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Information Systems Concentration

Information Systems Concentration. Passion. Figure out what you really like to do What do information systems graduates do? ‘Know” business and technology Business Analyst Web designer Network Administrator Database Designer Are you a ‘people’ person? . $$$$.

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Information Systems Concentration

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  1. Information Systems Concentration

  2. Passion • Figure out what you really like to do • What do information systems graduates do? • ‘Know” business and technology • Business Analyst • Web designer • Network Administrator • Database Designer • Are you a ‘people’ person?

  3. $$$$ • If you don’t have a passion, go for money. • Average starting salaries reported by graduates for 2007-2008 • Information Systems $60,000 • Industrial Technology $59,000 • Economics $53,000 • Finance $53,000 • Accounting $52,000 • Management $41,300 • International Business $40,000 • Marketing $38,000

  4. Google IBM Amgen Big four consulting firms Apple Sun Microsoft Disney Oracle Chevron AOL Cisco Workday Aggressor Lockheed Facebook Who will pay you that much money? Make sure you have the right concentration!!

  5. Overseas Assignments • Many of our students are given overseas assignments within two years of starting their jobs • Frida Orre: Google Dublin -Ireland • Scott Allen: EY - Australia • Erin Bivens: Capital Group – London • Kelsey McCabe – South Africa; Sweden • Why will they send you overseas? • Skills!!! • IS faculty have taught in Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Mexico, Vietnam, Finland, Spain, Germany, Canada, Greece …

  6. Goals of IS program • To educate students in the area of information systems AND have all students find a job in their chosen profession … • We will help you find an internship Quote from the Career Center Site: While debriefing her recruiting team before the career fair, I heard a lead recruiter say: “If they haven’t completed an internship, put their resume at the bottom of the pile.” • We will help you find a full-time job after graduation • Be happy • There are jobs available, even in these tough times …

  7. Are there jobs? • Article in Delta Sky airline magazine says … • 1,181,000 … “That’s how many U.S. Software Engineers will be needed by 2016, a 38 percent increase over 2006, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. A whopping 45 percent increase is expected for applications engineers, those directly involved with business units and computer programs. … applications positions grow faster because they promote innovation and efficiency.”

  8. The Concentration • The IS concentration courses: • One programming classes: • BUS 392 • One database class: • BUS 393 • One systems analysis and design class: • BUS 394 • One software implementation class: • BUS 395 • Two electives

  9. Information Systems Association • http://www.isa.calpoly.edu Student Club

  10. Contact • Barry Floyd • 805 756-6551 • bfloyd@calpoly.edu • Screenname: barrydfloyd • Facebook … • Questions??

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