2014 is coming to a close and very soon we will be meeting year 2015. Are you prepared for the challenges it has to offer? Read these must-have IT skills list and try your best to gain if not master one of these.
Database Administration
With big data trending this 2014, expect it’s continues rise in the year 2014. How beneficial will it be to aspiring IT specialist to focus in becoming an expert in this field?
What you’ll be doing?
You can choose to master any of the following database administration roles:
- Database security
- Database tuning
- Backup and recovery
- Producing reports from queries
Given these, you will most definitely require several years of training and experience. However, this is one of the most promising careers in the years to come.
Business intelligence analytics
Do you love numbers and logic? Then this could be a field for you to master. It includes servicing companies with:
- Data warehousing
- Enterprise information
- Enterprise performance management
- Analytic applications
- Governance
- Risk
- Compliance
Sounds like a broad task? It truly is, but it is also one of the most interesting IT skills in our list. It doesn’t only entail a good sense of IT knowledge and skills, but also requires good interpersonal and speaking ability.
Very few professionals can gain these skills. However, those who do are enjoying the fruits of their.
Mobile applications and device management
Mashable reports that they expect over 5 billion people to use mobile phones by the year 2017. This is not a very bold prediction especially with low cost phones manufactured in China and India. What does this mean for professionals in the IT industry?
It means more opportunities for mobile developers to stand-out from the crowd. Very few people have acquired this skill, which makes it third of the most difficult skill to find in the world. So just imagine what your worth will be if you include this in your resume?
Project management
You may not have a set of expert IT skills list, but you have the unique talent of managing people with their skills and time. Then you have more chances in becoming a project manager for IT companies.
This is an equally important element for a successful project because meeting deadlines is hard to accomplish with no one leading. However, you need to know a bit about marketing and business key performance indicators to properly prioritize the needs of the project.
Help desk and technical support specialist
Do you have good communication skills but find it difficult to execute things you’ve learned in school? Are you more on the theoretical side? Then landing a job as a help desk and technical support specialist may be your calling?
With many companies introducing and marketing new web services and mobile applications, it is vital for them to have increased demand for help desk and technical support specialist. You may be the star player they are looking for.
Brush up your communication skills and start updating your IT skills list on your resume. Otherwise, read this infographic and upgrade your skills, today.
