The Status of It Skills in Business During Recessionary Times
Implications for Educators
Keywords:
Business Education, Technology, Information Technology Skills, WorkplaceAbstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify the demand for information technology (IT) skills in the business world in order to provide guidance to curriculum planners. Method: Want ads in two online job banks were queried using various IT skills as key words. Results: Results show demand is strong for the following IT skills: SQL, JAVA, C++, UNIX, Linux, and HTML/DHTML. Demand was low for all desktop publishing skills except for Photoshop. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) skills are more often required of accounting and finance employees than IT employees. Educators should consider including database (SQL), programming languages (JAVA and C++), operating systems (UNIX and/or Linux) and web design skills (HTML) in their curriculums.
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