IT skills in a tough job market
Communications of the ACM - The digital society
The impact of the skills gap on the recruitment of MIS graduates
Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel research: The global information technology workforce
A regional IT occupational partnership for economic development
Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS CPR conference on Computer personnel research: The global information technology workforce
Communications of the ACM - The psychology of security: why do good users make bad decisions?
Critical skills for game developers: an analysis of skills sought by industry
Future Play '08 Proceedings of the 2008 Conference on Future Play: Research, Play, Share
Legacy job titles in IT: the search for clarity
Proceedings of the 50th annual conference on Computers and People Research
Skills in the management oriented IS and enterprise system job markets
Proceedings of the 50th annual conference on Computers and People Research
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This paper describes parallels between the IS/IT job market of the 1990's to that of the current decade using longitudinal data collected for these periods from job position ads. Although the data exhibits some measurement issues, it offers insight into the relative size of the specialized job market for IS/IT personnel at its peak in the late 90's to the relative size of the job market at its trough in the early 2000's and concludes a partial recovery now in the mid 2000's.Since the relative size of the IS/IT job market can be viewed as a driving force for much related activity in recruiting, personnel selection and collegiate education, this data may be useful for those interested in computer personnel, particularly in MIS positions. In contrast to governmental statistics gathered on broad definitions of computer personnel (c.f. [10], [4]), this research focuses on skills related to MIS personnel and some IT positions based upon specialized subsets of advertised job skills.The skills demanded in the job market have changed over the last decade. For example, although application and web development skills are still in demand, the programming languages and tools used for development have changed. At the same time, the well publicized downturn in enrolment in MIS programs means that there will be fewer graduates seeking positions in the next few years. This may very well result in a shortage of personnel with current skills.