IT Career Overview
IT is one of the greatest careers you can have. It offers excellent Job
opportunities. Professional workers enjoy the best prospects, reflecting
continuing demand for higher level skills needed to keep up with changes in
technology.
IT offers wide range of occupations. From programming to system support, most
occupations are technical oriented. Technical skills are the foundation in IT
occupations. Be aware of that, IT is a changing world. Therefore in IT industry,
occupational titles shift rapidly to reflect new developments in technology. The
following list shows common IT occupations.
- Programmers
- Software engineers
- Systems analysts
- Database administrators
- Network or computer systems administrators
- Network systems and data communications analysts
- Computer and information systems managers
- Computer and information scientists
- Computer support specialists
- Computer operators
- Data entry and information processing workers
- Hardware engineers
IT professionals have great career growth potentials. Given the increasingly
widespread use of information technologies and the overall rate of growth
expected for the entire industry, most occupations should grow very rapidly,
although some much faster than others.
Latest IT Career News - August 1, 2010
(Source from ComputerWorld Magzine)
Q&A: Santos CIO Hugh Banister
CIO spoke exclusively to Hugh Banister, CIO at gas supplier Santos, about the challenge he faces in his role, what his average work day looks like and some of the IT projects Santos is working on. Check your baggage: Are biases keeping you from hiring the best candidate for the job?
Your next new hire might not have the 'classic IT' résumé. Let go of your old assumptions to find the person who's truly best for your open position. IT career site Dice launches network for tech recruiters, job hunters
Want to mingle with tech recruiters? Get to know hiring managers in the companies you might be interested in joining? IT job site Dice.com has launched a networking site that connects IT job hunters and tech recruiters on a more personal level than traditional resume-submitting transactions allow. SaaS momentum skyrocketing, IDC says
Interest in the SaaS (software as a service) delivery model is growing to the point that by 2012, almost 85% of new vendors will be focused on SaaS services, according to new research from analyst firm IDC. Career Watch: Creative excuses for tardiness
How creative are you with your excuses for arriving at work late? You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz
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