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MIS Job Perspectives
and CoursesApril 3, 2007
Mu Xia
Ram Subramanyam
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Overview
The job market
The IT job market
Illinois MIS graduates job prospects
Your preparation
Courses
Experience
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The Market
The demand:
Outsourcing: IT job losses and gains
Development of IT in traditionally non-IT-intensive industries: gains
The supply: Lower supply due to fear and other restrictions
Overall effect: bothIT job growth andsalary increase
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Effects of Outsourcing:
Job Losses
Entry level jobs lost due to offshoring todeveloping countries like India, Philippines,& Russia: 2-3% each year
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Effects of Outsourcing:New Opportunities
Jobs incoming: Indian outsourcing companies setup shop in the US and other developed countries
While cost savings is one benefit, companies
realize it gives them opportunities to Rethink and re-organize their business processes Develop IT solutions to improve business process efficiency Offer more products and services to its employees and customers
Result: higher productivity for US companies so more jobs overall More IT jobs thanks to outsourcing
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Growth in Other Areas
The World is Flat: the world is one big market,both for the output (products and services) andthe input (human capital)
More demand globally for IT jobs especially at themiddle and high level
Growth in traditionally non-IT-intensive industriessuch as health care, retail, construction and
servicesGrowth in jobs due to Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002)
and opportunities in IT security
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Lower Supply
Belief of parents and students of poor jobprospects in IT
Decreasing number of foreign students inthe US due to Visa and immigrationrestrictions: no longer the top choice forforeign students
Salary gains: 2-5% annually
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The Market for UIUC Graduates
Many opportunities: 145 MIS positions registered in the business career
system
Only 35 students (including 18 interns) registered
High starting salary: Mean: $50,143
Median: $51,000
Second highest average salary of all UIUC businessmajors
Signing bonus: average $1,916
Multiple offers
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Salary Statistics by Major
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Interns
An internship is an important part of thecurriculum and your career Get to know the profession
Let the future employer know about youCost of mishire: recruiter fee, downtime, missed
opportunities, severance pay
Greatly increase your value to future employers
Understand what knowledge learned in schoolcan (and cannot) be applied to the industry andhow
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Not to Mention the Cash
Monthly salary for MIS interns from UIUC in2005:
Average: $2,949
Median: $2,880
Again, second highest among all UIUCBusiness majors
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Your Job Descriptions
Based on Bureau of Labor Statistics jobdescriptions for MIS graduates: Computer system analysts
Computer Support Specialists and SystemsAdministrators
Computer and Information Systems Managers
Operations Research Analysts
Management Analysts
Computer Scientists and Database Administrators
Computer Software Engineers
Computer Programmers
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Actual Job Titles of OurGraduates
Managerial Business Analyst
Management Analyst
Systems Consultant
Customer Relationship Management Consultant Risk Services Associate
Risk Performance Services Consultant
Technical Systems Analyst
Systems Programmer Information Analyst
. many more
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Who Are the Employers ?
Large corporations hire most graduates ofthe MIS program
Our primary employers include many thatwould be readily recognized as large,successful, and well-managed companies ina wide range of industries
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Sample Employers
Consulting and service firms: Hewitt Associates Accenture, Crowe Chizek Big Four: PwC, E&Y, KPMG, Deloitte Hitachi Consulting Protiviti
Corporate: Nike, Abbott Labs, Caterpillar, John Deere, Eli Lilly, Kimberly-
Clark BankOne (now Chase), AllState, State Farm
General Electric IT companies:
IBM, Microsoft SBC (now AT&T)
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2007 Employers and Job Titles
Consulting and service firms: Protiviti: Tech Risk Consultant Accenture: Consultant KPMG: IT Advisory Associate Grant Thornton: IT Consultant
Corporate: Abbott Labs: IT Prof. Dev. Prog. Caterpillar: IT Analyst
Citigroup: Tech Leadership Prog. John Deere: Business Analyst Freddie Mac: Bus. Tech Associate
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Now the Preparation
Take suitablecourses
Read Technology-related news
Know your strengths(as MIS majors)
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BusinessTechnology
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Academic Preparation
Four focal points
General education requirements
College requirements
Business Administration requirements
MIS requirements
How do you choose when scheduling?
