Mar 22, 2011

Career Advice and Sharing in Information technology (IT)

    Based on the lecture given yesterday, we have found that there are bright future for those who are interested in IT job field even for the person who are not major Degree in Information Technology courses. Actually for your information,  IT covers a multitude of different jobs in processing, analyzing, storing and conveying information, whether that means working on the internet or the most difficult systems for such as guiding rockets. Graduates with work experience and strong technical skills will be snapped up first.
Jobs in this area(IT) remain a significant feature of graduate recruitment, and the long-term outlook is positive in global terms. There is growth in e-commerce, mobile telecommunications, networking and digital media and the use of databases have influence many companies outside in choosing the right workers.
Entry requirements for graduate IT jobs
There will continue to be exciting and varied opportunities, with competitive salaries and training on offer. Demand will continue both for those with degrees in subjects like computer science and electronics, and for those who want to start a career in IT without a related degree (like we in this class) and who can show appropriate skills in analysis and problem-solving, and attention to detail.
Increasingly, employers are looking for good interpersonal skills and management potential in addition to technical aptitude.

Graduate careers in IT
The most common first IT role for graduates is trainee software developer or analyst programmer. This could lead on to work as a senior programmer / developer, systems analyst or consultant, and in the longer run to a management position.
In engineering and defense companies, the jobs are more likely to be described as software engineering. Others jobs use specialized titles like web designer or database analyst, or focus on providing technical support and training for users. Some jobs are more business-oriented than technical, like IT sales and marketing. For me this is the right field for us that taking Management field but interested and in the same time having some ability or skills in IT area. Mostly graduates with some commercial experience, and those with languages, are highly sought after.
Sample of job for graduate in IT:
  • Data analyst
  • IT sales staff
  • Software engineer
  • Systems analyst
  • Systems manager
  • Systems programmer
  • Technical / end-user support specialist
  • Web / internet services designer
            We hope that this information will useful for all visitor to our blog. At least you all can get an image of what are the opportunities in this IT field that could interested your career choice in future. Do not hesitate to ask or share with us if you have something that could benefit to all our classes members,TQ! Source from http://www.get.hobsons.co.uk/advice/IT
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