We're seeing more and more students wanting to go into business for themselves. Telecommunications, another area of information technology that has caught the attention of stock market investors, is not a large source of jobs at Williams' Web site. Cisco, based in San Jose, CA, is building the networking infrastructure for the Internet. Web site features openings for database administrators, software engineers, systems administrators, and Java programmers, to name a few. Career experts counsel anyone planning a career in IT to get professional experience prior to graduation through part-time work, internships, or voluntary efforts.
Expectations are high for entry level candidates taking computers jobs.
They may not make a lot of money at first, but they have limitless potential. Two years from now, this person may make three times what he makes today and be a jewel of the company. At Northwestern, Arnold said that internships are expected and most students have already garnered work experience by the time she meets them in their senior year. Most students with IT backgrounds are working part-time in Web design, programming, or systems administration. It doesn't matter what sector you go into, it matters what you want to get out of it.