How much are you worth? People in Enterprise Systems

Objectives  Discuss the occupational outlook  Describe changing jobs and roles  Highlight some of the new realities of the workplace

Occupational outlook  50% of job growth from 20 occupations  fastest growing occupations: health & IT

 50% of job growth from 20 occupations  fastest growing occupations: health & IT Occupational outlook  declining employment linked to technological change

Occupational outlook  education/training affect opportunities  jobs requiring most education/training are fastest growing & highest paying  50% of job growth from 20 occupations  fastest growing occupations: health & IT  declining employment linked to technological change

Changing roles  software engineer  support specialist  business/IT analyst  data miner  webmaster  project manager  media producer

Recruiters seek…  hard skills, the basics:  programming, database, networking  plus a specialty:  SAP, e-commerce, db admin, advanced networking  plus a personality…

Top skills areas Application development Networking Internet development E-commerce Data mining Percent of managers hiring in this area ComputerWorld, 2001

Hot technologies Storage-area networks Next-generation directories Sales force automation Extensible Markup Language Windows 2000 Wireless networks Gigabit Ethernet Voice-over-IP Linux Percent of managers hiring in this area ComputerWorld, 2001

The new realities...  you’re on your own:  career is employee’s responsibility  hired talent versus staff training  focus on:  “maximum employability”  “portability”  workplace relationship: mutualism  (aka employment contract)

The new realities...  eyes everywhere  life in a cube: forget the 40 hour week  your real education begins when you graduate: boot camp

Summary  Discussed the occupational outlook  Described changing jobs and roles  Highlighted some of the new realities of the workplace