IT will see
staffing levels increase in the third quarter of 2009, despite
a predicted drop in the overall job market, according to
research.
While the UK workforce is set to shrink in most sectors, IT
organisations are expecting to hire more than they fire.
The effects of the recession have begun shifting from the
private sector to the public sector, with net employment intentions
in the private sector, according to the quarterly Labour Market
Report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and
KPMG.
Other sectors that expect to see staffing levels rise are retail
and healthcare (including the NHS).
The researchers surveyed 900 employers across the UK and found
signs that the decline in jobs is slowing. Another wave of
redundancies cannot be ruled out, though, as the UK economy is
making a weak recovery.
Dr John Philpott, chief economist at the Chartered Institute of
Personnel and Development, said: "When it comes to the immediate
jobs outlook, the best that can be said is that things are getting
worse more slowly."