Staying Competitive By Strengthening Connections: Factors Affecting Employer Perceptions of Community and Technical College IT Graduates

最近的调查结果表明，社区大学信息技术(IT)专业的毕业生面临着技术员级工作的激烈竞争，这是因为招聘经理倾向于四年制毕业生，IT职位被外包的趋势，以及他们被派往海外的趋势。通过调查和访谈，国家新兴技术劳动力中心(NWCET)和美国信息技术协会(ITAA)合作确定和分析招聘经理在这种就业背景下对社区和技术学院毕业生的看法。研究结果通过一份名为《通过加强联系保持竞争力》的报告进行传播，该报告为教育工作者更好地了解教育行业如何看待两年制大学项目和毕业生提供了基础，并帮助招聘经理了解两年制大学毕业生的能力。这份报告还应该有助于改变招聘经理的看法，并帮助两年制大学修改课程。研究的设计和实施由市场决策公司负责。

Recent findings indicate that community college graduates in information technology (IT) face substantial competition for technician level jobs due to preference for four-year graduates by hiring managers, the trend to outsourcing IT positions and also sending them off-shore. Through surveys and interviews, the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (NWCET) and the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA) collaborate to identify and analyze hiring managers' perceptions of community and technical college graduates in this employment context. The results are disseminated in a report, Staying Competitive by Strengthening Connections, that provides a foundation for educators to better understand how industry views two-year college programs and graduates, and helps hiring managers understand the capabilities of graduates of two-year college programs. The report should also help change the perceptions of hiring managers and help two-year colleges modify their programs. The research design and implementation are contracted to Market Decisions Corporation.