IT Jobs

The rapid spread of computers and information technology has generated a need for highly trained workers to design and develop new hardware and software systems. Employment of computer specialists is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations as organizations continue to adopt and integrate increasingly sophisticated technologies. The phenomenal growth, which the IT (Information Technology) industry is witnessing, has lead to it being recognized as one of the highly paid industry. The availability of skilled, qualified professionals is hardly able to meet the requirement, leaving a large gap to be filled by the Indian Technocrats.

Career Opportunities

Following are the career areas in the Information Technology Industry:

SOFTWARE - Offers vast range of employment opportunities in fields starting from computer operations, programming, system analysis to system designing, system engineering and operation management.

HARDWARE - The key areas, which can be taken up as career, include hardware designing, research and development, assembling, manufacturing and maintenance of computer components.

TELECOM - The various fields, which can be pursued as career in this industry, include voice processing units, telephone technology, wireless technology, cellular technology and satellite communication systems.

SALES & MARKETING - Sales and marketing in IT industry is a specialist task and requires a thorough study of products and their competition. Marketing covers selling of both hardware and software products.

E-COMMERCE AND WEB DEVELOPMENT - The job will include consumer/buyer information and services, developing and managing Web-portals, creation of Internet market, customer management, consulting etc.

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING - ERP is planning the resources of entire network of an enterprise. Various fields like purchase, production, marketing, distribution, sales, service, inventory, finance, accounts, human resource are integrated on a single software through ERP, to facilitate better coordination.