1. Career Opportunities/Trends

2. Career Opportunities/Trends
Discussion Outline:
Trends – Temporary Employment
Trends – Off-Shoring
Trends – On-Shoring
Operations Management - Careers
Information Management – Careers
Now What?

3. Career Opportunities/Trends
Have You Started Your Job Search Yet?

4. Trends - Temporary Employment
If you graduate from college at 22 years old and work until you retire at 67, you will be working for 45 years
In the past it was estimated a typical person would work for as many as seven different employers during their careers
With the latest trend in temporary employment, new estimates have people working in nine different careers and three jobs in each one for a total of 27 different jobs
CareerRealism.com

5. Trends - Temporary Employment
The U.S. Department of Labor notes that employment of temporary workers is expected to grow 19% through 2018
The positions in which companies use temporary employees have changed to include those of financial officers, health care workers, lawyers, IT professions, and even C-suite executives
Three out of every seven workers hired will be on a short-term basis. A company's work force will consist of a small core of highly skilled permanent workers aided by temporary employees
David A. Hofrichter, managing director of The Hay Group

6. Trends - Off-Shoring
Jobs that are most likely to be moved offshore have these characteristics:
Work is highly repetitive (accounting)
Work is predictable and well defined (customer service)
Work can be broken down into small manageable projects (software development)
Proximity to the end customer is not important (phone based tech support of consumer products)
CareerPlanner.com

7. Trends - On-Shoring
Jobs that are unlikely to move offshore have these characteristics:
High degree of ambiguity (Business Intelligence Analyst)
Understanding of the culture is critical (Project Management)
Requires a high degree of collaboration (Quality Assurance Manager)
Requires close proximity to the end customer (Logistics Manager)
CareerPlanner.com
Process modeling helps you identify these roles

8. Career Opportunities/Trends
"It's not a question of arriving and putting in a whole new administration, but instead, arriving and "compacting" things as much as possible, reducing management layers. We want as few management layers as possible, so that executives are very close to the operations. We also don't believe in having big corporate infrastructures."
Carlos Slim Helu
World’s richest person

9. Careers in Operations Management
Core Required Skills:
Communication Skills
Flexible and Adaptable
Ability to Synthesize Complex Processes
Honesty and Integrity
Initiative
Business Judgment
Technical Skills
Problem Solving Ability
Careers-in-Business.com
BO - Business Objectives
BT - Business Tactics
SO - System Objectives

10. Careers in Operations Management
Materials Manager
Responsible for inventory management
Purchasing Manager
Responsible for purchasing the goods and services needed by the organization to conduct its business in a timely and cost effective manner
Production Manager
Responsible for production scheduling, staffing and quality control as it relates to the production of goods and services
Careers-in-Business.com

11. Careers in Operations Management
Quality Assurance Manager
Responsible for the prevention of product and service deficiencies through prevention, correction and detection
Facilities Coordinator
Responsible for building and equipment design and layout
Logistics Manager
Responsible for the movement of goods and services through the supply-chain
Careers-in-Business.com

12. Careers in Information Management
Core Required Skills:
Communication Skills
Flexible and Adaptable
Ability to Synthesize Complex Processes
Honesty and Integrity
Initiative
Business Judgment
Technical Skills
Problem Solving Ability
Careers-in-Business.com
BO - Business Objectives
BT - Business Tactics
SO - System Objectives

13. Careers in Information Management
Business Intelligence Analyst
Review and analyze data, develop reports for management and make business recommendations
IT Auditor
Review business processes and IT systems for compliance with internal and external requirements
Web Developer
Design and implement web pages in coordination with marketing, product development, etc.
CareerBuilder.com

14. Careers in Information Management
Project Manager
Define metrics and deliverables required to solve business problems, assemble and manage teams necessary to accomplish these projects
Systems Analyst
Act as a bridge between IT and the business in order to make sure the business is leveraging processes and technology in order to meet its objectives
Database Administrator
Define data requirements and standards and manage the data collected by the business
CareerBuilder.com

15. Now What? Many jobs are temporary – How do you build skills?
Competition is stiff from all over the world
Starting salaries have actually fallen in the last ten years (CareerRealism.com)
Although employers may use majors and GPAs as filters, what really helps you stand out are your internships and projects
Most jobs (the good ones) are gotten via your network
Financial flexibility – start saving now!
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