narod@cfashap.harvard.edu (Joel Narod) (02/07/91)
STATISTICS UPDATE FROM THE JANUARY 27, 1991 BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE Each count in the table below is the number of firms whose Boston Sunday Globe help wanted advertisements for Massachusetts positions since 1987 mention the adjacent skill phrase. !---------------------------------------------------------------! ! LANGUAGES OPERATING SYSTEMS OTHER ! !---------------------------------------------------------------! ! C: 644 msdos: 938 databases: 575 ! ! cobol: 289 vax/vms: 540 lan: 402 ! ! fortran: 195 unix: 488 windows: 178 ! ! basic: 131 ibm mainframe: 345 real time prog: 163 ! ! pascal: 126 macintosh: 211 ! !---------------------------------------------------------------! For the above skill phrases, the top count gainers since the previous update are, in declining order: msdos, lan, C and unix. From the 110+ total skill phrases I track, some other prominent gainers are customer service, Lotus 123 and Sun hardware. My review of help wanted ads in this issue yielded the following: !---------------------------------------------------!--------------! ! IN THIS ISSUE OF THE 100*QTY/ !Jul-Dec/90 qty! ! BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE: QTY cataloged! MIN MAX AVG ! !---------------------------------------------------!--------------! ! ads I cataloged: 92 100 ! 14 94 55.1 ! ! firms newly cataloged in this issue: 22 24 ! ! ! desirable blind ads not cataloged: 6 7 ! ! !---------------------------------------------------!--------------! This data is from my catalog of 1700+ employers whose help wanted ads for Massachusetts positions mention particular skill phrases. The phrases include general business functions as well as computer related activities. I compile company identification, skill phrases, publication date and other data. This information helps me minimize competition when marketing my database application consulting skills. Thanks for your suggestions about format and additional statistics plus the expressions of interest. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Joel Narod email: narod@cfashap.harvard.edu Tel: (617)259-0753