Becoming a Technology Professional

More IT Jobs Than Ever Before…and How You Can Land One

Launching a new career, whether you’re just coming out of college or moving from another professional field, is daunting on its own. Combine that with moving into the technology industry, where everything seems to change every day, and the career aspiration can be viewed as both challenging and exciting. The key to career success is finding your niche and establishing career goals to strive for and accomplish.

Today’s tech experts, whether it’s the help desk support team or the gurus designing advanced wireless networks, are playing critical roles in business. They are helping to expand the business, drive company efficiency and boost and enhance every aspect of a company.

Along with the metamorphosis of the IT role in business, the continuing development and deployment of new technologies is creating new career roles as well. With the advent of the Web and e-commerce, the continual growth in communication capabilities and related networking requirements, there are more IT jobs and IT roles than ever before.

But successfully launching a tech career is tied to many elements including:

  • Getting the right education and skill sets;
  • Finding the job that both challenges and satisfies your own occupational goals;
  • Making the right decisions to on the path to career success.

That’s why we have developed a simple step-by-step guide to help anyone looking to work in the tech field, whether they’re new college graduates or professionals leaving another occupation to become a techie.

The 10 Steps To Becoming An IT Professional guide details what you need to do before jumping into the employment ranks, from understanding the IT industry today to choosing a tech specialty and knowing what tech roles require in terms of skill sets.

You’ll find advice on the many tech roles, how to get that resume together, as well as how to manage and develop your career. Check back with us as we discuss the 10 steps.

Step 1: IT Job Outlook

Step 2: What It Takes To Work In Technology
 
Step 3: Choosing A Technology Specialty

Step 4: Find The Right School & Courses

Step 5: Taking The Certification Path

Step 6: Gaining Work Experience

Step 7: Launching The IT Job Hunt

Step 8: Working As An IT Consultant

Step 9: That First Year On The Job

Step 10: Technology Career Trends

 

Giving Back

Balance is key for Dr. Craig Brown.
That means giving is as essential as receiving. Dr. Craig is a giver by nature — professionally, through his experiences as a cancer survivor and how he teaches his children to live life to the fullest through his adventurous (but safe) hobbies.

Dr. Craig knows what it means to overcome adversity. He knows what it means to persevere. The compassion that stems from his own experiences has fueled his efforts to encourage children and adults with disabilities and other hardships. He is spearheading a nonprofit organization, EPIC (Empowering. Purpose. Integrity. Character.) Youth Sports, which provides a safe and fun environment for teaching the fundamentals of basketball for preparing youngsters  for competition. Dr. Craig stands by the fundamental principles of the program, which strives to prepare participants to be outstanding citizens who will grow through character development, leadership, teamwork, sportsmanship and develop a family environment within their teams and the community.

Dr. Craig is also dedicated to introducing disadvantaged children and young adults to careers in technology as producers and entrepreneurs and he is a staunch supporter of health and wellness programs such as LiveStrong.