Seventy-two percent said they'd use their ex-supervisor as a reference in finding a new job, |
The best for me is word of mouth, because all who know my work know how good I can be at what I do. It also makes the interview easier, because they've heard about me from someone else and know it's not just me boasting. I still dread looking. It's troublesome to be turned down for any reason, good or bad. |
The most effective job-seekers, ... use an average of 6.8 different employment resources when they search for jobs, combining online, networking and recruiter tools. |
The most highly-paid tech workers, ... also told us they'd be far less willing to work for ex-employers than those making less money. |
The Northwest also has a high percentage of self-employed tech professionals: They may be speaking from sad experience. |
There's a strong grass-is-greener effect here, |
U.S. tech workers, ... are increasingly nervous about employers' use of temporary non-U.S. citizens in tech jobs. The most anxiety comes from the most vulnerable. |
We also saw a lot of differences according to pay levels. In general, workers making $100,000 annually wanted government to keep out of the temporary non-U.S. worker situation. |
We qualified 700 tech workers who've been laid off within the last three years, ... and used their responses exclusively. |
What we got back, |
With all the talk of telecommuting, ... it's not a hugely widespread practice, even among techies. A survey like this one about telecommuting would naturally draw a high percentage of telecommuters. But we found only 48 percent of respondents saying that they actively telecommute. |
Workers making more than $100,000 in yearly salary, |