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ICT WORKFORCE DEMAND SURVEY


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CONFIDENTIAL


Survey responses are confidential and individual responses are not identified

 
 
 
A. Company Profile
 
 
1. Name of company/organization:
   
2. Year operation began:
   
3. Interviewee data:
3.1 First and Last name:
   
3.2 Contact details:
Telephone:
   
Fax:
   
E-mail:
   
Web address:
   
 
 
 
3.3 Position in the organization:

 
Owner
 
Director
 
Manager
 
Member of Management Board
 
Sector Manager
 
Unit Manager
 
Professional (non–managerial position)
 
 
 
3.4 Age:

 
18 – 29
 
30 – 39
 
40 – 49
 
50 – 59
 
60 or more
 
 
 
3.5 Sex:

 
Male
 
Female
 
 
 
3.6 Respondent Education Level:

 
High school graduate
 
Vocational/Technical school
 
University graduate
 
Masters/PhD degree holder
 
 
 
4. Type of organization:

 
IT Company - domestic
 
IT Representative office of a foreign based company
 
Financial institution
 
Non – IT Company
 
Association
 
Public entity
 
Local government
 
State Administration
 
Academia (educational institution)
 
 
5. Revenues and geographical reach:

5.1 Please indicate (roughly) the total revenues of your organization for 2010 (in EURO)

 
Less than 1 million EUR
 
Between 1-5 million EUR
 
Between 5-10 million EUR
 
More than 10 million
 
No answer
 
 
 
5.2 Please indicate the geographical region that your organization operates in:

 
Primary sales in the country
 
Primary sales in the Balkan region
 
Primary sales in the EU
 
Primary sales outside of the EU
 
 
 
5.3 Please indicate (roughly) the percentage of exports from total revenues for 2010:

 
0%
 
10% or less
 
10% - 25%
 
25% - 50%
 
50% - 75%
 
75% - 100%
 
 
 
5.4 Type of organization according to the number of activities:

 
One primary activity
 
Multiple activities
 
 
 
5.5 Please give an estimation of your organization’s average growth rate in the past three years:

 
Negative up to 0%
 
Between 1% – 10%
 
Between 11% – 20%
 
Between 21% – 100%
 
More then 100%
 
 
 
2010
   
 
 
 
2010
   
 
 
 
6.3 Please indicate the principal industry/activity of your company/organization:

 
Animation
 
Business Process Outsourcing
 
Contact center
 
Data transcription
 
Software development/ software related services
 
Financial services
 
Manufacturing
 
Real estate, business services
 
Wholesale, retail trade
 
Telecoms, media, and entertainment
 
Education
 
Association
 
Organization - Institution
 
Public entity
 
Local government
 
State administration
 
Others;
 

 
 
 
6.4 Please indicate investments made in Research & Development activities as a percentage of your 2010 annual revenue:
   % of annual revenue
 
 
 
B. ICT Workers
 
7. Please indicate current distribution of full time ICT workers (excluding part time and contractual labor) at the end of 2010 and the estimated distribution for 2011 and 2012 by job category. (REFER TO PROMPT SHEET- ICT Workers).

2010
(actual)
2011
(estimated)
2012
(estimated)
1. Database design, development and administration
2. Digital media specialist
3. Enterprise systems integrator
4. Network design and administration
5. Programmer/software engineer
6. Technical support (including ICT related contact center representatives)
7. Technical writer/trainer
8. ICT sales/marketing
9. Contact center representatives (not ICT related)
10. Data encoders and transcribers
11. Others 1 (please specify below)
12. Others 2 (please specify below)

13. TOTAL
 
 
Others 1 (please specify):
   
Others 2 (please specify):
   
 
 
 
1. Number of ICT management:
   
2. Number of ICT staff/supervisors (rank and file, full time):
   
3. Number of ICT staff (contractual, part time):
   
 
 
9. Please indicate estimated gender breakdown and turnover rate of full time ICT workers in 2008.

Percent
Male
Percent
Female
Employed
Left the organization
 
 
 
