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| phuzzyfish12 |
So it seems that we have a very diverse group of TA's here and might I add a lot of smarty pants as well. SO I am gonna take this one step further and hopefully use this as a networking tool, I hope others do the same.
Me: I have a BA in Public Relations and experience in Real Estate and Mortgages, I wrote for my last jobs newsletter, this new company does not have one. I am looking to get back into PR through Marketing, Advertising, something where I can write again, anything creative. I am still unsure where I want this to take me but I sure as hell don't want to be a mortgage broker for the next 40 years.
So I have put it out there, if anyone has any help it would be greatly appreciated and if anyone is looking for a job in Mortgages or Real Estate please feel free to PM and I will help anyway I can.
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| ZzZ The Goddess |
| Well there are a ton of openings at my job. If people post theyre fax #'s I can send them the entire job listing and requirements for the jobs here. If they are interested we have an employee referal program here and I can hand in your resumes to HR personally. |
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| dcougar99 |
| Same here... i have a great referral program so any experienced IT professionals, developers, analyst, systems engineers feel free to hit me up. |
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| DarkFall01 |
| quote: | Originally posted by dcougar99
I’m a Business Intelligence Consultant with Ajilon Consulting) |
Nice, I like BI, it's pretty interesting, but it's not something I'd like to do when I graduate. My last internship allowed me to be a consultant in that field, I told the company the advantages of data mining, its uses, different algorithms for different causes etc. They also allowed me to do DTS on SQL Server :)
I still have no idea what I want to do when I graduate, MIS is so big... |
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| MaDDHatteR |
1. I do Hardware/Software Tech Support
2. Ehh.. its ok. It can get extremely busy or extremely desolate on a week to week basis.
3. Actually its quite interesting. I majored in History in college, but alot of my work experience centered around IT and computers. I'd really like to get into something more exciting, but don't we all? lol I'm pretty much fresh outta college, so I'm definately looking for that "something interesting." |
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| dcougar99 |
| quote: | Originally posted by DarkFall01
Nice, I like BI, it's pretty interesting, but it's not something I'd like to do when I graduate. My last internship allowed me to be a consultant in that field, I told the company the advantages of data mining, its uses, different algorithms for different causes etc. They also allowed me to do DTS on SQL Server :)
I still have no idea what I want to do when I graduate, MIS is so big... |
yeah you can go into so many areas in IT. You never know where you will be in a few years. |
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| kid nyce |
| quote: | Originally posted by dcougar99
yeah you can go into so many areas in IT. You never know where you will be in a few years. |
have any of you ever stopped to think what would happen if all of a sudden, computers stopped working? HAHA the only reason why I bring this up is because my computer at work is a P.O.S cuz "dude i got a dell" anyways, i noticed how much i couldn't do without a computer. Basically my job depends on the damn machine, but like many others who lay outside of the IT field, they depend on us to get things done.
As for so many areas in IT, my only advice is to stray away from the tech support customer service area (unless your thing is troubleshooting) and go in the direction of business in IT. I noticed alot of MIS grads come out thinking they are the best programmer, the most secure network infra. architect, with stacks on stacks of certificates, and all I have to say is that, someone 4years younger than you already done what you are doing. To thrive in the IT field named as "the best" is basically non-existent.
I myself straddle the Business side and IT side of the company. Business units depend on me to dev/imp a new Oracle Order Fulfillment System. I write my reports that give the business units (sales reps) their data for them to analyze. Of course I see figures of all the sales reps and who is selling what, but thats besides the point. The Oracle frontend is 11i, backend is 9i. MySQL, Access, and 11i is our main interface to our data structure. It's a fun job because I'm on the leading edge of technology (here), i get to develope and implement, validate and test, which gives me knowledge (blueprint) of how our backend is setup.
