Dattero, Ronald

Galup, Stuart

Quan, Jim

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Association for Information SystemsAIS Electronic Library (AISeL)AMCIS 2003 Proceedings Americas Conference on Information Systems(AMCIS)December 2003The Changes in Desired IT Knowledge and Skills:An Exploratory InvestigationStuart GalupFlorida Atlantic UniversityRonald DatteroSouthwest Missouri StateJim QuanSalisbury UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2003This material is brought to you by the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) at AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). It has been acceptedfor inclusion in AMCIS 2003 Proceedings by an authorized administrator of AIS Electronic Library (AISeL). For more information, please contactelibrary@aisnet.org.Recommended CitationGalup, Stuart; Dattero, Ronald; and Quan, Jim, "The Changes in Desired IT Knowledge and Skills: An Exploratory Investigation"(2003). AMCIS 2003 Proceedings. 187.http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2003/1872003 — Ninth Americas Conference on Information Systems 1497THE CHANGES IN DESIRED IT KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:AN EXPLORATORY INVESTIGATIONStuart D. GalupFlorida Atlantic Universitysgalup@fau.eduRonald DatteroSouthwest Missouri State Universityrsd686f@smsu.eduJim J. QuanSalisbury Universityjimjquan@hotmail.comAbstractThe critical skills and knowledge requirements for Information Technology Professionals have changed in thelast year because of the continued economic downturn and the architectural shift to web services.  Using over300,000 job advertisements from 2001 and 2002, the specific changes are identified. The findings are basedon a voluntary web-based survey of information technology workers that was conducted by dice.com, an on-lineplacement company. In general, the job advertisements show the demand for hardware knowledge and skills (K-S) is decreasing(22,357 in 2001 vs. 22,188 in 2002), software is increasing (158,484 in 2001 vs. 159,779 in 2002), anddevelopment methodologies are increasing (1,956 in 2001 vs. 2,177 in 2002). The K-S needed to develop WebServices for the .NET or J2EE environments show modest decline (probably attributed to the economicdownturn) while continuing to dominate the raw counts.  Although the data shows a percentage increase in thedemand (9,828) for traditional TPS K-S such as COBOL, MVS, CICS, and the AS/400, the demand for Java(13,641) alone surpasses these four combined.  In the near future, we plan to more fully investigate the generalpatterns of K-S in demand by today’s employers with particular emphasis on demand for .NET and J2EE K-S.Keywords:  Human resource management, IS career path, IS skill requirements, IS staffing, and IS curriculum

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