Market
Overview...As
far as the last 12 months goes, the lion’s share of contract
offers seem to have gone to those in evolving technical
sectors rather than
in
the
business process. The biggest concentration being in e_commerce
developments and Internet working, where firewall specification,
configuration and policy have boomed. Clearly, cost is
related to the degree of importance and the amount of
available talent in the market place. In the permanent
placement market, impressive salaries have needed to be
paid for openings requiring technical expertise. The regional
meridian is provided in figure 3.Pay
scales will level off as the dash for Internet enabled
businesses reaches saturation point.
2.
The one thing that stands out is that organisations are taking
this medium seriously as a channel for investment to gain presence
on the virtual high street. As quickly as banks are closing
branch networks, they are popping up on the Internet.
3.
The
reserve of the consumer is embracing on-line ordering
as sites become more user friendly. In the next year we
will see a frenzy developing as consumers become more
and more cavalier about shopping on the Net with greater
and unusual products on offer. With marketing costs of
1/10th of a penny (excluding start up costs) the winners
will be those companies who can maintain viewers through
the attraction of single point usefulness (spu).