Datamining is another HUGE field purely for marketing purposes. Well also to monitor data integrity if you have a diverse market of vendor's selling your product. We use it for data analysis (cross market comparison) and mining our own product and data integrity. Most "internet" companies aren't too keen with data mining only for the fact that they feel their information is being "stolen" in such a way that a person doesn't physically sit there and search out "500 different kinds of socks you can buy at kmart" rather a computer program runs and pools all the data you need. Within a matter of minutes you can have all the necessary data to analyze. You can monitor buying patterns, sales rank for your product against a competitors product. It's such a powerful tool that any fortune 500 company that isn't doing it, should be.
My long drawn out point is that the IT field is a cyclical field (like everything in this world - economy) since the revenue line for any company moves 10x faster with technology then without it. So either way, you stock brokers, financial analysis, mom and pop shops, circuit city, bestbuy, they all need technology to advance. The dot-com bubble bursted, but its funny how you can buy stuff on the internet now, pay no tax with free shipping at cheaper than retail cost. Now tell me, would you wait 2 day air freight to save yourself over $50. Yes I think you would. dot-com bubble bursted cuz it wasn't in its prime, my prediction the dot-com will expand 100 fold within the next 5 years. |
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| Stassi |
1. I study Film and Television at NYIT. I also Freelance as an editor on the side.
2. I ing love it. I used to study Computer science and I decided I do not want to program for the rest of my life. Film is a great way for me to express myself in a creative matter as I always was a very visual thinker. At the moment I am an Editor with Avid but Soon I will be directing a feature film. |
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| madhattared |
| quote: | Originally posted by DarkFall01
Bose Automotive for the summer |
cool cool
have you worked there before?
i'll post my deal after im done my current project... =( |
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| DarkFall01 |
| quote: | Originally posted by madhattared
cool cool
have you worked there before?
i'll post my deal after im done my current project... =( |
No, I they got my resume from my school, called, interviewed, etc and gave me the job 2 weeks ago :)
| quote: | Originally posted by kid nyce
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Yeah, the one thing I DO want to stay out of is programming, it's just not meant for me. I wouldn't mind starting in BI, but wouldn't work in that area for long. In the end, I want to work with the business side of MIS, but that's a big area too :p
I like project management too... |
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| dcougar99 |
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Yeah, the one thing I DO want to stay out of is programming, it's just not meant for me. I wouldn't mind starting in BI, but wouldn't work in that area for long. In the end, I want to work with the business side of MIS, but that's a big area too :p
I like project management too... |
This is why I work with BI... I get to move over to management all the way to the C level. My "product/solutions" are geared directly at the enterprise level. Something that most places (fortune 500) can only dream of. You should see some of the so called data warehouses i have seen...LOL its almost a joke. And im not a coder persay... i code in 3GL and 4GL Cognos and did Remedy ARS applications but I like to focus on the actual consulting so I dont get stuck in the developer role. Its good to be grounded in all areas before you go into management as well. Project management can be fun if you have a good team... and enough pull with them... i have PM'ed about 10 smaller projects and its nice to change up on stuff... i dont think i could do it full time though. good luck on finding something you like! |
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| dcougar99 |
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Datamining is another HUGE field purely for marketing purposes. Well also to monitor data integrity if you have a diverse market of vendor's selling your product. We use it for data analysis (cross market comparison) and mining our own product and data integrity. Most "internet" companies aren't too keen with data mining only for the fact that they feel their information is being "stolen" in such a way that a person doesn't physically sit there and search out "500 different kinds of socks you can buy at kmart" rather a computer program runs and pools all the data you need. Within a matter of minutes you can have all the necessary data to analyze. You can monitor buying patterns, sales rank for your product against a competitors product. It's such a powerful tool that any fortune 500 company that isn't doing it, should be. |
datamining is only a small part of a EBI solution... and there are so much data out there to look at that people dont know about. and there are a lot of fortune 500 that arent up to speed on that area yet because they are so large and its much more difficult to implement a solution over the entire enterprise. you see more of a diverse user group with custome developed tools etc. Corporate Performance Managment is the next big thing and ill be right there when it hits. :p |
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