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September 3, 2008
Detroit-area employers plan to hire more information technologists in the fourth quarter, a recruiting firm reports, while prospects for finance/accounting professionals are more modest.
The results of surveys by Robert Half International/Robert Half Technology come as Comerica Bank reported Wednesday that business activity in Michigan fell in June, the fifth monthly drop in six months.
Among chief information technology officers in the Detroit area, a net 9 percent plan to hire staff in the fourth quarter of 2008, the executive recruitment firm reported. A two-quarter rolling average based on interviews with 200 CIOs of companies employing at least 100 in southeastern Michigan was pulled from a larger national survey of 1,400 executives, the company said.
"I.T. hiring projections for the fourth quarter indicate greater activity in the Detroit area compared to the national forecast," according to Katherine Spencer Lee, executive director of Robert Half Technology, in the company's announcement. "Organizations are directing recruitment efforts toward professionals who can provide essential services - such as help desk and networking - and support the launch of Web 2.0 based functionality."
Twelve percent of Detroit-area executives said they plan to hire technology staff while 3 percent said they plan to cut such jobs, the company found. The company's finance professional hiring division said a similar survey of 200 Detroit-area chief financial officers indicated that 9 percent will add staff while 8 percent will cut jobs, for a net 1 percent gain in market hiring.
Comerica Chief Economist Dana Johnson, meanwhile, reported that his Michigan Business Activity Index fell four points in June after a two-point rise in May. The June level of 87 was the lowest since July 1998, he said.
"With the Michigan-based auto companies reeling due to the overall weakness of the national economy and the increased preference for high-mileage vehicles, the downtrend in the state's economy appears to have accelerated," he said in an announcement Wednesday.
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