Digital and direct marketing hiring is on track to rebound in early 2010, with 46% of hiring managers planning to add staff in the first quarter. That is up from 30% who said the same in the fourth quarter 2009, according to a Bernhart Associates survey. In addition, the number of companies that report hiring freezes for the first quarter fell to 26%, from 45% who reported the same in the last quarter, Bernhart reported.