“The IT industry has one of the most mobile work force,” the findings of a survey revealed.
“More than 75% of IT professionals have been with their current employer for less than two years,” according to the second CyberMedia Dice-TNS survey.
Job portals were getting increasingly popular with IT professionals, with 60% of the respondents posting their resumes on job portals.
“That the specialist job portals are becoming an important tool for hiring by the IT industry is visible in the jump in the number of IT professionals registered with three or more job portals from 17% in 2005 to almost 60% in 2006,” says E. Abraham Mathew, CEO, CyberMedia Dice (CMD).
Interestingly, even though the IT professionals were happy and committed, their registering with job portals showed that they were shopping around for the best deal in town for someone with their skills sets and experience, the survey revealed.
It added that more than 63% of the IT professionals had less than five years of work experience in IT or IT related fields.
The survey involved 1886 online respondents, who were among the 3,50,000 members enrolled on CMD, a dedicated technology job site.
Bangalore-based CMD is a joint venture between two technology specialists: CyberMedia, South Asia 's largest specialty media house and Dice, the leading provider of online recruiting services for technology and engineering professionals in the United States .
The CMD-TNS survey also found that over 70%of the IT professionals were given promotions in the last one year.
It also said the job seeking IT professionals were a highly satisfied and committed lot with a quarter of them having a TRI*M Index above 70 while the all India mean for all employees (across all sectors) was only 62.
Commenting on the highlights of the survey, Abraham Karimpanal, Head of Technology Practice of TNS India said, “Nearly a fourth of the job seeking IT professionals are an extremely happy and a committed lot with TRI*M index of 70 plus, significantly higher than the Indian industry average of 62.”
Growth offered by a company was the most important determinant of employee motivation and commitment, while the salary had little impact on motivation or commitment, the survey said.
On GenNext IT professionals, Pradeep Gupta, Chairman and Managing Director of CyberMedia said, “A closer look at the profile indicates that that they are restless, very ambitious professionals looking for a fast track career growth. The challenge for the industry is to meet their ambitions and aspirations.”
The study revealed that the employees demonstrated the highest commitment to their organization in their first year of employment and it dropped considerably over the years.
