>From Edupage:
INFO TECH WORKERS WOULD RATHER SWITCH
A survey from George Mason University indicates that information technology
workers are almost twice as likely as the general college-educated
population to switch careers, with one in three anticipating doing so in the
future. The survey polled 400 college graduates between the ages of 30 and
55 who are currently employed and have been out of school at least 10 years.
Half of the respondents said they had already experienced one career change
since college, and 40% reported at least two. Forty percent of IT workers
said if they were starting over, they would study something different as
undergraduates, with most of them citing the liberal arts. "The results
suggest that employees are more restless than in the past and that
companies, especially in the critically short-staffed high-tech industries,
may want to take a hard look at their retention efforts," says Alan Merten,
president of GMU. (CIO 1 Nov 98)
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interesting points (IMO)
-- citation of liberal arts degree
-- characterization of employees as 'restless' from GMU President -- excuse
me? Restless? I don't think so -- not in an age of companies downsizing (or
disappearing) ...
-- they don't define "career change" (maybe in the full article, which I
couldn't find quickly online, http://www.cio.com/)
kathy
> Kathy E. Gill
> DCAC/MRM Production Visibility Support -- 425.234.2004, pager 425.568.0195
> The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at
> doing what they most enjoy. ~ Malcomb S. Forbes
> Microsoft Exchange: the perfect name for its users' greatest desire!
>
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