MISCourses Jobs Fall07

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MIS Job Perspectives

and CoursesApril 3, 2007

Mu Xia

Ram Subramanyam


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Overview

The job market

The IT job market

Illinois MIS graduates job prospects

Your preparation

Courses

Experience


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The Market

The demand:

Outsourcing: IT job losses and gains

Development of IT in traditionally non-IT-intensive industries: gains

The supply: Lower supply due to fear and other restrictions

Overall effect: bothIT job growth andsalary increase


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Effects of Outsourcing:

Job Losses

Entry level jobs lost due to offshoring todeveloping countries like India, Philippines,& Russia: 2-3% each year


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Effects of Outsourcing:New Opportunities

Jobs incoming: Indian outsourcing companies setup shop in the US and other developed countries

While cost savings is one benefit, companies

realize it gives them opportunities to Rethink and re-organize their business processes Develop IT solutions to improve business process efficiency Offer more products and services to its employees and customers

Result: higher productivity for US companies so more jobs overall More IT jobs thanks to outsourcing


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Growth in Other Areas

The World is Flat: the world is one big market,both for the output (products and services) andthe input (human capital)

More demand globally for IT jobs especially at themiddle and high level

Growth in traditionally non-IT-intensive industriessuch as health care, retail, construction and

servicesGrowth in jobs due to Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002)

and opportunities in IT security


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Lower Supply

Belief of parents and students of poor jobprospects in IT

Decreasing number of foreign students inthe US due to Visa and immigrationrestrictions: no longer the top choice forforeign students

Salary gains: 2-5% annually


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The Market for UIUC Graduates

Many opportunities: 145 MIS positions registered in the business career

system

Only 35 students (including 18 interns) registered

High starting salary: Mean: $50,143

Median: $51,000

Second highest average salary of all UIUC businessmajors

Signing bonus: average $1,916

Multiple offers


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Salary Statistics by Major


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Interns

An internship is an important part of thecurriculum and your career Get to know the profession

Let the future employer know about youCost of mishire: recruiter fee, downtime, missed

opportunities, severance pay

Greatly increase your value to future employers

Understand what knowledge learned in schoolcan (and cannot) be applied to the industry andhow


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Not to Mention the Cash

Monthly salary for MIS interns from UIUC in2005:

Average: $2,949

Median: $2,880

Again, second highest among all UIUCBusiness majors


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Your Job Descriptions

Based on Bureau of Labor Statistics jobdescriptions for MIS graduates: Computer system analysts

Computer Support Specialists and SystemsAdministrators

Computer and Information Systems Managers

Operations Research Analysts

Management Analysts

Computer Scientists and Database Administrators

Computer Software Engineers

Computer Programmers
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Actual Job Titles of OurGraduates

Managerial Business Analyst

Management Analyst

Systems Consultant

Customer Relationship Management Consultant Risk Services Associate

Risk Performance Services Consultant

Technical Systems Analyst

Systems Programmer Information Analyst

. many more


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Who Are the Employers ?

Large corporations hire most graduates ofthe MIS program

Our primary employers include many thatwould be readily recognized as large,successful, and well-managed companies ina wide range of industries


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Sample Employers

Consulting and service firms: Hewitt Associates Accenture, Crowe Chizek Big Four: PwC, E&Y, KPMG, Deloitte Hitachi Consulting Protiviti

Corporate: Nike, Abbott Labs, Caterpillar, John Deere, Eli Lilly, Kimberly-

Clark BankOne (now Chase), AllState, State Farm

General Electric IT companies:

IBM, Microsoft SBC (now AT&T)


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2007 Employers and Job Titles

Consulting and service firms: Protiviti: Tech Risk Consultant Accenture: Consultant KPMG: IT Advisory Associate Grant Thornton: IT Consultant

Corporate: Abbott Labs: IT Prof. Dev. Prog. Caterpillar: IT Analyst

Citigroup: Tech Leadership Prog. John Deere: Business Analyst Freddie Mac: Bus. Tech Associate


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Now the Preparation

Take suitablecourses

Read Technology-related news

Know your strengths(as MIS majors)

I

BusinessTechnology


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Academic Preparation

Four focal points

General education requirements

College requirements

Business Administration requirements

MIS requirements

How do you choose when scheduling?


