Get Your IT Career in Gear: Practical Advice for Building a Career in Information Technology
By, Goff, Leslie Jaye
Publisher: Tata McGraw-Hill
Class No.: 658 GOF
Accession No.: 004259
Year: 2001
Pages: 401p.

Join or advance within, the most exciting employment sector of the 21st Century-Information Technology-which offers a broad range of rewarding career opportunities.

This book is loaded with savvy, practical advice from a seasoned career observer and dispels many myths about the IT profession-including the need for a computer science degree! Profiles of working IT professionals provide realistic examinations of dozens of IT positions. Whether you are new to the work force or are redirecting your career, this essential guide offers practical advice for how to plan, start and manage your IT career.

Key features of this book are: get an in-the-trenches look at what it's like to work in IT at many levels, in many types of jobs; explore the latest IT career choices, including applications development, e-commerce, Web development, network administration and security, and Help Desk/end user support; manage your career to remain highly employable regardless of job market ups and downs; articulate and act upon your goals-whether they include IT management or a purely technical track; evaluate and select the best IT job opportunities; learn why companies are going to extraordinary lengths to find well-rounded, hybrid IT staff members and how you can benefit from this trend; hit paydirt with your current skill set or with strategic retooling; get the inside scoop on navigating the IT hiring process, including negotiating salary, benefits and other perks.