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Winter 2002 Job Survey: Summary of Results
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| NYC Area Employees |
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| A total of 56 member companies, or about 10% of our membership, participated
in this survey, which was given between January and March 2002. Half
of our sample indicated they have 1-10
employees. Just over 10% indicated employing 11-25 people. The remaining
38% have 26 or more employees, with most of these grouped in the 100+
employee category. |
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(Note: The values for the following survey result categories are based on an average of
importance, where the importance values are between zero and two, two being ranked most
important. See survey results for the actual Index computations.)
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Important Business Applications and Training Requirements
Member companies offer a variety of services. The top three types of businesses that participants
are involved in include the production of application software products, custom programming, and
Web site development. Over 30% indicate the following applications / programming tools are of
key importance to their businesses: |
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- MS Windows NT/2000
- JavaScript
- MS SQL Server
- XML
- Java
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| These technologies have been consistently chosen over both of our surveys. The importance of
developing and mastering these applications and tools are highlighted further by the types of
training the companies desire. Areas of interest for training include expanding staff knowledge
of any programming language, of systems analysis / requirements analysis, and of software project
management methodology. |
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| Company Funding Sources |
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| Over 95% of our companies are not venture funded, up from 81% in the Summer
2001 survey. |
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Hiring
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| Hiring Status |
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| (Note: The Hiring Status Index results are calculated with -1 responses indicating
companies are laying off, +1 responses indicating hiring, and 0 indicating no change in staffing.
The survey responses were averaged to produce the Hiring Status Index results.) |
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| Although the numbers are positive, they are significantly less positive than those in the
Summer 2001 survey. However, at least companies for the most part are not laying off.
Overall hiring of technical personnel went from 0.29 to 0.12. Hiring of network administrators
went from 0.16 to 0.7. The hiring status for programmers dropped significantly from 0.33 in
the Summer survey, to 0.13. The need for interns remained high, with the demand dipping from
0.41 to 0.31. In general, a decrease in hiring is reflected across the board. |
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| Skills Importance |
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| The most valued and desirable skills of candidates entering the industry are "soft"
skills. This includes good communication and interviewing skills. These findings are consistent
with the findings from the Summer 2001 survey. In addition, a college degree and Computer Science
degree are also of value. According to the survey, industry certifications are not as high a priority.
Even so, participants sited the Sun Java certification, the Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
(MCSD) and the Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) as the top three most important
certifications, which is also consistent with the Summer 2001 survey. |
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| Sources |
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| New to the Winter survey is information regarding preferences for hiring sources. The survey
results indicate that the leading sources for hiring candidates to fill IT positions are
personal and professional networks. The next types of sources companies indicate they use
include Web sites and the selecting of candidates who have completed internships within the
company. Newspaper listings, recruiting firms, and job fairs are used, but much less
frequently. |
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