Information Technology:
Introduction:
Information Technology is back offering a huge area of opportunity and a wide variety of jobs. Imagine life without emails or internet, or coputerized booking of any number of facilities. IT is cool, in demand, and pays fat bucks too! It is also an area of technology where the most fastidiousy yound ladies don't need to get their hands dirtied! Sitting at a computer console in an air-conditioned enviroment is one that has attracted many a young thing. The Software industry is growing at a rate of 50% and IT experts account for 30% of our total exports. Large IT companies are bagging bigger contracts and diving new projects and development work in india. Top IT companies in India today handle the software requirements of almost 400 of the Fortune 500 companies. IT is bound to grow and with it the technologies of the future. So all logical minded young students with good numerical skills, can look at a career in this sector. You need to be conservent with core technologies like C, C++ and UNIX and many others, as strong pre-requisites to build on future technologie. Those looking at an area of IT services can take up an engineering degree in computer science, electronics or information technology, or a BSc in Computer Science, electronics or information technology or a BSc in Computer Science or electronics, or even a BCA. Any of these routes can lead to a comfortable IT career. You would
also do well to follow with an MCA or MSc, or look a whole new range of cources in programming languages, Internet and e-mail commerce applications, network mangement, database administration and integration. Many of these are easily available online from companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle and SAP.
The IT enabled jobs in call centres, Business Process Outsourcing(BPO's) and Medical Transcription are also recruiting young people in huge numbers. Employing close to 2,00,000 professionals, BPO firms on an average add between 200-300 people per month. IT enabled services are currently covering business areas such as banking, financial services and insurance, they are also diversifying their business and providing a larger share of non-voice services.
Introduction:
Information Technology is back offering a huge area of opportunity and a wide variety of jobs. Imagine life without emails or internet, or coputerized booking of any number of facilities. IT is cool, in demand, and pays fat bucks too! It is also an area of technology where the most fastidiousy yound ladies don't need to get their hands dirtied! Sitting at a computer console in an air-conditioned enviroment is one that has attracted many a young thing. The Software industry is growing at a rate of 50% and IT experts account for 30% of our total exports. Large IT companies are bagging bigger contracts and diving new projects and development work in india. Top IT companies in India today handle the software requirements of almost 400 of the Fortune 500 companies. IT is bound to grow and with it the technologies of the future. So all logical minded young students with good numerical skills, can look at a career in this sector. You need to be conservent with core technologies like C, C++ and UNIX and many others, as strong pre-requisites to build on future technologie. Those looking at an area of IT services can take up an engineering degree in computer science, electronics or information technology, or a BSc in Computer Science, electronics or information technology or a BSc in Computer Science or electronics, or even a BCA. Any of these routes can lead to a comfortable IT career. You would
also do well to follow with an MCA or MSc, or look a whole new range of cources in programming languages, Internet and e-mail commerce applications, network mangement, database administration and integration. Many of these are easily available online from companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle and SAP.
The IT enabled jobs in call centres, Business Process Outsourcing(BPO's) and Medical Transcription are also recruiting young people in huge numbers. Employing close to 2,00,000 professionals, BPO firms on an average add between 200-300 people per month. IT enabled services are currently covering business areas such as banking, financial services and insurance, they are also diversifying their business and providing a larger share of non-voice services.