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Hiring Needs
source: Computerworld, January 2000
Just how desperate are IT managers to get good e-Business professionals on board? Just ask Eric Kidd. The chief technology officer and vice president of engineering at start-up Petsmart.com in Pasadena, Calif., is spending 40 hours per week - nearly two-thirds of his typical 70 hour week - on recruiting efforts alone.
Percentage of IT managers surveyed who said their hiring needs were high in the following areas:
| Rank |
Technology |
3 Months Out |
12 Months Out |
| 1 |
Application Development |
35% |
37% |
| 2 |
Networking |
34% |
35% |
| 3 |
Internet Development |
32% |
41% |
| 4 |
E-Commerce |
18% |
27% |
| 5 |
Data Mining |
17% |
24% |
Rising Signing Bonuses
source: Computerworld, September 1999
Especially hard-to-fill jobs get large sign-on bonuses to sweeten the pot. Topping the list is webmaster at $10,000, followed by network analysts at $8,000, and systems analysts at $6,700.
Projected Growth
source: Active Media, Inc.
| Year |
Total Value of eBusiness |
| 1996 |
$2.7 billion |
| 1997 |
$21.8 billion |
| 1998 |
$73.9 billion |
| 2002 |
$1.2 trillion |
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