1. Careers in Networking Renee Pearce May 11, 2009

2. Top 10 Technical Skills According to: Network World 1.Business Process Modeling 2.Database 3.Messaging/Communications 4.IT Architecture 5.IT Security 6.Project Management 7.Data Mining 8.Web Development 9.IT Optimization 10.Networking

3. Survey Polled 1,400 CIO’s Results: –2 nd most wanted skill set: Networking –Job areas experiencing most growth: Help desk/tech support and Networking

4. Why Networking “Network expertise serves as a foundation for any new technology endeavor.” – Network World "IT professionals need to... be able to tie the basics -- the good old network and security skills -- to emerging trends such as wireless, Web 2.0 and virtualization," -Neill Hopkins, VP of skills development at CompTIA.

5. Supply and Demand "Networking and infrastructure skills are back…With the growth and complexity of networks, there is a push for skills to design and manage such large-scale environments." - Beyond.com’s Milgram. Increased focus on: – Security & Regulatory requirements Growing complexity of networks: – Converged voice, data and video traffic Result: –Demand for networking professionals increasing

6. Supply and Demand The projected supply of skilled networking workers: –Not expected to keep pace with demand –Result: 8% gap, or 60,000 full-time skilled workers Forecasts: Wireless networking –Highest growth & greatest skill gap percentage of specialties –By 2011: 45,000 professionals needed, only 28,000 will be available

7. Networking Careers Network Administrator Network Engineer Network Technician Network Analyst Network Manager TechCareer Compass –http://tcc.comptia.orghttp://tcc.comptia.org

8. Certifications Vendor-Neutral –CompTIA –Security Certified Program –Project Management’s Institute Vendor-Specific –Microsoft –IBM –Novell –Cisco

9. Salaries Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (2008) –www.bls.gov Network systems and data communications analyst –$34.18 per hour, $71,000 per year Network and computer systems administrators –$31.88 per hour, $66,310 per year

10. Résumé Mistakes Misspelling product names –CPM for CP/M, dBase for dBASE Don’t list outdated software Acronym vs. abbreviations - formatting –Acronym: Basic, Cobal –Abbreviation: TCP/IP, PC

11. Career Sites for IT Dice Realmatch Smuz.com Jobfox Jobspods

12. Resources http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/040609-10- tech-skills.html?tc=car http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/030409- network-skills.html?page=1 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/120407- network-skills-high-demand.html http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/edu/2008/080 408ed1.html http://tcc.comptia.org/job_roles.aspx http://www.bls.gov/ http://compnetworking.about.com/od/itinformationtechnol ogy/l/aa032601a.htm