21/04/2022

ICT students for the government

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There has been a significant shortage of ICT professionals for years. This also applies to the government. ICT students are highly sought after in the job market. In other words, there is a very scarce labour market. This requires an effective recruitment approach. The Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations (BZK) is responsible for both the HRM policy and the information management of the largest employer in the Netherlands: the Dutch government (120,000 employees). In order to effectively recruit computer science and information science students, BZK has asked Dialogic to conduct a large-scale survey in the vocational education, higher education, and university sectors. The aim of the research is to gain insight into what students interested in the field of information management consider important in (orienting themselves to) work, and what their perception is of (working for) the Dutch government. The surveys will be conducted in May through study associations and educational institutions.