Guessing is not a strategy: How to build decision velocity with AI and real-time data
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Bob Weinstein is a journalist who covers technology, project management, the workplace and career development.
It’s no surprise that IT hiring is expected to increase over the next several months. The best evidence is the flood of surveys and polls, which never stop coming. Don’t take them as gospel, but don’t ignore them either. See them for what they are: A snapshot of one small part of the workplace.
The size of a poll and its demographics ought to give you some idea of its breadth and what it represents; it’s often not the economy in microcosm, as its creators purport. The proverbial bottom line is that most CIOs and CFOs see business growth and expansion ahead. That means bigger IT budgets and more hiring.
More significant is that it’s been a consistent seller’s market. And the demand for candidates, from entry level to the hard-to-find six-figure IT superstars, far exceeds the supply. Topping the charts for demand are security professionals and IT project managers, according to management consulting firm Janco Associates’ 2007 IT Salary Survey.
What about high-demand jobs? Janco names the following: project managers; programmers, voice/wireless communications managers, security analysts, change control analysts, computer operations, shift managers, data-center facility administrators, data-entry clerks, data-entry supervisors, LAN applications support analysts, object visual programmer; and production control …
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