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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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Why You Should Development a Career in The Information Technology Field.
US Economic Development Overview January, 2007
The globalization
of wealth, the expansion of the Internet, and world-wide competition together with
the development and migration of new technologies has produced a shift
to an economy based on the application of information and technology
in the development, sale and distribution of products and services.
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Information technology in the workplace "encompasses all the technologies used for creating, abstracting, visualizing, presenting, collaborating, communicating, and other wise 'managing' the flow of information. Initial research shows that information technology (IT) workers with specialized skill sets are needed for knowledge-based positions in companies and organizations involved in every kind of product and service.
IT workers are involved in careers in all sectors of industry. IT workers are found in organizations ranging from high-tech industries, such as hardware and software development, biotechnology, to governmental agencies, service industries, such as banking, insurance, entertainment, medical and health care, and the security and defense industries.
Organizations and companies have realized a need to redesign, to be less hierarchical and more information-and knowledge-based. This has created a dynamic information technology employment market, consider the following facts.
Facts:
Sources - U.S. Bureau of Labor • Information Technology Association of America.
• Computer networks and information have become a vital strategic resource for companies and organizations in all industries;
• Information Technology Association of America estimates that 367,000 jobs in the IT field are vacant due to a lack of qualified candidates.
• the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the demand for trained IT workers is increasing by 100,000 jobs per year;
• Nearly 70% of technology companies cite a lack of skilled information technology workers as a barrier to growth;
• Industry representatives have successfully lobbied Congress to increase the quota of qualified foreign IT workers allowed to work in the U.S.
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