Recruitment in Information Technology
Getting the required skills for a job within IT is different than with most trades. In most fields, you will be expected to have qualifications and experience in your role, which can become a catch 22. In IT, however, you are expected to have the qualifications and your own personal experience using programs at home.
The general norm when applying for most roles within IT is to have a basic qualification in IT that certifies you have knowledge operating a computer, then you will specialize in a subject. The subjects offered by most colleges are as follows.
- E-commerce ' Online trading and economy. Will require experience with various open trading websites such as ebay, and company owned retail sites.
- Animation ' working with moving image technology.
- Web development ' producing html websites that are fit-to-purpose. You will be likely to need experience writing html without the aid of programs and with the use of Adobe Dreamweaver.
- Spread sheet and application software ' This entails formal 'office' documents that will be used in most businesses. 'Open office.org' is a free program that can be used to become familiar with the software, but really you should be using Microsoft Office 2007/2010, as this is what most businesses would have you use.
- Programming ' The vaguest subject within IT. In programming, there are 100's of different formats used. Your best bet is to specialize in a selective few of the popular formats. Such as MS Basic, C#, C++, Sun Java etc. Most of these programming machines are free or will have free variants.
- Communication Technology ' This involves the way we transfer information. So essentially you will be working with the internet and intranets.
- Information Systems ' this is the way that companies acquire and distribute information. This will include measuring the value of information and comparing it to the cost/time etc.
- Computer systems ' This is basically actually building computers. You will be expected to know how to build a basic computer, and computer capability/needs.