10. Of your full time ICT employees, please indicate the estimated percentage breakdown of individuals by the highest level of educational attainment

1. High school graduate
%
2. Vocational/Technical school
%
3. University graduate, IT/Computer degree (3-years program, 180 ECTS)
%
4. University graduate, Non-IT degree (3-years program, 180 ECTS)
%
5. University graduate, IT/Computer degree (4-years program, 240 ECTS)
%
6. University graduate, Non-IT degree (3-years program, 240 ECTS)
%
7. Masters/PhD degree holder
%
0
 
 
 
C. Sourcing of ICT Workers
 
 
11. Please indicate the number of ICT employees hired in your company in 2010:
   


12. Please indicate the number of ICT applicants your company had in 2010:
   
 
 
13. Rank the top three key qualifications you looked for in the ICT workers hired in 2010 (1 – highest, 3 – lowest).

1 (highest) 2 3 (lowest)
Business skills
Soft skills
Education
Experience
Technical skills
Others 1 (please specify below)
Others 2 (please specify below)
 
 
Others 1 (please specify):
   
Others 2 (please specify):
   
 
 
 
1.
   
2.
   
3.
   
 
 
 
1.
   
2.
   
3.
   
 
 
 
16. How relevant are certification programs (such as, but not limited to, those from CISCO, IBM, Microsoft, HP, Oracle, Sun, etc.) to you in the hiring process?

 
not important
 
slightly important
 
important
 
very important
 
crucial
 
 
 
1.
   
2.
   
3.
   
 
 
 
18. How relevant are non – IT certification programs (example Management Information Systems) to you in the hiring process?

 
not important
 
slightly important
 
important
 
very important
 
crucial
 
 
 
1.
   
2.
   
3.
   
 
 
 
20. Please indicate roughly the percentage of your company’s annual budget that is used for training and certification?
   % of total annual budget
 
 
 
21. Please indicate roughly the time an average employee spends on training annually?
   days annually
 
 
 
22. Please indicate roughly the time an average new employee spends on training?
   days annually
 
 
 
23. Please indicate if employee training is outsourced or implemented in-house.

 
All outsourced
 
Mostly outsourced
 
Mostly in-house
 
All in-house
 
 
 
24. Did you have difficulties in filling some job/positions in the last year?

 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
1.
   
2.
   
3.
   
 
 
 
26. What are the methods that your company prefer in selection/recruitment of new employees?
Please mark alternatives that are relevant for your company. Multiple markings are possible.

 
Advertisement
 
Employment agencies
 
Personal contacts and recommendations
 
Directly from secondary/higher education institutions
 
Internship
 
Other. Please, specify:
 

 
 
 
D. ICT Workers Skills Assessment
 
27 a. On the average, assess the soft skills of your ICT workers as of Dec 2010.
Use a scale of 1 to 5 or not applicable (NA). Indicate the relative importance of the top five skills (1 – highest, 5 – lowest).

1
no skill
2
basic knowledge
3
competent
4
advanced
5
expert
Not
applicable
1. Oral Communication (English)
2. Written communication (English)
3. Interpersonal/team skills (handling conflict, motivating others, working with others, negotiating, sensitivity to others)
4. Personal skills (confidence, action oriented, self motivated, perseverance, ability to handle stress, ability to learn quickly)
5. Presentation skills
6. Critical thinking skills (understanding and analytical thinking)
7. Creative (out of the box, innovative) thinking
8. Transcription/documentation skills (listening, encoding)
9. Others 1 (please specify below)
10. Others 2 (please specify below)
 
 
Others 1 (please specify):
   
Others 2 (please specify):
   
 
 
 
27 b. On the average, assess the soft skills of your ICT workers as of Dec 2010.
Indicate the relative importance of the top five skills (1 – highest, 5 – lowest).

