August 2006 Survey: CIOs Put Out Help-Wanted Sign for Business-Savvy IT Professionals

 
 
By Allan Alter  |  Posted 2006-08-16 Email Print this article Print
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hiring will increase for programmers, systems developers, project managers and business analysts who really understand business.

Our first two findings presented evidence that IT organizations are growing. But where will the growth come? Our latest finding covers the hiring outlook for 18 different IT positions, and finds that the demand for new systems and infrastructure is leading to more hiring for IT professionals who can build them. But today, this requires business as well as technical know-how, a combination of skills IT executives expect will be difficult to find.

For more data and analysis, see CIO Insight s Research Center blog at go.cioinsight.com/researchcentral

Finding 3: CIOs are looking for business-savvy technologists to build new systems.
Large and midsize companies are ramping up hiring in programming and systems development; also in demand are professionals in project management, business-process redesign, business analysis and systems integration. The message to IT professionals is clear: A need exists in the U.S. for talented technicians who can be businesspeople, too, especially if they can function in a global economy.

Read the full story on CIOInsight.com: August 2006 Survey: CIOs Put Out Help-Wanted Sign for Business-Savvy IT Professionals
 
 
 
 
Executive Editor

Allan Alter has been a specialist on information technology management, strategy and leadership for many years. Most recently, he was editor-in-chief and the director of new content development for the MIT Sloan Management Review. He has been a columnist and department editor at Computerworld, where he won three awards from the American Society of Business Press Editors. Previously he was a special projects editor, senior editor and senior writer for CIO magazine. Earlier, Alter was an associate editor for Mass High Tech. He has edited two books: The Squandered Computer: Evaluating the Business Alignment of Business Technologies and Redesigning the Firm.
 
 
 
 
 
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