Career Profiles

Career Profiles

Information Technology

The following industry career profile, Careers for Information Technology Graduates, was made possible by the generous sponsorship and assistance of the Australian Computer Society. Visit the ACS now at www.acs.org.au .

The terms ICT (Information and Communication Technology), IT (Information Technology), IT&T (Information Technology & Telecommunication), Computing and Computer Science are used very broadly and often interchangeably. They all incorporate the different ways in which we utilise technology to manage information and operational systems. Some general comments about this kind of employment include:

“A career in Information Technology provides an exciting, challenging job with a huge range of options.

An IT career does not mean just working in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industries themselves, but because IT is used by all business, government and schools, the choice of industry to work in is as large as the economy itself.” (Source: Australian Computer Society)

ICT is an enabler; required for the functioning of all areas of society. It therefore has an impact on the economy, and is in turn affected by economic rises and downturns.

Working in ICT is possible at any point in your career, but a tertiary qualification greatly increases the options that are open to you.

“…even students in school are working in ‘the industry’ at nights and weekends, sometimes developing websites, tutoring members of their families in computer skills and even helping small businesses make better use of computers in their work.

The range of tasks and streams within an IT career is huge. It is expected that in one’s working life three separate careers might be typical, and in IT one need not leave the sector at all in order to change careers!” (Source: Australian Computer Society)

Want to read more?

Download a complete copy of Careers for Information Technology Graduates.

Download a copy of Career View on Information Technology (NZ).

Career View on Information Technology is part of the Career View series produced by the Careers Advisory Service at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. While the booklet was originally developed for a New Zealand audience, we believe that graduates in Australia will also find the information within it relevant and useful.

Additional IT Careers Resources

IT Skills Hub

IT Skills Hub is a portal that links individuals and agencies with IT skills, opportunities and solutions. It brings together some of the best resources and expertise in Australia's IT industry. It is a new electronic marketplace, conceived to address the need for a larger IT&T skills pool in Australia.

IT Skills Hub provides information and resources on education, training, development and services for everyone involved in the sector – from users to suppliers, students to educators and employers to employees.

For further information call the IT Skills Hub on (03) 9665 5600 or visit the website at wwww.itskillshub.com.au .

IT Careers Portal

Interested in a career in the information technology industry, but don't know where to start? The Australian Computer Society's IT Careers Portal at www.acs.org.au/ictcareers may help to point you in the right direction.