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Optimizing your selection

End game involves getting a good job

For that to happen:

Complete as many of the courses that wouldposition you best for Fall of senior year

More MIS courses in Junior year for an intern

Slack requirements in senior year

Try to participate in activities such as ISAevents, Special Interest Groups (ACM)


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Suggested Courses and Time toTake Them

Introductory: Sophomore or junior year BA350 (IT for Networked Organizations)

Intermediary (basic knowledge): junior BA352 (Database), 353 (IS Analysis and Design), 354

(Data Communications)

Advanced/Applied: junior and senior

454 (Java Programming), 395MS1(IT Governance),453(Decision Support Systems), 395ESM (IT ProjectManagement)

No BA432, BA391


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Course Offering Schedule

For this year

Offered every semester:

350, 352, 353, 354

In the fall only:

454 (Java Programming)

In the spring only: 395 MS1(IT Governance)


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MIS Courses this Fall

350 IT for Networked Orgs Subramanyam 10-11:20 T R

352 Database Design and Mgt Xia 3-4:20 T R

353 Info Sys Analysis & Design Gebauer 2:30-3:50 M W

354 Mgt of Data Comms John Burke 1-2:20 M W454 Enterprise Comp Mgt P. Karhade 1-2:20 T R

http://www.business.uiuc.edu/mis/courses/


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BADM 350: IT for NetworkedOrganizations

This introductory course teaches how IT affects andtransforms organizational and industry structures. Thiscourse is designed to make the students knowledgeable ofthe fundamentals underlying the design, implementation,

control, evaluation and use of modern information systemsWhile some of the effort will be devoted to hands-on workwith software, the major emphasis will be on theunderstanding the managerial and strategic aspects ofinformation technology. Case studies, simulations, hands-

on work, and article discussions will be used throughoutthe course.


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BADM 352: Database Design andManagement

Introduce the modern concepts, techniquesand management practices when dealingwith data and use of data in organizations.

Topics include data modeling, databaselogical and physical designs, implementation,database administration and web-baseddatabase environment. Students will be

involved in constructing a database andresearching an advanced topic to solidifythe learning.


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BADM 353: Information SystemsAnalysis and Design

Essential steps in developing a managementinformation system, including preliminaryplanning, design, feasibility analysis,

implementation schedule, and postimplementation review of the system;includes a semester-long project which

familiarizes students with methodology andtechniques.


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BADM 354: Management of DataCommunications

This course stresses a top-down, businessoriented approach to evaluating andselecting data communications technology.

Students who successfully complete thiscourse gain practical knowledge of networktelecommunications technology, including

hardware and software. They learn enoughto allow them to help design systems thatinclude network components.


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BADM 454: Enterprise ComputingManagement

BADM 454 will help you understand how softwaredesigners develop software solutions to addressreal world problems.

This course is designed with two main goals inmind:1. To teach students the fundamental principles ofobject technology.

2. To teach students to design, implement anddebug programs written in an object-orientedprogramming language (such as Java).


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Now the Preparation


ReadTechnology-related news

Know your strengths(as MIS majors)

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BusinessTechnology

http://www.business.uiuc.edu/mis/courses/


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Keeping Up to Date

Read as much as youcan online from ITresources

Every little tid-bit helps
http://www.eweek.com/default/0,3960,,00.asphttp://www.computerworld.com/index.html


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Now the Preparation


Read Technology-related news

Know yourstrengths (asMIS majors)

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BusinessTechnology


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Strengths of the MIS Program

Goals of the program: Identify how IT can bring value to firm and how it

cannot.

Learn how to design and build computer-basedinformation systems

Think critically about future technology and the futurefirm

When you leave here you will be well-roundedgraduates who are ready to contribute toorganizations as soon as you begin working.


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Competitive Advantage of MISStudents

Other computer-related academicprograms, such as Computer Science andSoftware Engineering, focus exclusively on

developing the technical skills of computerprofessionals and do not cover thefunctional areas of business that are

supported by technology.


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Getting Ready


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Getting Ready: Pre-seniors

Find summer jobs related to MIS starting in yoursophomore year.

The more MIS-related experience you can showon your rsum, the more interesting you will look

to potential employers.Get as much IT coursework done before senior

year.


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Getting Ready: Seniors

The corporations that hire our graduates usuallyknow their hiring needs a year in advance. Theybegin to recruit in September for positions theyhope to fill by the following August

This means that students who expect to graduatefrom the program should begin interviewing withthe employers who visit our campus in Septemberof their senior year.

In other words,it is neither foolish nor unwise

tobegin interviewing for a permanent placement tenmonths before you expect to graduate


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Useful References

UIUC Business Career Services job salarysurvey:http://www.business.uiuc.edu/bcs/employer

s/placement_statistics/index.htmlACM survey on IT jobs:

http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/23/news/econo

my/jobs_it_offshoring/index.htm
http://www.business.uiuc.edu/bcs/employers/placement_statistics/index.htmlhttp://www.business.uiuc.edu/bcs/employers/placement_statistics/index.htmlhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/23/news/economy/jobs_it_offshoring/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/23/news/economy/jobs_it_offshoring/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/23/news/economy/jobs_it_offshoring/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/23/news/economy/jobs_it_offshoring/index.htmhttp://www.business.uiuc.edu/bcs/employers/placement_statistics/index.htmlhttp://www.business.uiuc.edu/bcs/employers/placement_statistics/index.html

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