2017 Robert Half Technology. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans. All rights reserved.2
Source: Robert Half Technology survey of more than 2,500 CIOs and 1,000 workers in the United States.
*Responses may not total 100 due to rounding.
Which one of the following is the most effective method for
communicating daily with your team at work, such as for
initiating projects, brainstorming or project follow-up
CIOs
Email41%
In-person meetings22%
Instant messaging13%
Phonecalls9%
Internal social network8%
Video conferencing 7%
Employees*
In-person meetings37%
Email27%
Instant messaging19%
Phone calls9%
Video conferencing6%
Internal social network2%
Don’t know1%
2017 Robert Half Technology. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans. All rights reserved.3
Source: Robert Half Technology survey of more than 2,500 CIOs and 1,000 workers in the United States.
In three years, do you believe email will be the most
common way for employees to communicate internally
CIOs
Workers
Yes73%
No26%
Don’t know1%
Yes53%
No28%
Don’t know19%
2017 Robert Half Technology. An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Disability/Veterans. All rights reserved.4
Source: Robert Half Technology survey of more than 2,500 CIOs and 1,000 workers in the United States.
Respondents who said email will not be the most common
in three years were asked, “What do you believe
organizations will most likely move toward for daily
communications”
CIOs
Workers
Instant messaging31%
In-person meetings21%
Phone calls19%
Video conferencing16%
Internal social network12%
Refused 1%
Instant messaging52%
Video conferencing23%
Internal social network11%
In-personmeetings7%
Phone calls4%
Something else3%。