IT jobs rocketing up not down says Best International

Stan Beer
Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:14

IT People - Enterprise

“Information technology was a strong performer in February. The whole IT market has been in the doldrums recently due to US-based multi-nationals turning off the employment tap as the share market cratered,” E.L Consult boss Grant Montgomery said.

“But then people find there are roles that just have to be filled for businesses to keep on operating, prompting a recovery in demand.”

So if demand for IT executives spiked in February, indicating that there are projects coming on line, it is hard to imagine that there would be a drop off of positions down the line.

The discrepancy between the Olivier report with the Best and E.L Consult reports raise the question of how reliable reports are that survey every technology jobs board under the sun. It is well known that many recruiters broadcast the same jobs across every single jobs board they can reach - especially when many will let them list jobs for free. That said, time will tell whether Olivier has in this case got it terribly wrong or is perhaps ominously the only one who has it right.