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MRI Sierra International
Group, Inc.
3001 Douglas, Suite 230
Roseville, California 95661
Email: mri@sierrasearch.com
Tel: (916)781-8110
Fax: (916)781-6719
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June 13, 1999
(Cleveland, Ohio) - Executive, professional
and sales workers in the IT industry continue to enjoy a competitive job
market as companies steadily increase new hire projections for the first
six months of 1999, according to the latest hiring survey conducted by
Management Recruiters International, Inc. (MRI), a subsidiary of CDI Corp.
(NYSE: CDI).
Of the executives surveyed who have responsibility for hiring
in the information technology industry, 71.6% plan to increase staffs
over the next six months, up by 0.5 of a point from the second half of
1998. Another 21.4% plan to maintain their current staff sizes, down by
1.3 points, and 7.0% plan decreases, up by only .8 of a point.
By comparison,
of the 5,606 executives polled for all industries, the national average
for projected new hires is 53.2%, while 38.4% plan to maintain, and 8.4%
plan to reduce staff sizes. Overall, new hire projections during the first
half of 1999 remain among the highest ever recorded in the eighteen-year
history of the survey.
MRI President and CEO, Allen Salikof, commented, "Constant and increasing
demand for high-technology systems and the approaching Y2K deadline are
keeping competition for IT candidates at cut-throat levels. Companies
are tapping all of their creative resources to attract the people they
need - and bending over backward to keep them."
IT INDUSTRY HIRING REMAINS HIGH THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF 1999
