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obstacle. High expenses connected with working abroad were seen as more significant, on the
other hand.
(8) From the total number of surveyed IT/ICT employees 28% specified a study or work
experience from another country; most often a short-term stay in the framework of an
international company in which the respondent is or was working, a professional stay outside
company studies abroad, permanent employment in the field for another company, language
stays outside of company studies or a student employment residency.
The most frequent places for obtaining foreign experience were the United States, Great
Britain, Germany and other European Union countries.
In relation to language skills English clearly dominates among IT/ICT workers. More than
91% of the IC/ICT employees stated, in a subjective appraisal, that they use it either fluently
or actively. The knowledge of other foreign languages is considerably lower.
The knowledge of the English language noticeably influences the selection of the
destination countries for potential migration - The first four places are Great Britain, Ireland,
the USA and Canada or Australia and New Zealand.
The working contacts with colleagues in other countries also partially correspond with this.
Almost 60% of the surveyed IT/ICT employees specified contacts with colleagues abroad.
They were most often working contacts with colleagues from Great Britain, the USA or
Canada and from other European countries. Germany was also in a leading position in this
regard. These facts are testimony to the significant manifestation of globalisation in the
IT/ICT field.
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