Demand for high-tech workers up 31% in Jan-April 
 
Demand for managers in April 2005 was 32% lower than in March. 
 
Globes
May 4, 2005
 
Manpower Israel subsidiary Manpower Information Technology (MIT) 
reports a 4.9% rise in demand for high-tech workers in April 2005, 
compared with March. Demand for high-tech workers was up 31.1% 
in January-April, compared with the corresponding period of last year. 
The figures are based on a survey of help-wanted ads in Israel's 
leading daily newspapers. Figures indicate that most of the rise in 
demand in April was for programmers, network managers and 
support staff. Demand fell hardest for managers and hardware 
engineers. 

Demand for managers in April was 32% lower than in March, 
and 37% lower than in April 2004. Demand for team leaders and 
project managers in April was 5% lower than in March, and there 
is no sign of renewed demand. 

Demand for network managers and support staff was up 8.2% in April, 
after falling over 40% between August 2004 and March 2005. 
Demand for programmers was 9.9% higher in April than in March, 
and 48.6% higher than in April 2004. 

MIT CEO Idit Padan said the rise in demand for workers in April 
indicated a clear trend of renewed growth, after the drop in demand 
between September 2004 and February 2005. 

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