Why You Should Read the Book
Are you a seasoned computer professional? A student attracted to an IT career? Are you also concerned about the current and future impact offshoring might have on your career prospects? Rest assured, your computer proficiency can still be the key to a rewarding career, opening doors to many fields beyond those traditionally viewed as IT careers. In Debugging Your Information Technology Career, Janice Weinberg leads you to those doorways -- most of which can be entered with no further education beyond an undergraduate degree in a computer-related discipline.
Weinberg is uniquely qualified to introduce you to the expanding potential for your IT expertise. A former IBM systems programmer, Weinberg moved on to GE, where she held IT marketing, strategic planning, and sales management roles. Today, she provides career guidance to clients in a wide variety of professions. This combined expertise is apparent in Debugging Your Information Technology Career, which does far more than merely identify 20 different career opportunities. As you read each career chapter, you will:
Understand why computer proficiency can be a significant advantage in delivering top performance
Learn about the different types of organizations where one can be employed in the field
Experience a Typical Workday, a fictitious, but oh-so-real depiction of a “day in the life of . . .”
Understand how a recession might affect your job security, while learning how to minimize or avoid any negative impact
Become informed about offshoring’s impact on the field -- and what the future vulnerability will likely be
You’ll learn job-hunting techniques tailored to specific fields, including guidance in identifying potential employers and selecting those aspects of your experience to highlight in your resume and interviews for greatest impact.
Perhaps you’re wondering just how your computer expertise can open the door to the fields featured in the book, so here are a few examples that should help you realize how transferable your skills are:
A software architect’s knowledge of best practices in systems design would be a strong asset in a technology due diligence position.
A business analyst who supported a finance department could leverage that experience to become a corporate development analyst for a company that markets financial software.
A network security administrator would bring valuable knowledge to a position as an underwriter or broker of cyberliability insurance -- a very hot product these days.
And -- regardless of your particular area of IT expertise -- your ability to assess the commercial potential of new computer technology could lead to a position as an equity analyst covering the technology sector for an investment bank or research firm.
Learn much more about Debugging Your Information Technology Career -- including information about additional careers featured in the book -- at Career Solutions.