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MIS Job Perspectives and Courses

April 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

The Market
The

demand:

Outsourcing: IT job losses and gains Development of IT in traditionally non-ITintensive industries: gains
The

supply:

Lower supply due to fear and other restrictions


Overall

effect: both IT job growth and salary increase


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Effects of Outsourcing: Job Losses


Entry

level jobs lost due to offshoring to developing countries like India, Philippines, & Russia: 2-3% each year

Effects of Outsourcing: New Opportunities


Jobs

incoming: Indian outsourcing companies set up 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


World is Flat: the world is one big market, both for the output (products and services) and the input (human capital) More demand globally for IT jobs especially at the middle and high level Growth in traditionally non-IT-intensive industries such as health care, retail, construction and services Growth in jobs due to Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002) and opportunities in IT security
The
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Lower Supply
Belief

of parents and students of poor job prospects in IT Decreasing number of foreign students in the US due to Visa and immigration restrictions: no longer the top choice for foreign students Salary gains: 2-5% annually

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 business majors Signing bonus: average $1,916
Multiple

offers
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Salary Statistics by Major

Interns
An

internship is an important part of the curriculum and your career


Get to know the profession Let the future employer know about you
Cost

of mishire: recruiter fee, downtime, missed opportunities, severance pay

Greatly increase your value to future employers Understand what knowledge learned in school can (and cannot) be applied to the industry and how
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Not to Mention the Cash


Monthly

2005:

salary for MIS interns from UIUC in

Average: $2,949 Median: $2,880


Again,

second highest among all UIUC Business majors

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Your Job Descriptions


Based

on Bureau of Labor Statistics job descriptions for MIS graduates:


Computer system analysts Computer Support Specialists and Systems Administrators 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 Our Graduates

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 of the MIS program Our primary employers include many that would be readily recognized as large, successful, and well-managed companies in a wide range of industries

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Sample Employers

Consulting and service firms:


Corporate:

Hewitt Associates Accenture, Crowe Chizek Big Four: PwC, E&Y, KPMG, Deloitte Hitachi Consulting Protiviti

IT companies:

Nike, Abbott Labs, Caterpillar, John Deere, Eli Lilly, KimberlyClark BankOne (now Chase), AllState, State Farm General Electric IBM, Microsoft SBC (now AT&T)
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2007 Employers and Job Titles


Consulting

Corporate:

Protiviti: Tech Risk Consultant Accenture: Consultant KPMG: IT Advisory Associate Grant Thornton: IT Consultant
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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and service firms:

Now the Preparation


Take

suitable courses
Technologyrelated news your strengths (as MIS majors)
Technology

Read

I
Business

Know

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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 would position 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 ISA events, Special Interest Groups (ACM)
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Suggested Courses and Time to Take Them


Introductory:

Sophomore or junior year (basic knowledge): junior junior and senior

BA350 (IT for Networked Organizations)


Intermediary

BA352 (Database), 353 (IS Analysis and Design), 354 (Data Communications)
Advanced/Applied:

454 (Java Programming), 395MS1(IT Governance), 453(Decision Support Systems), 395ESM (IT Project Management)
No

BA432, BA391
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Course Offering Schedule


For

this year Offered every semester:


350, 352, 353, 354
In In

the fall only:


the spring only:

454 (Java Programming)

395 MS1(IT Governance)

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MIS Courses this Fall


350 352 353 354 454 IT for Networked Orgs Database Design and Mgt Info Sys Analysis & Design Mgt of Data Comms Enterprise Comp Mgt Subramanyam Xia Gebauer John Burke P. Karhade 10-11:20 T R 3-4:20 T R 2:30-3:50 M W 1-2:20 M W 1-2:20 T R

http://www.business.uiuc.edu/mis/courses/

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BADM 350: IT for Networked Organizations

This introductory course teaches how IT affects and transforms organizational and industry structures. This course is designed to make the students knowledgeable of the fundamentals underlying the design, implementation, control, evaluation and use of modern information systems While some of the effort will be devoted to hands-on work with software, the major emphasis will be on the understanding the managerial and strategic aspects of information technology. Case studies, simulations, handson work, and article discussions will be used throughout the course.

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BADM 352: Database Design and Management


Introduce

the modern concepts, techniques and management practices when dealing with data and use of data in organizations. Topics include data modeling, database logical and physical designs, implementation, database administration and web-based database environment. Students will be involved in constructing a database and researching an advanced topic to solidify the learning.
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BADM 353: Information Systems Analysis and Design


Essential

steps in developing a management information system, including preliminary planning, design, feasibility analysis, implementation schedule, and post implementation review of the system; includes a semester-long project which familiarizes students with methodology and techniques.
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BADM 354: Management of Data Communications


This

course stresses a top-down, business oriented approach to evaluating and selecting data communications technology. Students who successfully complete this course gain practical knowledge of network telecommunications technology, including hardware and software. They learn enough to allow them to help design systems that include network components.
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BADM 454: Enterprise Computing Management


BADM

454 will help you understand how software designers develop software solutions to address real world problems. This course is designed with two main goals in mind: 1. To teach students the fundamental principles of object technology. 2. To teach students to design, implement and debug programs written in an object-oriented programming language (such as Java).
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Now the Preparation


Take

suitable courses http://www.business.uiuc.edu/mis/courses/

Read

Technologyrelated news
your strengths (as MIS majors)
Technology

I
Business

Know

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Keeping Up to Date
Read

as much as you can online from IT resources Every little tid-bit helps

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Now the Preparation


Take

suitable courses Technologyrelated news

Read

I
Technology Business

Know

your strengths (as MIS majors)

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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-based information systems Think critically about future technology and the future firm
When

you leave here you will be well-rounded graduates who are ready to contribute to organizations as soon as you begin working.
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Competitive Advantage of MIS Students

Other computer-related academic programs, such as Computer Science and Software Engineering, focus exclusively on developing the technical skills of computer professionals and do not cover the functional 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 your sophomore year. The more MIS-related experience you can show on 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 usually know their hiring needs a year in advance. They begin to recruit in September for positions they hope to fill by the following August This means that students who expect to graduate from the program should begin interviewing with the employers who visit our campus in September of their senior year. In other words, it is neither foolish nor unwise to begin interviewing for a permanent placement ten months before you expect to graduate
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Useful References
UIUC

Business Career Services job salary survey: http://www.business.uiuc.edu/bcs/employer s/placement_statistics/index.html ACM survey on IT jobs:
http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/23/news/econo my/jobs_it_offshoring/index.htm

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