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The length of the stay was differentiated with regard to the form of the foreign stay. The
most frequent length of stay for short-term placements was from one to three months, for
specialised studies 6 months, for permanent jobs in a company in the field 2 years, for
language studies 1 month and for student stays 3 or 4 months.
Language Skills
The knowledge of international languages plays a special role in relation to finding
employment on a foreign labour market. For these reasons the questionnaire determined the
language skills of IT/ICT employees. The employees specifically evaluated their knowledge
of five basic international languages (English, German, French, Russian, Spanish) using a
four-stage rating system - fluent knowledge, active knowledge, passive knowledge, cannot
use).
The knowledge of foreign languages demonstrated the leading position of the English
language - a total of 45% stated that they speak English fluently and a further 46% actively.
The knowledge of German was far behind in second place - only 4% of those surveyed stated
that they know it fluently, 10% actively and 65% passively. Russian, French and Spanish then
placed after another large gap. Other languages were a minority (we neglected the Slovak
language due to its similarity). Only 31 respondents specified some other language, from
which 11 employees specified Polish and 8 Italian.
Table 24 Subjective Evaluation of Foreign Language Skills (N=276)
Fluent Knowledge Active Knowledge Passive Knowledge Cannot Use
English Language 45.3 45.7 9.1 0.0
German Language 3.6 9.8 65.2 21.4
Russian Language 1.1 9.1 29.7 60.1
French Language 1.4 1.1 10.5 87.0
Spanish Language 0.7 1.8 8.3 89.1
Working Contacts with Colleagues Abroad
A total of 159 IT/ICT employees (58% of all surveyed) stated that they have working
contacts with colleagues from other countries. These contacts were most often with
colleagues from Germany (15%), Great Britain (12%), the USA or Canada (10%) and from
other European countries (Slovakia, the Netherlands, Austria, France, Ireland, Belgium) and
India (3%).
There were 400 contacts from various countries specified in total, which means that each
employee that stated that he has contacts to colleagues abroad specified two to three
countries. It is apparent from the result that more than half of all the IT/ICT experts surveyed
are currently cooperating with colleagues in other countries. This is a high percentage,
testifying to the international operations of their employers and the significant display of
globalisation in the IT/ICT field.
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