Toni Cardarella Toni is a freelance writer and editor based in Kansas City, Missouri. She covers news, business, family, and workplace issues for various publications, including The New York Times, Bloomberg News, and Dow Jones. While employers everywhere continue to clamor to find programmers and webmasters, the kinds of opportunities for information technology professionals cut through typical job descriptions, and across industries countrywide. As a job category, networking seems to lead the pack, offering the greatest employment opportunities. And, as companies everywhere expand their online services, employers are desperate for skilled developers and web specialists.
Career opportunities abound, depending on the employer, the industry, and the city.
For example, while the transportation companies and professional service companies may need networkers the most, the greatest demand is for network administrators, systems administrators, and network architects. Business analysts need an IT background to be able to make projections as software is added, says Dorrie Holland, assistant vice president of staffing at IFTC, a subsidiary of State Street in Boston. But when it comes to any IT professional, the company always prefers people with more than technology skills and knowledge. But, the intense need for IT specialists is not limited to that region or those jobs. Employers across the country also are looking for IT professionals for help desk and end-use support departments, operations, sales and marketing, systems analysis, project management, operations, recruiting, and consulting.