The past year has been fairly slow for IT due to the general downturn in the economy. Consequences have been limited recruitment, small budgets and minimal salary increases to the point that a number of firms have imposed salary freezes. However, this has not caused adverse staff turnover as employees have been reluctant to leave a relatively secure job for the uncertainty of the IT job market.
Is this all about to change? As we enter the second quarter of the year, there certainly appears to be a lot of optimism in the market, not just from the economy in general, but also with firms planning new and exciting projects. So how does this affect your IT team? We believe things are about to become more competitive.
