Information technology executives should consider their evolving businesses when hiring, molding or managing workers, and act on lessons learned during the recession, prominent researchers recommend.


In its recent report, “IT Staffing Trends to Watch in 2010,” Forrester Research Inc. said “new technologies, increased outsourcing and cost-reduction initiatives are changing IT’s staffing and skill requirements.” 


The findings in Forrester’s report by Marc Cecere showed that three trends have influenced IT staffing specifications: