ITSS 3300 Assignment 1 - Five-Component Careers (30 points) In the current employment situation, you need to be proactive and aggressive in your job...

ITSS 3300 Assignment 1 – Five -Component Careers (30 points) In the current employment situation, you need to be proactive and aggressive in your job search. Think about it: You will be spending one -third of your waking life in your job. One of the best things you can do for yourself is to begin to think seriously about your career prospects now. You don’t want to find yourself working as a barista after 4 years of business school, unless , of course, you’re planning on starting the next Starbucks. So start here. Are you interested in a career in MIS? At this point, you don’t know enough to know, but the lecture slide showing you the growth trend of computer and systems -related jobs should catch your attention. With job growt h like that, you should at least ponder whether there is a career for you in IS and related services. The following chart provides a framework for thinking about careers in an unconventional way. As you can see, there are technical jobs in MIS, but fasci nating, challenging, high -paying, nontechnical ones as well. Consider, for example, professional sales. Suppose you have the job of selling enterprise -class software to the Mayo Clinic. You will sell to intelligent, highly motivated professionals, with tens of millions of dollars to spend. Or suppose you work for the Mayo Clinic, on the receiving end of that sales pitch. How will you spend your tens of millions? You will need knowledge of your business, and you will also need to understand enough tech nology to ask intelligent questions and interpret the responses. Assignment: Give this some thought by answering each of the following questions . Each of your response s should be between 2 00-300 words. Hardware Software Data Procedures People Sales & Marketing Vendors (IBM, Cisco, etc.) Vendors (Microsoft, Oracle, etc.) Vendors (Acxicom, Google, etc.) Vendors (SAP, Infor, Oracle) Recruiters (Robert Half, Lucas Group) Support Vendors Internal MIS Vendors Internal MIS Database administration Security Vendors and internal customer support Customer support Training Development Computer engineering Internal MIS Application programmer Quality test engineer Data modeler Database design Business process management Process reengineering Training Internal MIS recruiting Management Internal MIS Internal MIS Data administration Project management Technical management Consulting Project management, development, pre - and post -sale support Questions: 1. Examine the Five -Component Careers chart and choose the row that seems most relevant to your interests and abilities. Describe a job in each component column of that row. If you are uncertain, Google the terms in the cells in that row. 2. For each job in your answers to the Question 1 , a) describe what you think are the three most important skills and abilities for that job , and b) what you need to do to prepare for these jobs. 3. For each job in your answer to Question 2, describe one innovative action that you can take this year to increase you employment prospects . Formatting and Submission Instructions :  Compose your paper in M S Word, double -spaced, using a 12 -point font , and 1 -inch margins.  Save your file using the following filename format: Lastname_Firstname_Assignment1  You will submit your assignment by uploading your Word file in eLearning. Be sure to allow enough time for eLearning to upload your file —sometimes wireless connections can be slow or some other technical issue may occur. Your assignment is submitted when eLearning has finished uploading t he file. Grading Criteria: Each question is worth 10 points . Y our answer s and paper overall will be assessed using the following criteria :  Content : The writing showed that you understood the questions the instructor asked, you have delivered a well -written response.  Instructions : You followed all the instructions.  Formatting : The document is professional and formatted correctly. The assignment will specify the accepted length of the paper. You should always include your name on the assignment as well as the title of the assignment.  Citations and References : If you used external references, the full reference is in the proper format with the necessary information. You cited those references appropriately within the content of your paper. If you use external references, you MUST include the full reference. You also need to cite the source within your paper. For citations, you can either directly quote the source when the author has something profound to say or you can reword the information fr om the source when the author has a unique idea. In either case, give credit to the author for the quotation or the unique idea but the bulk of your paper should be you expounding on the author’s ideas with your own words and ideas. Do not over -cite your p aper. You should research the topic, process the information you learn, present your response to the assignment in your own words, and support that response with citations from your sources. Do not cite every sentence/paragraph of your assignment.  Spellin g and Grammar : There are few or no spelling or grammar errors. Everyone makes mistakes; therefore, you will receive full points if there are minimal spelling and grammar errors.

Use correct spelling and grammar. The instructor does check for spelling and grammatical errors. The instructor will not correct spelling and grammar for you, but you will los e points if it is not correct.