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Optimizing your selection
End game involves getting a good job
For that to happen:
Complete as many of the courses that wouldposition you best for Fall of senior year
More MIS courses in Junior year for an intern
Slack requirements in senior year
Try to participate in activities such as ISAevents, Special Interest Groups (ACM)
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Suggested Courses and Time toTake Them
Introductory: Sophomore or junior year BA350 (IT for Networked Organizations)
Intermediary (basic knowledge): junior BA352 (Database), 353 (IS Analysis and Design), 354
(Data Communications)
Advanced/Applied: junior and senior
454 (Java Programming), 395MS1(IT Governance),453(Decision Support Systems), 395ESM (IT ProjectManagement)
No BA432, BA391
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Course Offering Schedule
For this year
Offered every semester:
350, 352, 353, 354
In the fall only:
454 (Java Programming)
In the spring only: 395 MS1(IT Governance)
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MIS Courses this Fall
350 IT for Networked Orgs Subramanyam 10-11:20 T R
352 Database Design and Mgt Xia 3-4:20 T R
353 Info Sys Analysis & Design Gebauer 2:30-3:50 M W
354 Mgt of Data Comms John Burke 1-2:20 M W454 Enterprise Comp Mgt P. Karhade 1-2:20 T R
http://www.business.uiuc.edu/mis/courses/
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BADM 350: IT for NetworkedOrganizations
This introductory course teaches how IT affects andtransforms organizational and industry structures. Thiscourse is designed to make the students knowledgeable ofthe fundamentals underlying the design, implementation,
control, evaluation and use of modern information systemsWhile some of the effort will be devoted to hands-on workwith software, the major emphasis will be on theunderstanding the managerial and strategic aspects ofinformation technology. Case studies, simulations, hands-
on work, and article discussions will be used throughoutthe course.
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BADM 352: Database Design andManagement
Introduce the modern concepts, techniquesand management practices when dealingwith data and use of data in organizations.
Topics include data modeling, databaselogical and physical designs, implementation,database administration and web-baseddatabase environment. Students will be
involved in constructing a database andresearching an advanced topic to solidifythe learning.
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BADM 353: Information SystemsAnalysis and Design
Essential steps in developing a managementinformation system, including preliminaryplanning, design, feasibility analysis,
implementation schedule, and postimplementation review of the system;includes a semester-long project which
familiarizes students with methodology andtechniques.
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BADM 354: Management of DataCommunications
This course stresses a top-down, businessoriented approach to evaluating andselecting data communications technology.
Students who successfully complete thiscourse gain practical knowledge of networktelecommunications technology, including
hardware and software. They learn enoughto allow them to help design systems thatinclude network components.
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BADM 454: Enterprise ComputingManagement
BADM 454 will help you understand how softwaredesigners develop software solutions to addressreal world problems.
This course is designed with two main goals inmind:1. To teach students the fundamental principles ofobject technology.
2. To teach students to design, implement anddebug programs written in an object-orientedprogramming language (such as Java).
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Now the Preparation
Take suitablecourses
ReadTechnology-related news
Know your strengths(as MIS majors)
I
BusinessTechnology
http://www.business.uiuc.edu/mis/courses/
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Keeping Up to Date
Read as much as youcan online from ITresources
Every little tid-bit helps
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Now the Preparation
Take suitablecourses
Read Technology-related news
Know yourstrengths (asMIS majors)
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BusinessTechnology
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Strengths of the MIS Program
Goals of the program: Identify how IT can bring value to firm and how it
cannot.
Learn how to design and build computer-basedinformation systems
Think critically about future technology and the futurefirm
When you leave here you will be well-roundedgraduates who are ready to contribute toorganizations as soon as you begin working.
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Competitive Advantage of MISStudents
Other computer-related academicprograms, such as Computer Science andSoftware Engineering, focus exclusively on
developing the technical skills of computerprofessionals and do not cover thefunctional areas of business that are
supported by technology.
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Getting Ready
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Getting Ready: Pre-seniors
Find summer jobs related to MIS starting in yoursophomore year.
The more MIS-related experience you can showon your rsum, the more interesting you will look
to potential employers.Get as much IT coursework done before senior
year.
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Getting Ready: Seniors
The corporations that hire our graduates usuallyknow their hiring needs a year in advance. Theybegin to recruit in September for positions theyhope to fill by the following August
This means that students who expect to graduatefrom the program should begin interviewing withthe employers who visit our campus in Septemberof their senior year.
In other words,it is neither foolish nor unwise
tobegin interviewing for a permanent placement tenmonths before you expect to graduate
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Useful References
UIUC Business Career Services job salarysurvey:http://www.business.uiuc.edu/bcs/employer
s/placement_statistics/index.htmlACM survey on IT jobs:
http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/23/news/econo
my/jobs_it_offshoring/index.htm
http://www.business.uiuc.edu/bcs/employers/placement_statistics/index.htmlhttp://www.business.uiuc.edu/bcs/employers/placement_statistics/index.htmlhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/23/news/economy/jobs_it_offshoring/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/23/news/economy/jobs_it_offshoring/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/23/news/economy/jobs_it_offshoring/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2006/02/23/news/economy/jobs_it_offshoring/index.htmhttp://www.business.uiuc.edu/bcs/employers/placement_statistics/index.htmlhttp://www.business.uiuc.edu/bcs/employers/placement_statistics/index.html