Post on 14-Dec-2015
T O O L K I T
THEIT
Your Complete Guide to Building YourTechnology Career in Any Economy
Matthew Moranhttp://www.cbtoolkit.com
Toolkit ApproachToolkit ApproachBook contains vital information and proven methods that can make a huge impact on your career success.
Read each chapter as assigned.
Complete Actions & Ideas at end of each chapter.
Book contains vital information and proven methods that can make a huge impact on your career success.
Read each chapter as assigned.
Complete Actions & Ideas at end of each chapter.
Career BuildingCareer Building
The danger of a tool-driven mindsetA job is not a careerCareers are non-linearA working plan makes a tedious of unrewarding jobs bearable
The danger of a tool-driven mindsetA job is not a careerCareers are non-linearA working plan makes a tedious of unrewarding jobs bearable
Career Building: The ConceptCareer Building: The Concept
A theoretical career path…A theoretical career path…
Career Building: The ConceptCareer Building: The ConceptA more realistic picture…A more realistic picture…
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IntroductionIntroduction
Information technology is a great career choice!
Career buildingConcepts for accelerated advancementThe value-added technologist
Information technology is a great career choice!
Career buildingConcepts for accelerated advancementThe value-added technologist
IT Is a Great Career!IT Is a Great Career!Unprecedented growth−still.
The U.S. department of labor statistic places information technology as the fastest growing job segment over the next 10 years.
Technology professionals still fare better than similarly trained professions (in terms of time spent).
Performance-based advancement.What have you done for me lately?
Less prone to tenure/time seniority grids for advancement.
Unprecedented growth−still.The U.S. department of labor statistic places
information technology as the fastest growing job segment over the next 10 years.
Technology professionals still fare better than similarly trained professions (in terms of time spent).
Performance-based advancement.What have you done for me lately?
Less prone to tenure/time seniority grids for advancement.
IT Is a Great Career!IT Is a Great Career!But what happened?
Thousands of poorly conceived businesses, run by fledgling technologists, who were moved into management; and then built by, entry-level developers, in a newly developed/preadolescent/marginally accepted economy… What were we thinking?
An industry forced to mature quickly due to several highly-publicized failures must hit the breaks and take a look at where it’s going.
But what happened?Thousands of poorly conceived businesses, run by
fledgling technologists, who were moved into management; and then built by, entry-level developers, in a newly developed/preadolescent/marginally accepted economy… What were we thinking?
An industry forced to mature quickly due to several highly-publicized failures must hit the breaks and take a look at where it’s going.
IT Is a Great Career!IT Is a Great Career!
This is a great thing!For the producer: If you can develop the full set of
talents needed to solve your client’s problems, you
will separate yourself from what I call widget-
producer technologists.
This is a great thing!For the producer: If you can develop the full set of
talents needed to solve your client’s problems, you
will separate yourself from what I call widget-
producer technologists.
Considerations Considerations Factors to help you decide:
PayInsuranceTrainingCommuteWorking Conditions (people, culture, environment, hours)
Future growth potential
Factors to help you decide:PayInsuranceTrainingCommuteWorking Conditions (people, culture, environment, hours)
Future growth potential
More FactorsMore FactorsFactors to help you decide:
DesiresWhat do you like? What do you hate?What do you want?
SkillsWhat are you good at?Learn new skills
Factors to help you decide:Desires
What do you like? What do you hate?What do you want?
SkillsWhat are you good at?Learn new skills
Career Building: The ConceptCareer Building: The Concept
Career building is exactly that−building.
Getting a job or a string of jobs is not synonymous with building a career.
A builder must have a plan.A builder must have the right tools.
Career building is exactly that−building.
Getting a job or a string of jobs is not synonymous with building a career.
A builder must have a plan.A builder must have the right tools.
SummarySummaryMany factors to consider when choosing
an IT careerIT offers many possibilities, from highly
creative to highly analyticalDetermine the factors that motivate you
and mesh well with your innate abilitiesYour career plan will help you enjoy your
job and be paid well.
Many factors to consider when choosing an IT career
IT offers many possibilities, from highly creative to highly analytical
Determine the factors that motivate you and mesh well with your innate abilities
Your career plan will help you enjoy your job and be paid well.