IT Work Force Status as of April 2003
The current IT market of Canada as of April 2003:
1. The total IT labour force in Canada as of summer of 2002 is 420000, where it grew steadily from about 410000 workers in Mar of 2000 through to mid-2001 wjen it exceeded 440000 workers. The second half of 2001 saw a big drop (lay-offs) of IT workers back to 410000, then in the first half of 2002, the IT work force restored to almost 440000, but then declined again to about 410000.
2. among the 4 IT occupation categories: programmer, analyst, technician, engineer and manager, programmers are the largest occupational group, at over 120000 workers. The demand for technician group has been declining.
3. among the total of 420000 IT workers, 51% is from Ontario, 23% from Quebec, 12% from Prairies and 10% from BC.
4. In BC, there are about 2500 IT companies, 80% of them hired less than 10 people.
5. The majority lay-offs in 2001 and 2002 in the technology sector did not take place in the IT/software areas, instead most took place in the telecom and related products and services sectors.
6. the better paid and demanding IT occupational groups are above-intermediate level system engineers, software developers, customization programmers and programmer/analysts. They work in highly demanded areas of Embedded Software, Application Development (ERP), E-Commerce or Security. Those jobs require high levels of original analytical work (development versus operations or maintenance types of work). Web developers are the least demanding IT occupation.
7. The best-paid and high salary-increase IT workers since 2001 to April 2003 in terms of areas are: Ottawa, Toronto, then Alberta, BC and Montreal are the weakest areas.
8. the weekly salary range from 2000-2002 in Canada: all IT average $801-$1000, IT managers: >$1600, engineers: $1201-1400, analysts: $1001-1200, programmers: $801-1000, technicians: $601-800.
9. IT workers in Canada from 2000-2002 are majorly(account for 85%) distributed in these five industry sectors: professional, scientific, and technical: 46%; manufacturing: 14%; information and culture: 8%; finance and insurance: 8%; public administration: 9%.
10. relatively common characteristics in recruiting and selection: 1) use of web, 2) consider recruiting firms for staff senior positions and locate rare skills or as a last resort, 3) rely heavily on internal resources for operations and support roles, and more on external sources for jobs with a major development role, 4) use referral bonuses (from $250-1500), 5) use HR for initial screening of IT candidates, 6) prefer to hire experienced people (not new grads) with accomplishments in similar industries, 7) prefer to hire persons with Canadian (or comparable) experience.
转自:加拿大华人信息技术协会