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“A Path Well Chosen”

“A Path Well Chosen”. Baylor University MIS Career Dinner August 31, 2011 Terry Huey, Manager, PC Infrastructure. Agenda. Introduction Technology at ExxonMobil Technology Trends IT Hiring and Salary Trends Insights from the other side! Tips on Getting Hired.

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“A Path Well Chosen”

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  1. “A Path Well Chosen” Baylor University MIS Career Dinner August 31, 2011 Terry Huey, Manager, PC Infrastructure

  2. Agenda • Introduction • Technology at ExxonMobil • Technology Trends • IT Hiring and Salary Trends • Insights from the other side! • Tips on Getting Hired

  3. IT In Action – Across the CorporationIT Service Scope HPC 1,000 TFLOPs 130M Internet Business transactions/year 4.4B SAP transactions/year 2.5M Help Desk / Access Admin requests/year 102,000 PCs / Notebooks 24,000 Sites on Retail Network 12,100 Servers 3.8M E-mails/day 2,800 Business Applications 5,300 TB Data transferred/year 3M Voice minutes/day 8,900 TB Allocated Storage

  4. Technology at ExxonMobil • Upstream • High performance computing for visualization, processing, and modeling • Computing infrastructure for geological and geophysical interpretation • Downstream • Software to automate refining processes, equipment surveillance, and maintenance • Service station point-of-sale applications, product level monitoring, and supply chain management tools • Chemicals • Global SAP system for order-to-cash, purchase-to-pay, and eBusiness transactions • Applications for laboratory data management, intellectual property, and research computing • Corporate • Global systems for human resources, cash management, tax & safety, health & environment “Technology is the very lifeblood of our success today, and it is the platform for our success tomorrow.”

  5. 2011 IT Technology Trends ExxonMobil Use Only

  6. Social and Geopolitical Trends SOCIAL Continued globalization of business processes Generation Y (the Millennials), the digital natives, a global phenomenon – more than just cultural Challenge of aging populations GEOPOLITICAL World emerging from the “Great Recession” Key developing nations (AP and LA) returning to double digit growth Developed countries experiencing low single digit growth Capital flowing to developing world Disagreements about currency values and trade Major US military engagements being phased down 6

  7. IT Industry Trends IT spending expected to increase modestly in 2011. The extent will differ by region and by industry Drive to move computing expenditures from “ongoing operations” to “new business” Ongoing attention to sustainability, especially in energy usage Significant IT Merger & Acquisitions activity continuing Vigorous competition: Apple-Google, Microsoft -Google, Cisco-HP-Dell, Oracle-everyone Significant innovation technologies are finally reaching market readiness 7

  8. Major External IT Trends 8

  9. Transforming Trends into Breakthroughs The Trends provide opportunities and define solution boundaries, but they do not automatically supply breakthroughs. Breakthroughs come from enabling business and IT process changes through a grouping of new technologies, often in combination Companies looking for people with the skills to create the breakthroughs 9

  10. The IT Job Market • Demand for qualified IT professionals continues to grow • CIO’s indicating plans to increase future hiring • Companies expressing difficulty in filling open positions • IT related degrees continue to rank well as best undergraduate degrees • Starting salaries for most positions up versus 2010

  11. Insights from the other side

  12. How Did I Get Here? Hometown: Grapevine, TX Transferred from the University of Alabama to Baylor University mid-way through Freshman year My many majors How I decided on MIS ExxonMobil & what I do now

  13. How Did I Get Here? “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have always imagined.” -Henry David Thoreau

  14. Getting Hired • Everything counts • Grades, leadership positions, internships, work experience, awards…. • Think about how they have/will help you • Depth vs. breadth – sometimes less is more • What you can learn versus what you already know • Behavior-based interviews • Increasingly common approach • Past behavior predicts future behavior • Be prepared – have previously prepared examples, practice • It’s about you – “What did you do?”

  15. Summary • You have made a good choice • MIS is a great degree and in demand • It will be hard but rewarding work • Variety of Assignments • IT is a wide field with many different starting and ending points • Constant change and challenges • Good opportunities – companies are looking for people like you • You can do it!

  16. Questions

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