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The rapid growth of the Industrial Internet has brought concern in the shortage of high-quality talent. Under this circumstance, Industrial Internet enterprises spend more efforts on talent acquisition (TA). This study aims to explore TA issues of Industrial Internet enterprises in China. A questionnaire was designed and distributed to 45 participants from respective Industrial Internet enterprises. We identified 37 typical Industrial Internet positions and invited participants to rate them according to the degree of talent shortage. Results showed the top three positions with the greatest talent shortage were Industrial Internet platform architect, Industrial Internet solution engineer, and Industrial APP development engineer. Moreover, we investigated the main TA measures of related enterprises including college recruiting, experienced hiring, and internal hiring. We found Industrial Internet enterprises preferred experienced hiring and they faced a series of TA problems, such as small talent pool, incompetent graduates, rapid brain drain. At last, we made suggestions on those TA problems.
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Number | Position | Description |
|---|---|---|
1 | Industrial Internet Network Architect | Design internal and external networks, 5G private networks and industrial data exchange solutions of Industrial Internet enterprises |
2 | Industrial Internet Network Development Engineer | Design and develop internal and external networks, 5G private networks and industrial data exchange systems of Industrial Internet enterprises |
3 | Industrial Internet Network Integration Engineer | Engaged in the integration and implementation of internal and external networks, 5G private networks and industrial data exchange systems of Industrial Internet enterprises |
4 | Industrial Internet Network Operation and Maintenance Engineer | Engaged in the operation and maintenance of internal and external networks, 5G private networks and industrial data exchange systems of Industrial Internet enterprises |
5 | Industrial Internet Identification Architect | Design identification management and resolution systems, nodes and application scenarios |
6 | Industrial Internet Identification Systems R&D Engineer | Design and develop identification systems |
7 | Industrial Internet Identification Product Designer | Design of identification products |
8 | Industrial Internet Identification Operation and Maintenance Engineer | Responsible for the deployment and operation and maintenance of identification systems |
9 | Industrial Internet Identification Resolution System Integration Engineer | Responsible for system integration of identification resolution services |
10 | Industrial Internet Platform Architect | Design Industrial Internet platform construction and formulate operation schemes |
11 | Industrial Internet Platform Development Engineer | Design and develop industrial Internet platforms |
12 | Industrial Internet Platform Test Engineer | Test the function, performance and interface of Industrial Internet platforms |
13 | Industrial Internet Platform Operation and Maintenance Engineer | Responsible for operation, maintenance and optimization of Industrial Internet platforms |
14 | Industrial APP Development Engineer | Design and develop Industrial APP |
15 | Industrial APP Productization Engineer | Responsible for market research, demand mining, development guidance, cost estimation and product promotion of Industrial APP |
16 | Industrial Big Data Architect | Design industrial big data construction, technical route, specifications and standards |
17 | Industrial Big Data Engineer | Engaged in industrial big data acquisition, desensitization, classification, storage and visualization |
18 | Industrial Big Data Application Engineer | Analyze industrial big data and design-related applications |
19 | Industrial Big Data Manager | Manage industrial big data processing, labeling, storage, etc |
20 | Industrial Big Data Analyst | Analyze and statistic industrial big data, deep mining and business prediction |
21 | Industrial Big Data Modeling Engineer | Design algorithm and mechanism model and formulate big data solutions |
22 | Industrial Big Data Test Engineer | Formulate industrial big data test scheme |
23 | Industrial Internet Security Architect | Design Industrial Internet security architecture and formulate security organization and management systems |
24 | Industrial Internet Security Development Engineer | Engaged in Industrial Internet security detection, Protection, audit, operation and maintenance management, developing related security products, tools, platforms and business systems |
25 | Industrial Internet Security Implementation Engineer | Implement security plan and implement joint commissioning |
26 | Industrial Internet Security Operation and Maintenance Engineer | Monitor Industrial Internet operation status manage Industrial Internet networks and platforms |
27 | Industrial Internet Edge Computing System Architect | Formulate technical route and design core code development of edge computing systems |
28 | Industrial Internet Edge Computing Hardware Engineer | Design intelligent sensor, intelligent gateway, intelligent controller, intelligent server, etc |
29 | Industrial Internet Embedded Development Engineer | Design and develop edge computing software |
30 | Industrial Internet Edge Computing Application Engineer | Design edge computing algorithms and develop edge intelligent application software |
31 | Industrial Internet Edge Computing Implementation Engineer | Responsible for installation, commissioning and maintenance of edge computing products |
32 | Industrial Internet Application Development Engineer | Develop industry-oriented Industrial Internet software, cloud deployment and formulate overall solutions |
33 | Industrial Internet Application Maturity Evaluation Engineer | Evaluate Industrial Internet applications’ level and implementation effect |
34 | Industrial Internet Solution Engineer | Formulate optimization solution planning for enterprise strategy and guide enterprises in intelligent transformation |
35 | Industrial Internet Integration Engineer | Responsible for the overall architecture design of the Industrial Internet system project and providing technical support |
36 | Industrial Internet System Operation and Maintenance Engineer | Responsible for intelligent product installation and configuration, performance and function test, software upgrade, patch installation, etc |
37 | Industrial Internet Operation Manager | Design overall operation scheme planning of Industrial Internet |
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Guo, F., Li, Z., Zhang, A. (2022). Industrial Internet Enterprises’ Talent Acquisition in China. In: Rau, PL.P. (eds) Cross-Cultural Design. Applications in Business, Communication, Health, Well-being, and Inclusiveness. HCII 2022. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 13313. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06050-2_3
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