Please Help! Important Foundational ICT Competency Study

We are requesting your help in an important study of California ICT* Workforce demand by sending a version of the email below to your California business and industry contacts!

Employers are asked to complete a half hour online survey, an optional $50 reward is offered, study results are free to all, and it will produce valuable information.

You are aware of the skills mismatch problem, in which a majority of employers report difficulties finding appropriately skilled ICT Workforce.  We need a set of employer-generated, clearly defined competencies expected of the future ICT Workforce we can use to create better alignment across community college programs and employer needs. 

Using the results of this study, we will be engaging ICT educators in the spring on how to use these employer generated competencies to develop consistent foundational Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for ICT programs in California Community Colleges.

ACTION REQUESTED:

Please customize an email below and forward to your ICT employer contacts (e.g. IT Managers, IT Directors, etc.) strongly encouraging them to take the survey.

*Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is an umbrella term, widely used outside the U.S. and in the U.N., to encompass all rapidly emerging, evolving and converging computer, software, networking, telecommunications, Internet, programming, information systems and digital media technologies.

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Subject: Please Help!  Important Foundational ICT Competency Study

 

Dear [California Business and Industry Contact],

On behalf of the California Community Colleges, I am requesting your input on this important study of California ICT* Workforce demand!

The study’s goal is to develop a set of employer-generated, clearly defined competencies expected of the future ICT Workforce, to create better consistency across community college programs and employer needs.  The study is focused at a foundational level, knowledge and skills expected of all ICT Workforce, regardless of specialized role.  The results of the study will help address a skills mismatch problem, in which a majority of employers report difficulties finding appropriately skilled ICT Workforce, even in this period of high unemployment.

 ACTION REQUESTED:

·         If you have direct knowledge of your ICT Workforce competency needs, as a California employer, you can help by participating in an online survey at www.caictresearch.com.  It takes about half an hour, and you may opt to receive $50 reward.

·         If you do not have direct knowledge of your ICT Workforce competency needs, or are not located in California, you can help by sending a version of this email to your California business and industry contacts who do!

Please find further details about the study at www.caictresearch.com.

Your assistance with this study is very much appreciated!

Sincerely,

[YOUR NAME]

*Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is an umbrella term, widely used outside the U.S. and in the U.N., to encompass all rapidly emerging, evolving and converging computer, software, networking, telecommunications, Internet, programming, information systems and digital media technologies.