techies.com Member Survey Shows Tech Pros Don't Like to Move...but May Have to in Today's Economic Climate.Business Editors & Technology Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 6, 2001 Techies Express Strong Regional Preferences for Relocation RELOCATION, Scotch law, contracts. To let again to renew a lease, is called a relocation. 2. When a tenant holds over after the expiration of his lease, with the consent of his landlord, this will amount to a relocation. , But Most Want to Stay Put, Exclusive techies.com Survey Reveals Even though they would much rather stay home, technology professionals say they're they're Contraction of they are. they're be a lot more willing to relocate re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. for a job today than they were 12 months ago, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. an exclusive techies.com survey. Techies.com surveyed 3,401 tech professionals in the U.S. The survey asked respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. to detail most- and least-desired U.S. relocation sites, employers' coverage of moving expenses and other relocation assistance and the impact that relocation had on individuals and their families. Nearly half said they were more likely to consider moving for a job today than they were 12 months ago. When making a decision to relocate, most say the work they'll they'll Contraction of they will. they'll will be doing--and the money--are primary considerations. They're far less likely to worry about the attractions of the new location. When they do, availability of housing and the cost of living top the list. Least often considered: proximity of friends and family, and cost of living. 28 percent of techies surveyed said they were so attached to their current location that, even if the only available work was hundreds of miles away, they'd they'd 1. Contraction of they had. 2. Contraction of they would. they'd have ~would search for ways to stay put. Tech professionals in New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. , for example, often said they'd take a pay cut to remain there. And when it came to picking the "worst" relocation area, survey respondents were most likely to choose the area most geographically distant from their own. Employees of large companies generally had the easiest time with relocation, the survey found. The techies taking this survey told us that the most important things an employer could do during a relocation involved the basics: pay to pack as well as move, supply temporary housing until a permanent home can be found and pay travel expenses during the house-hunting phase. An article detailing additional survey findings is available at http://home.techies.com/Common/Content/2001/08/06mc_relosurvey.html For additional data points from the survey and comments from participants and researchers, please contact techies.com. About techies.com Headquartered in Bloomington, MN, techies.com is an e-cruiting Web site focused on the career advancement of technology professionals. Over 800,000 members use the techies.com community to find great jobs, improve their technical and managerial skills through training, obtain lucrative consulting assignments, and learn the best ways to build solid technology career paths. Corporate clients use techies.com to find and hire highly skilled technologists. |
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