There's an interesting poll out this week from the recruitment firm IT Job Board which claims that nearly 50 percent of female IT staffers are putting off having a family due to work pressure and workplace issues such as lack of childcare. I find the statistics a bit startling given reports that more enterprises today are looking to hire female techies to boost workplace diversity. One stat from the survey that should catch an IT hiring manager's attention is that two-fifths of female IT professionals polled would take a lower salary in exchange for onsite childcare. Clearly, such a work benefit would prove a huge hiring and retention factor in this tight labor market, though I don't think anyone should have to take a cut in salary for such a perk.

If you missed last Wednesday's Career section, you can always click on over to our archives where you have free access to all of the career news we've printed in the past few months. Here are some recent announcements regarding career moves:

Don Lyons is VP of operations for Emerging Health Information Technology.

Ira Hobbs has announced he is retiring from his role as CIO at the U.S. Treasury Department. 

Gerry Weaver is the new CIO for the state of Indiana.

The new tech leader at Comcast Cable is Andrew Baer, who has been named CIO.

Christopher & Banks Corp. has tapped Steven Danker as senior VP of IS and strategy. 

Carlos Barreio is the new CTO at BabyUniverse.