Groups identified as under-represented (persons with disabilities, people over 55 years old, immigrants, aboriginal persons, women in management, Level of barriers to obtaining employment and career advancement for these groups, Policies in place to address equity group under-representation.

Trends in investment spending on ICT, Trends in R&D spending by the ICT Sector, The Import and Export of ICT services (Offshoring and Near-Shoring)

Turnover rates and Net hiring requirements, Outlook for ICT occupations [IT professionals]

Outlook for Specific ICT Occupations:

• Computer and information systems managers
• Information systems analysts and consultants
• User support technicians
• Telecommunication carriers managers
• Computer engineers (except software engineers)
• Software engineers and designers
• Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians
• Systems testing technicians
• Electronics engineers
• Database analysts and data administrators
• Computer programmers and interactive media developers
• Web designers and developers
• Computer network technicians
• Broadcast technicians

Plans to drive productivity gains over the next 12 months. (e.g. Investing in in workforce skills development and training, Investing in management skills and training, Investing in improved employee benefits to improve staff morale, Investing in capital expenditure on IT and communications technology, An initiative to improve performance via culture change, Outsourcing, Off-shoring, In-sourcing or moving a previously outsourced function back.)

Productivity gains being left on the table (potential gains vs. predicted gains), Average number of training days for workers and for managers, Are you company's training programmes aligned to strategic goals,

Includes: Job and worker flows and job vacancy, by workplace size and non-wage benefits coverage (Job creation rate, Job turnover rate, Hiring rate, Churning rate, Job vacancy rate), Job mobility rates

Work schedule (part-time, full-time, reduced work week, compressed work week, flexible hours) by gender, occupation, education, industry, Work at home [telecommuting]

Market areas by industry (local, rest of Canada, U.S., Rest of world) by region, by employee-size range, Direct competition and number of firms operating in most important market by industry, employee-size, Market performance, by importance of competition and workplace size, Workplaces reporting improvements in Productivity, Sales, Product quality, Customer satisfaction, Profitability, Use of innovative work practices, Employees’ satisfaction, Job and pay satisfaction by occupation, Use of annual vacation by employees, by union status, Average hourly earnings and collective bargaining coverage, Non-wage benefit providers (% providing health related, pension-related) by employee-size, industry, unionization, % providing dental, supplemental dental, group RRSP, employer-sponsored pension plan, Performance pay providers (merit pay, incentive systems, profit-sharing stock purchase plans),