1. Skills Conversion Survey
1. Which industry best descibes the company you work for?
Response Response
Percent Count
Public Services 8.7% 9
Semi state 1.9% 2
Financial Services 15.5% 16
Information Technology 30.1% 31
Telecoms 7.8% 8
Other (please specify)
35.9% 37
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2. Can you select the size of your company?
Response Response
Percent Count
1-50 staff members 24.3% 25
50-100 staff members 11.7% 12
100-250 staff members 23.3% 24
250-1,000 staff members 21.4% 22
1,000 + staff members 19.4% 20
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2. 3. In which county is your office based?
Response Response
Percent Count
Antrim 1.0% 1
Armagh 0.0% 0
Carlow 0.0% 0
Cavan 1.0% 1
Clare 1.0% 1
Cork 11.0% 11
Derry 0.0% 0
Donegal 0.0% 0
Down 0.0% 0
Dublin 64.0% 64
Fermanagh 0.0% 0
Galway 5.0% 5
Kerry 1.0% 1
Kildare 4.0% 4
Kilkenny 0.0% 0
Laois 0.0% 0
Leitrim 0.0% 0
Limerick 5.0% 5
Longford 1.0% 1
Louth 0.0% 0
Mayo 0.0% 0
Meath 0.0% 0
Monaghan 0.0% 0
Offaly 0.0% 0
Roscommon 0.0% 0
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3. Sligo 0.0% 0
Tipperary 1.0% 1
Tyrone 1.0% 1
Waterford 0.0% 0
Westmeath 1.0% 1
Wexford 1.0% 1
Wicklow 2.0% 2
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4. Unemployment in Ireland has reached an all time high for this generation. Are you
having difficulty recruiting IT professionals?
Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 51.5% 53
No 48.5% 50
Please explain your answer
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4. 5. Do you think graduates who have completed non technical degrees could be
converted to work in the IT industry?
Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 85.4% 88
No 14.6% 15
Please explain your answer
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6. Have you hired anyone who has completed a conversion course?
Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 16.5% 17
No 83.5% 86
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7. Would you consider someone who has done a conversion course?
Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 87.4% 90
No 5.8% 6
Already have 6.8% 7
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5. 8. For what types of jobs would you consider hiring someone who has completed a
conversion course?
Response Response
Percent Count
Testing 37.9% 39
Development 37.9% 39
Support 73.8% 76
Management 31.1% 32
None 3.9% 4
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9. Can you name any conversion courses that in your opinion are reputable?
Response
Count
50
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10. Would someone's previous education and work experience affect whether you
would hire them after they completed a conversion course?
Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 81.6% 84
No 18.4% 19
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6. 11. If yes, from which of the following backgrounds would you consider hiring someone?
Response Response
Percent Count
Accounting and finance 70.2% 66
Architecture 31.9% 30
Arts 19.1% 18
Business 64.9% 61
Construction 22.3% 21
Engineering 74.5% 70
Languages 24.5% 23
Law 20.2% 19
Manual labour 19.1% 18
Manufacturing 37.2% 35
Media and marketing 25.5% 24
Medicine 17.0% 16
No third level education 25.5% 24
Politics 9.6% 9
Science 48.9% 46
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7. 12. If you had the choice, would you consider implementing a similar re-training
programme to that of Ericsson?
Response Response
Percent Count
Yes 20.4% 21
No 5.8% 6
Don't know anything about it 73.8% 76
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