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Optimistic Retail CIOs Plan to Add to Their IT Staffs

June 10, 2011

Retail CIOs are much more aggressive than their other sector counterparts in planning for more IT hires, according to new survey figures by Robert Half Technology (RHT), which surveyed 1,400 CIOs (of multiple industries) from companies across the United States with 100 or more employees.

When compared with the national numbers and against seven other verticals (manufacturing; finance, insurance and real estate; professional services; construction; wholesale; transportation; and business services), retail CIOs were the most optimistic about hiring IT people, tying manufacturing, with 9 percent of both segments' CIOs saying they plan to add staff and one percent saying they plan to reduce staff.

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