1. Oral Communication (English)
2. Written communication (English)
3. Interpersonal/team skills (handling conflict, motivating others, working with others, negotiating, sensitivity to others)
4. Personal skills (confidence, action oriented, self motivated, perseverance, ability to handle stress, ability to learn quickly)
5. Presentation skills
6. Critical thinking skills (understanding and analytical thinking)
7. Creative (out of the box, innovative) thinking
8. Transcription/documentation skills (listening, encoding)
9. Others 1
10. Others 2
 
 
 
1.
   
2.
   
3.
   
 
 
29 a. On the average, assess the business skills of your ICT workers as of Dec 2010. Use a scale of 1 to 5 or not applicable (NA).

1
no skill
2
basic knowledge
3
competent
4
advanced
5
expert
Not
applicable
1. Planning skills
2. Marketing/sales skills
3. Project management
4. Understanding business functions (HR, finance, operations, production, marketing)
5. Customer service skills
6. Understanding the company’s overall business goals and objectives
7. Others 2 (please specify below)
8. Others 2 (please specify below)
 
 
Others 1 (please specify):
   
Others 2 (please specify):
   
 
 
 
29 b. On the average, assess the business skills of your ICT workers as of Dec 2010.
Indicate the relative importance of the top five skills (1 – highest, 5 – lowest).

1. Planning skills
2. Marketing/sales skills
3. Project management
4. Understanding business functions (HR, finance, operations, production, marketing)
5. Customer service skills
6. Understanding the company’s overall business goals and objectives
7. Others 1
8. Others 2
 
 
Others 1 (please specify):
   
Others 2 (please specify):
   
 
 
 
1.
   
2.
   
3.
   
 
 
31. On the average, assess the technical skills (as many as possible) of your ICT workers as of Dec 2008. Use a scale of 2 to 5 (2=basic, 3=competent, 4=advanced, 5=expert) (USE PROMPT SHEET – Demanded IT technical skills)

TECHNICAL SKILL
(in order of importance)
Scale
(from 2 to 5)
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
 
 
 
1.
   
2.
   
3.
   
 
 
 
E. Others
 
33. Indicate your level of agreement or disagreement with the following statements:

Strongly
disagree
Disagree Agree Strongly
agree
No basis for comment
1. The Macedonian workforce has a high level of ICT skills
2. Macedonian ICT workforce skills are not aligned with the global ICT services market
3. Macedonia has an oversupply of ICT programs and graduates
4. Employers prefer ICT workers with university degrees over those with technical/ vocational certificates in ICT.
5. There is limited information and documentation on required ICT positions and skills.
6. Most IT workers today are proficient in technical skills but lacking in business and soft skills.
7. English proficiency has declined significantly.
8. Macedonian MNC subsidiaries can host/provide ICT-enabled services to regional offices.
9. The government is doing its share to promote the ICT industry.
 
 
 
34. In general, what would you recommend to improve the competitiveness of the ICT and ICT enabled industries of Macedonia?
   
 
 
 
F. INTERNSHIP
 
 
35. Have you engaged any interns during 2008 and if yes please specify how many:
   
 
 
 
36. How have you recruited the interns:

 
Through faculty
 
Through personal
 
Through web
 
Through others (please spedify):
 

 
 
 
37. Were they remunerated?

 
Yes
 
No
 
 
 
38. What was the average length of the internship:
   months
 
 
 
39. Would you be interested to introduce interns in your company and if yes please specify how many on a yearly basis:
   
 
 
 
40. What is your estimated best length of internship:
   months
 
 
 
41. Are you ready to negotiate a remuneration (under which conditions and in which interval of payment would it be):
   
 
 
 
G. ACADEMIA, PROFESSORS & OTHER HIGHER - EDUCATION STAFF
 
 
42. How do you grade the quality of students that are coming from the State Educational Institutions in the past three years:

 
Improved
 
Same
 
Worse
 
 
 
43. How do you compare the quality of students that come from the State Educational Institutions in relation to the ones that come from the Private Educational Institutions:

 
Improved
 
Same
 
Worse
 
If you have any question, please contact Anita Nikova, MASIT or Claus Traeger, GOPA.
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