The IT/IS job market: A longitudinal perspective

SIGMIS CPR'06 - Proceedings of the 2006 ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 50-52

  Litecky, Chuck ^a   Prabhakar, Bipin ^b   Arnett, Kirk ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IT skills; Job market; Job positions; Job skills; MIS personnel

Indexed keywords

IT SKILLS; JOB MARKET; JOB POSITIONS; JOB SKILLS; MIS PERSONNEL;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DATA REDUCTION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ERGONOMICS; PERSONNEL;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33745872955     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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