The impact of the skills gap on the recruitment of MIS graduates

Proceedings of the 2007 ACM SIGMIS Computer Personnel Research Conference: The Global Information Technology Workforce, SIGMIS-CPR 2007

Volumn 2007, Issue , 2007, Pages 105-111

  Aken, Andrew ^a   Michalisin, Michael D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IT skills; Job skills; MIS personnel; MIS workforce; Skills gap

Indexed keywords

IT SKILLS; JOB SKILLS; MIS PERSONNELS; MIS WORKFORCE; SKILLS GAP;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; JOB ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL; STUDENTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34248194204     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1235000.1235025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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