Ingenieur Vol 58 April-June 2014 Ingenieur Vol 58 April-June 2014 | Page 63

JOB OPPORTUNITIES & QUALIFIED IT EMPLOYEES As job opportunities open up in the IT industry, globally recognized and vendor-neutral certifications of IT and related degrees will be useful. Such certifications help train and identify qualified, knowledgeable employees and match them with employers who have job vacancies. T he global economy remains fragile, but Information Technology (IT) is a rapidly growing field that keeps adding layers of new opportunity. Cloud computing, for example, is starting to mature, and mobility is adding another level of complexity to IT systems and management, which will continue to grow as users move away from desktop computers to laptops, tablets and smart phones. These days, IT touches everything, from housing to hospitals, economics to engineering, transportation to education. Companies are beginning to recognize the importance IT plays in dayto-day business and, as they 61 FEATURE By Dennis Kwok, Vice President, Asia Pacific-CompTIA, The Computing Technology Industry Association