Chief information officers plan to resume some hiring in the first quarter, but chief financial officers remain cautious about adding staff, according to a pair of surveys released today by Robert Half International Inc. (NYSE: RHI).

The firm's survey of CIOs found that 7% plan to add technology workers in the first quarter and 4% plan to cut their staff for a net increase of 3% -- the highest rate since the first quarter of 2009. Eighty-nine percent plan to maintain their current staff levels.

However, Robert Half's survey of CFOs found that a net 3% plan to cut finance and accounting staff in the first quarter. The decrease is an improvement from the previous survey when a net 6% planned to reduce personnel in the fourth quarter.

The surveys for the first quarter questioned 1,400 CIOs and 1,400 CFOs.