ADVISORY/A Recent META Group Survey of It Managers and Decision-makers Echoes Similar Findings to META Group's It Staffing and Compensation Guide.

News/Assignment Editors

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (May 30)

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)

META Group;

-- 78% either don't have metrics in place to measure their employee development
program or don't have an employee development plan in place.

-- 55% rate their organization's compensation strategy either good or
excellent, but a high 39% only give it a fair rating.

-- 60% rate the effectiveness of their organization's incentive program
successful.

-- 67% say the percentage of contract labor used either decreased or stay the
same.

Maria Schafer, the author or the META Group's IT Staffing and Compensation Guide, will be a keynote speaker at IMG's Strategic IT Staffing Conference in New York.

Wednesday, May 30-Thursday, May 31 Hilton New York

This is the only conference to address staffing, e-recruiting, sourcing, and human capital management from the perspective of both the HR and IT departments:

-- Human Capital Management

-- E-recruiting Strategies and Solutions

-- Alternative Sourcing Strategies

Members of the press can attend the conference and find out more about trends in IT staffing and compensation, by emailing Rebecca Hodgkins at [e-mail] and including your name, title, publication name, mailing address, telephone number and email address. You will receive an e-mail notification from Intermedia Group that your request has been processed.

Members of the press unable to attend can schedule an interview with Maria Schafer by calling Samantha Thouvenin at [phone].