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Careers and Certification
Discuss the importance of computer literacy in today’s job market.
Describe traditional information technology (IT) career paths and how these paths are changing.
Describe two settings in which most IT workers find employment and list at least three typical job titles.
Compare and contrast computer science (CS) and management information systems (MIS) curricula in colleges and universities.
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Objectives
Identify the business skills that information system (IS) managers want in new IT workers.
List the technical skills currently in high demand.
Discuss both the positive and negative aspects of certification.
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Objectives
The Importance ofComputer Literacy
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Computer literacy Ability to understand how to use a computer effectively Skills include:
Ability to create, format, save, open, and print documents Familiarity with e-mail programs. Understand the use of spreadsheet Understand the use of databases, and the basics of a
table, query, report, and form Familiarity with presentation software Ability to conduct Web searches Basic photo-editing skills Ability to create or edit a basic Web page
The Importance ofComputer Literacy
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• Computer literacy in job searching Career assessments Salary surveys Job postings E-mail resumes and other requested documents Popular Internet IT job search sites include:
• Dice.com• CareerBuilder.com• Code-jobs.com• ComputerJobs.com• ComputerWork.com
The Importance ofComputer Literacy
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Web interviews Conducted via Web cams and the Internet Benefits include:
Savings in time and money Ability to tape the interview for other
screeners Accommodates different time zones or
accessibility
The Importance ofComputer Literacy
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IT professionals Individual working with all forms of IT and functions Demand for skilled IT professionals will continue to
grow Previous declines in the IT field blamed on:
Outsourcing—where one company contracts with another company to have services performed that could have been done by employees
Labor dumping—flooding the labor market with foreign workers
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Traditional Information Technology Career Paths
Traditional Information Technology Career Paths
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Predicted to show the most growth Software engineering Network systems analysis Data communication
Other IT jobs for the future Computer support System administration System analysis Database administration Security support
• IT Jobs
Traditional Information Technology Career Paths
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Information Systems (IS) Department Functional area within a company or university
responsible for managing information technology and systems
Vendor Software development firm
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Traditional Information Technology Career Paths
• Corporate IS department job titles and responsibilities
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Traditional Information Technology Career Paths
• Software development firm job titles and responsibilities
Offshoring Transfer of labor from workers in one
country to workers in another Job categories affected—call centers and
computer programming Some U.S. companies question cost saving
because of communication and cultural inconsistencies
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Traditional Information Technology Career Paths
Education Computer science (CS) Management information systems (MIS) Systems and software engineering Electrical engineering (EE)
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Traditional Information Technology Career Paths
Computer science (CS) Study of storage, change, and transfer of
information Programs focus on programming languages
and mathematics Requires theoretical and analytical skills
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Traditional Information Technology Career Paths
Management information systems (MIS) Focuses on practical applications of information
systems and technology Important knowledge areas
Finance Marketing
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Traditional Information Technology Career Paths
System engineering Uses interdisciplinary approach
People Organization Technologies
Requires strong project management skills
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Traditional Information Technology Career Paths
Software engineering Involves upgrading, managing, and
modifying computer programs Requires strong:
Interpersonal skills Programming skills Business skills System analysis skills
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Traditional Information Technology Career Paths
Electrical engineering (EE) Focuses on cutting-edge communication and
digital circuit design Key areas of interest—hardware design
Robotics Solid-state, mobile, and embedded
technology Integrated circuits Computer chips
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Traditional Information Technology Career Paths
• Continuing education Training seminars Web conferences Webinars Online workshops Computer magazines, newspapers, journals Computer career-related Web sites Conferences and trade shows Professional organizations/professional
associations
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Traditional Information Technology Career Paths
IT careers constantly change Changes in technology Changes in business
Employers want employees with Business skills—hard and soft Technical knowledge
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Alternative Information Technology Career Paths
Soft business skills People related
Communication Analytical/research Teamwork Project management Business acumen
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Alternative Information Technology Career Paths
Personal values and attributes Honesty/integrity/morality Dedicated/hard working/tenacious Dependable/reliable/professional Self-confident/self-motivated
Hard business skills Process related
Networking Web development
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Alternative Information Technology Career Paths
Alternative Information Technology Career Paths
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• Technical skillso Networkingo Microsoft productso Linuxo TCP/IPo Oracleo Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP
systems)
Jobs in Web technologies
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Web Technologies,Related Jobs
Telemedicine Combines computers and medical
expertise to simulate a long-distance house call
Telehealth Expansion of telemedicine that extends
services to the preventive side of medicine
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Web Technologies,Related Jobs
Certification Skills and knowledge assessment process Organized by computer industry vendors and
professional associations Benefits
Provides benchmark to assess skills May lead to higher salary offers Helps match applicant’s skill set with
employer job requirements
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Certification
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Certification
Certification risks Employee
Narrow scope of information may be emphasized
Much time and work dedicated to vendor-specific technology that may change or may be less valuable in the future
Employers Employee may have narrow training Knowledge in only one area29
Certification