Hiring Trends in TechComm and Content Strategy: 2015 Survey Question Title The LavaCon Conference Welcome to the annual trends survey by The LavaCon Conference on Content Strategy and TechComm Management. This survey addresses the evolving relationship between content strategy and technical communication, as well as hiring trends in both fields. Provide your email at the end of the survey to be entered into a drawing for a free registration to LavaCon 2015, to be held October 18-21 in New Orleans, Louisiana. This year's survey is sponsored by ProSpring Technical Staffing, an employment agency specializing in content professionals. Question Title ProSpring Technical Staffing Question Title * 1. How do you perceive the economy as we move into 2015? Business is getting better Business is about the same Business is slowing down I'm not sure N/A (not applicable) Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. In which country are you located? Country: Question Title * 3. What is your employment status? Staff Employee Individual Consultant/Independent Contractor Business Owner with Employees/Subcontractors Unemployed Student Retired Other (please specify) Question Title * 4. Where are you in your company's organization structure? President/Owner/CxO Vice President Director Manager - full time Manager - with hands-on development duties Team Leader Individual contributor (staff or contractor) N/A Other (please specify) Question Title * 5. What is your official job title? Question Title * 6. Do you work mainly in Content Marketing/Web Content or Technical Communication/Multichannel Publishing? Content Marketing/Web Content Technical Communication/Multichannel Publishing Both Neither Other (please specify) Question Title * 7. On average, what percentage of your work week is spent on content strategy tasks? 0–25 26–50 51–75 76–100 Question Title * 8. Does your company recognize "Content Strategist" as a role, or is it just something you do as part of your job? Content Strategist is a role It's just something I do as part of my job N/A Other (please specify) Question Title * 9. Does your company have a unified content strategy the spans both content marketing and multichannel publishing? Yes No I don't know Question Title * 10. Do you expect your department's headcount to change in 2015? (Check all that apply.) We will hire more fulltime staff We will hire more contractors No changes anticipated We will reduce the number or fulltime staff We will reduce the number contractors Unsure N/A Other (please specify) Question Title * 11. If your department is hiring more employees (staff or contractors), where will they be located? In the USA In other countries (please specify) Question Title * 12. If you will be hiring content professionals in 2015, what skills, tools, education, etc. do you want candidates to have? (This question is specifically open ended as the pendulum often swings from specific tools to broad experience or talent. I will tabulate the responses and publish the resulting trend.) Question Title * 13. Any other comments/predictions you'd like to add about trends in content strategy and technical communication? Question Title * 14. To be entered into the drawing for a free registration to LavaCon 2015 in New Orleans, provide your email address. A winner will be chosen using a random number generator. Question Title * 15. If you'd like ProSpring's help filling a contract or perm position, also provide your name and email. Done