Job Responsibilities
Developed project scope and project prospectus for national
LAN/WAN projects. Created, tracked and updated project plans
through all phases of a project using Microsoft Project and
assigned project tasks to staff in accordance with scheduled
deliverables. Managed vendors assigned to project and partnered
staff members with assigned resources.
Determined standards and risks, set goals and task duration,
defined milestones, developed financial analysis, identified the
resources needed and determined critical path for all projects.
Obtain management approval for the project technology expenditures
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Job Requirements
AS in Computer Science
BS in Information Technology
MBA, minor in Information Systems
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Uppers
If you have a passion for Technology, then you can truely excel in the field.
However some Firms and their management, seeing your passion for your job will
try their hardest to knock the wind out of your sails
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Downers
Very long hours, no weekends off and Holiday weekends generally
mean working 3 days in a row.
If you are going to work in IT, be very aware that system changes
generally occur on weekends and Holidays therby minimizing the
risk to online systems and impact to users.
Also, be aware, with the current offshoring trend, no ones job is
secure.
Finally, IT no longer commands the respect it used to. Most
corporations and "Firms" consider it a cost and usually slash IT
budgets and jobs at the first mention of revenue losses or a poor
economic market.
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Lifestyle
For the most part, if you work for a smaller company, you can have a work/home
life balance.
Larger corporations and "Firms", although they talk about home/work balance are
actually the worst in providing this balance.
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Compensation
Salary and bonuses used to be better than they are at current.
However, gone are the days where you can command the salary that
an IT professional did in the 1980's and especially during its
heyday in the 1990's.
In other words, paying off the student loans may not be as easy
as you would have thought.
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Advice to Jobseekers
Stay away from the Big 4, especially PricewaterhouseCoopers, they
are the first to downsize at even the hint of lowered projected
earnings.
Stay away from Banking as they are consolidating/re-organizing
and downsizing on a continual basis.
Look for a smaller company with a potential for growth and long
term stability.
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