candidates. More than half, 54%, have job vacancies that stay open for 12 weeks or longer.

“As companies rely more on technology to inform business decisions, enhance services and stay competitive, they need employees with the skills to navigate the increasingly complex technologies that are developing,” said CareerBuilder CTO Eric Presley. “With that in mind, employers are focusing on ways to bridge the skills gap at their organizations, from investing in employees’ education to enticing talent with higher pay and more flexibility.”

Top IT industry recruitment trends for 2015, according to surveyed IT employers:

  1. 87% plan to increase salaries for existing employees, and 75% will do so for incoming employees.
  2. 70% plan to hire recent college graduates in 2015, and 52% plan to hire paid interns; 35% plan to hire more recent college graduates this year than last year.
  3. 53% are “likely” or “very likely” to rehire retirees from other companies in 2015.
  4. 61% continuously recruit for positions that may open up down the line.
  5. 50% are providing financial assistance for current employees going back to school to earn an advanced degree with 23% footing the bill completely.
  6. 60% will offer employees more flexible work arrangements this year, mainly in the form of alternate schedules, compressed workweeks, summer hours, job sharing and sabbaticals.

The survey was conducted online within the US by Harris Interactive on behalf of CareerBuilder among 145 hiring managers and human resource professionals from the IT industry. The survey was conducted between Nov. 4 and Dec. 2, 2014.