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Subject: Career options after Btech(IT)
Date: 27-Nov-2008
 
Question: Sir,

I am a 1st year student of B.Tech IT. I would like to know the career options of this course. Also about the scope of IT. pls do reply
 
Answer: The slowdown of the US economy and the appreciating rupee hardly have any affect on the India's IT sector. The IT industry is poised to grow at 33 per cent growth in the fiscal year 2008. The IT industry has great scope for people as it provides employment to technical and non-technical graduates and has the capability to generate huge foreign exchange inflow for India. India exports softwares and services to approximately 95 countries in the world. By outsourcing to India, many countries get benefits in terms of labour costs and business processes. Also, the Indian companies are broadening the range of services being provided to the customers, which is resulting in more off shoring. Talent acquisition, development and retention initiatives taken by the companies have brought down the employee attrition rates, thereby providing more stability to the employees and increasing their job commitment. The immense expansion in networking technologies is expected to continue into the next decade also. IT will bring about a drastic improvement in the quality of life as it impacts application domains and global competitiveness. Technologies that are emerging are Data Warehousing and Data Mining. They involve collecting data to find patterns and testing hypothesis in normal research. Software services that are being used in outsourcing will go a long way.

The IT enabled jobs in call centres, Business Process Outsourcing(BPO's) and Medical Transcription are also recruiting young people in huge numbers.The rapid spread of computers and information technology has generated various requirements for highly trained workers to design and develop new hardware and software systems. Following are the career areas in the Information Technology Industry.

    SOFTWARE: Presents extensive range of employment opportunities in fields starting from computer operations, programming Career in Information Technology,Manpower Recruitments for IT Industry, system analysis to system designing, system engineering and operation management.
  • HARDWARE: The pivotal areas, which can be taken up as careers, include hardware designing, research and development, assembling Career in Information Technology,Manpower Recruitments for IT Industry, manufacturing and maintenance of computer components.
  • TELECOM: The prominent fields, which can be pursued as career in the IT industry, include voice processing units, telephone technology, wireless technology, cellular technology and satellite communication systems.
  • SALES & MARKETING: Sales and marketing in the IT industry are specialized tasks and require comprehensive study of products and their competition Career in Information Technology,Manpower Recruitments for IT Industry. Marketing encompasses selling of both hardware and software products.
  • E-COMMERCE AND WEB DEVELOPMENT: The jobs include consumer/buyer information and services, developing and managing Web-portals, creation of Internet market, customer management, consulting etc.
  • ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING(ERP): ERP is planning the resources of entire network of an enterprise. Diverse fields like purchase, production, marketing, distribution, sales, service, inventory, finance, accounts, human resource are integrated on a single software through ERP, to facilitate and boost better coordination.
  • COMPUTER OPERATOR: A computer operator's job is to run both the computer and its peripheral equipment Job Options in IT Industry,Manpower Consultants for Information Technology Jobs. The job may vary depending upon size of the organization and its exposure to computers.
  • DATA ENTRY: Data entry is transferring various information into the computer and is the most basic purpose for which computers are used. Data entry operators are required in almost every organization.

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