A career or further study in the IT sector is full of exciting opportunities. The Diploma helps to prepare you for them by giving you the skills and experience you need to succeed. What’s different about the Diploma is that businesses in the industry are investing their time to help you do this, helping to make it relevant and exciting.
This is why you’ll be learning everything about the industry from the people who know, and the skills you need to succeed in it. What the sector can offer keen young people in return is loads of choice, great rewards and a chance to make your mark.
So, what’s it really like?
The IT workforce is almost 1.2 million strong, and growing. Technology is all around us and is used in just about every walk of life, and in almost every organisation, from a small design agency to a global charity, from a hospital to a corporate bank so it’s not hard to see why this sector is such a popular one.
The sector is split into two parts: people working in the IT industry and IT professionals working in other areas.
If you work in the industry itself, this means you’ll be doing jobs like project manager, games developer, software engineer web developer. These types of roles are found in businesses that do IT as their main thing, like making new software or hosting websites.
If you work in other areas, you’ll be in a company that’s not involved in IT. So, the business might be in another sector like hospitality, business or manufacturing. Your job would be in an IT department or IT support, where you would be doing things like creating networks and applications, making sure the network runs ok and helping other people in the company with any IT problems.
You should have a better idea of how big an area this is to explore, whether you’re thinking of working in it or studying more about it. By doing the Diploma in IT you’ll get the chance to do just that: Explore everything.
Useful links
Check out the IT Diploma website and also try e-skills UK for info on careers and the Diploma in IT. Check out the Connexions website, for a whole section on jobs in computers and IT.
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