TechHire Needs Assessment: Information & Computer Technologies Occupational Survey Analysis, June 2016

Respondents use a variety of resources to recruit information technology staff. The most popular, in combination with others, was online. The vast majority, 47%, use 3 to 4 resources with the second most common being use of only one resource (half of those using only one resource used online).

Table 6 Resources Used

Respondents

Online Resources: Career Builder, Monster, etc. Print Advertisements: Trade Journals, Newspapers, etc.

48

8

Staffing Agency/Headhunter

28 31 39

College Career Offices

Word of mouth

Other*

9

Respondents could select more than one

*These include: Company has recruiter, Craigslist, Internal search by placement experts, LinkedIn, Networking, Networking and referrals, Our own website and email list, Our website, LinkedIn, N/A – no openings in many years

IT Job Descriptions

Survey recipients were asked to respond to eleven IT related job descriptions from O*Net by indicating the number of current openings by degree type, whether it is difficult to hire in said job description, and what from a hiring perspective is being anticipated two years from now. The eleven job titles analyzed include the following:

1. Information Technology/Computer and Information Systems Managers 2. Network and Computer Systems Administrators 3. Computer Network Support Specialists 4. Computer Programmers/Software Developers, Applications 5. Computer Systems Analysts 6. Computer User Support Specialists 7. Business Analysts 8. Database Administrators 9. Information Security Analysts

10. Web Developers 11. Project Managers

Respondents indicated that the majority of current and anticipated job openings require a Bachelor’s degree. A detailed synthesis can be found on pages 15-16 in the Appendix.

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