Eesti IT magistrite karjäär
Date
2013
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Tartu Ülikool
Abstract
Juba pikemat aega on arutletud kuidas leevendada Eestis ja ka kogu maailmas valitsevat IT spetsialistide puudust. Üheks vahendiks selleks on IT eriala õppivate üliõpilaste arvu suurendamine. Selle töö eesmärgiks on uurida, mis juhtub IT eriala üliõpilastega peale hariduse omandamist. Kuna bakalaureuseõppe lõpetanutel sageli veel puuduvad spetsiifilised teadmised ja oskused, on uuritud magistriõppe lõpetajaid. Statistika põhjal on näha, et magistriõppe lõpetajate hulk on märkimisväärselt suurenenud. Näiteks kui 2000-2003 aastate keskmine lõpetajate hulk oli 31, siis aastateks 2008-2011 oli see tõusnud 139-ni.
Töö eesmärgiks on vastata küsimusele, kas koolitusmahtude tõusmisega on kaasnenud ka reaalselt IT spetsialistide juurdekasv ja milline on IT magistrite tööalane käekäik peale erialase magistrihariduse omandamist.
Põhilised uurimisküsimused:
Kuivõrd on lõpetanute praegune töö seotud õpitud erialaga?
Kui pikk on lõpetanute tööstaaž?
Kus asub lõpetanute töötamise asukoht?
Samuti on töö üheks alameesmärgiks kindlaks määrata, kas õpinguid on veel jätkatud doktorantuuris, on loodud oma firma, millises ettevõttes töötatakse ja mitu töökohta on olnud enne praegust.
Töö struktuur on järgmine:
Esimeses peatükis on antud ülevaade IT tööturu üldisest seisust varasemate uuringute alusel. Metoodikapeatükk tutvustab uuringu meetodit ja uuringu läbiviimist. Samuti on metoodika peatükis esitatud uuritava valimi kirjeldus. Uuringu põhilised tulemused on esitatud kolmandas peatükis. See koosneb lõpetanute jaotusest soo ja erialade lõikes, seotusest õpitud erialaga, tööga seotud aspektidest ja töökoha paiknemisest. Kokkuvõttes tuuakse ära uuringu põhilised tulemused.
As the shortage of IT specialists has been widely discussed in recent years the aim of this thesis is to explore the topic in depth. Demand is highest for employees who are already educated and have good theoretical skills and experience, which is why the focus herein is on Master’s graduates. Studying statistics about graduates of Computer Science revealed that the amount of schooling has shown a considerable increase. The aim of this thesis is to determine whether this increase in the amount of schooling has resulted in an actual increase in the number of IT specialists and also to explore what the graduates have been doing since obtaining their Master’s degrees. The study was carried out using public information that can be found in social media. Such a method differs from others of the kind as there is no direct communication with the participants in the study and they do not respond to any surveys. Instead, the necessary data are collected from the Internet. The study focused on graduates of Computer Science from the University of Tartu, Tallinn University of Technology and Tallinn University in 2008 and 2009. Data was found for around 80% of graduates. In the case of those who graduated in 2008, data was found on 117 people; in the case of those who graduated in 2009, data was found on 78 people. The study revealed that most graduates have remained active in the field they studied. There were very few people who had no connection with IT. Looking at job tenure revealed that most were already working in the field they studied prior to graduating. The most popular companies the graduates were working for were Tallinn University of Technology, Nortal, Swedbank, Skype and Proekspert. Many had also become entrepreneurs and established their own companies. They were working mostly in Tallinn; only a few were working outside of Estonia.
As the shortage of IT specialists has been widely discussed in recent years the aim of this thesis is to explore the topic in depth. Demand is highest for employees who are already educated and have good theoretical skills and experience, which is why the focus herein is on Master’s graduates. Studying statistics about graduates of Computer Science revealed that the amount of schooling has shown a considerable increase. The aim of this thesis is to determine whether this increase in the amount of schooling has resulted in an actual increase in the number of IT specialists and also to explore what the graduates have been doing since obtaining their Master’s degrees. The study was carried out using public information that can be found in social media. Such a method differs from others of the kind as there is no direct communication with the participants in the study and they do not respond to any surveys. Instead, the necessary data are collected from the Internet. The study focused on graduates of Computer Science from the University of Tartu, Tallinn University of Technology and Tallinn University in 2008 and 2009. Data was found for around 80% of graduates. In the case of those who graduated in 2008, data was found on 117 people; in the case of those who graduated in 2009, data was found on 78 people. The study revealed that most graduates have remained active in the field they studied. There were very few people who had no connection with IT. Looking at job tenure revealed that most were already working in the field they studied prior to graduating. The most popular companies the graduates were working for were Tallinn University of Technology, Nortal, Swedbank, Skype and Proekspert. Many had also become entrepreneurs and established their own companies. They were working mostly in Tallinn; only a few were working outside of Estonia.