Benefits January 4, 2002

Networking Specialists Still a 'Hot Job'

January 4, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Demand for technology workers may have slacked off after the boom in the nineties, but human resources professionals should still be keeping their eyes out for networking specialists,
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Networking is the skill most in demand by America’s chief information officers (CIOs), according to a new report.

In the semi-annual RHI Consulting Hot Jobs Report,

  • some 18% of information technology (IT) executives said networking is the fastest-growing job specialty within their departments,
  • Internet and intranet development acme in second, receiving 14% of the response,
  • data or database management ranked third with 12%,
  • applications development was cited by 11% of the sample, and
  • help desk support was next, with 9% of the vote

The Hot Jobs Report tracks job growth in information technology through a survey of more than 1,400 CIOs. The CIOs were polled

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