April 26, 2007
Vol 5 No 8

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Recruiting in the Tight IT Market

The IT labor market is one of those hard-to-reach spots that demands additional recruiting resources. A recent survey of 1,400 CIOs reported that it now takes an average of 56 days to hire a staff-level IT employee and 87 days to land a new IT manager, well beyond acceptable time-to-fill rates for companies where IT talent is already stretched too thin.

Read more about the tight IT market.

	Diversity
	A 'Broad's' Guide to Recruiting and Retaining Women After working at Goldman Sachs for 14 years, Janet Hanson felt isolated and removed from other working women. She founded 85 Broads (a nod to Goldman's Manhattan address), a network of 17,000 women around the globe, and recently, Broad Impact, a consulting firm. Here are her views on how to find and keep great female employees. Read more about recruiting and retaining women.

	Discussion
	Telecom Job Boards A member writes: "Do any of you know of any telecommunications job boards out there that are reputable? Currently we post on Telecomcareers.net, but that is the only telecom niche site we have found that we have had much success with. Can any of you recommend other boards?" Join the discussion.

Workforce Metrics

High-Tech Labor Markets

Selected cities ranked for high-tech opportunity, with score based on percentage of Internet users on broadband, employment in high-tech sector, self-employment and patents registered, 2007

1. Tokyo	35%
2. London	30
3. Paris	29
4. Atlanta	28
5. (tie) Frankfurt, Germany	24
(tie) New York	24
7. Toronto	23
8. Los Angeles	22
9. (tie) Chicago	17
(tie) Shanghai, China	17
11. Singapore	15
Source: PricewaterhouseCoopers

Information Technology Hiring

Percentage of companies that plan to increase/decrease IT staff during Q2 2007, by metro area

	Increase	Decrease
Atlanta	13%	1%
Baltimore	17	6
Boston	10	2
Chicago	12	4
Cincinnati	15	5
Denver	18	3
Detroit	23	2
Houston	17	2
Los Angeles	12	4
Miami	12	4
New York	18	1
Philadelphia	23	5
Phoenix	25	4
San Diego	21	4
San Francisco	19	4
Seattle	17	2
Washington	23	4
Note: Based on a survey of 1,400 CIOs at companies with more than 100 employees. Source: Robert Half Technology

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