2008 TechTalentBC Labour Study

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FEBRUARY 2008

LABOUR TRENDS IN THE BRITISH COLUMBIA TECHNOLOGY SECTOR

C ONTENTS

Executive Summary ..........................................................................................

E XECUTIVE S UMMARY

The 2007 TechTalentBC study indicates that BC’s technology sector is very bullish on their conti...

In total, the top nine job categories account for more than 40% of the potential new jobs. Also of note is that all major...

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With respect to key experience attributes, BC technology companies tend to be looking for either three to five years’ work...

Interestingly, although the United States is the most common source for international recruitment of executive and middle ...

students and interns in the past year, including one respondent company that hired more than twenty prior students.
When ...

PROJECT METHODOLOGY

The 2007 TechTalentBC Labour Demand study was conducted from September 25 to October 17, 2007. An...

The sample appears to be skewed slightly toward larger, more mature companies, which can be seen in the average age of
...

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# of % of
Typ...

S ECTION 1 – L ABOUR D EMAND F ORECAST

HEADCOUNT OVERVIEW

TOTAL BC HEADCOUNT

The 2007 study asked responde...

MANAGEMENT POSITIONS

2007 2008 Growth (FTEs) ...

increases in FTEs are expected for sales, marketing, hardware and software, and technical areas. Respondents anticipate
l...

CUSTOMER SERVICE

Also in line with growth projections from 2006 is the need for more customer service positions, both ge...

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Operations – Entry 55.0 71.3 16.3 29.5%
Operations – ...

Electrical Engineer – Entry 5.0 8.0 3.0 60%
Electrical En...

KEY BARRIERS TO RECRUITMENT

Barrier # ...

MOST DIFFICULT POSITIONS TO HIRE

To gain more understanding of the specific types of jobs that BC technology companie...

Approximately 30% of the difficult‐hire positions were in the engineering field. Employers generally have rigorous stand...

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Q. Please select the key job attributes that you are looking for in
...

Management Experience # %
...

required in the highly demanding technology industry, where companies are under constant pressure to create better
produc...

Services Provided # %
Q...

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S ECTION 2 – R ECRUITMENT AND R ETENTION S TRATEGIES AND T ACTICS

In line with the labour demand forecasted abo...

The above table and chart show the percentage of FTEs recruited from BC, Canada and internationally. The overwhelming
maj...

BY COUNTRY

COUNTRY # of Respondents % of ...

BY POST‐SECONDARY INSTITUTIONS 2

UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE # of Respo...

PROVINCIAL NOMINEE PROGRAM

As International recruitment is an underutilized but increasingly necessary tactic for the...

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Study participants were asked if the program had any specific limitations. Only two responded, both saying that the
pro...

S ECTION 3 – A LTERNATIVE S TRATEGIES FOR T ALENT

NEARSOURCING AND OUTSOURCING

BY SERVICE AND JURISDICTION
...

UTILIZATION OF ACADEMIC RESOURCES

To understand if and how BC technology companies might be extending their talent reach...

HIRING OF PREVIOUS INTERNS AND CO‐OP STUDENTS

Several respondent companies stated that they ended up hiring their for...

SPONSORSHIP OF RESEARCH CHAIRS

# of Chairs Sponsored # of Respondents...

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FORECAST FOR NEXT 12 MONTHS

# of Respondent...

S ECTION 4 – B UILDING E XISTING T ALENT THROUGH T RAINING

TRAINING BUDGET

% of Salary Budget ...

DESIRED TRAINING AREAS

Further testing was undertaken to ascertain the demand for a set of training topics suggested...

BREAKDOWN OF OTHER TRAINING AREAS

Topic # of Respondents ...

APPENDICES

Sector # of Companies % of Companies
...

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A CKNOWLEDGEMENTS

TechTalentBC Labour Demand Study is an annual industry study designed to identify the growth and ...

BC T ECHNOLOGY I NDUSTRY

The following is an outline of the major industry sectors in BC and their relative streng...

F AST F ACTS

• BC’s technology industry has reached a historical high, reporting a total of 22,377 technol...

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