Unit 7 P4
P1 Describe the characteristics valued by employers in the IT industry
Industry specific characteristic:
Technical knowledge
General IT knowledge is essential in an IT job role, but employers need to take on people who have certain skills in other technical areas of the job. The first time you start a career in IT, you are thought to know all the basic IT knowledge and also be able to pick up information quickly.
Learning IT in education such as schools and colleges is very important. People need to know the importance of IT issues plus changes that affect businesses. Even today security is a big issue to us and still likely to continue this way, but progresses are happening all the time. Employers will assume that you would know about these …show more content…
This is because of the legislation that is included in IT at the moment. Things like data protection and copyright laws are a part of this. Employers have to make sure they are not breaking any laws, this means they will need their employees to always be aware of what they are doing and the responsibilities they have in these areas.
Health and safety knowledge
Employers will expect you to have some knowledge in the health and safety area. This is essential as the employers will expect you to be aware of the risks and the responsibilities you have. For example you might get eye strain from looking at the computer screen for a long time. How to stop this from happening is to adjust the monitor at eye level and put it somewhere so there is no reflections coming of the monitor.
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For example the employees that work in web design and desktop publishing will be known to be creative in that area as they can come up with lots of unique ideas to make the web design or desktop look really good. But there is lots of other ways in being creative. For example you can just be creative by coming up with ideas for new products or even improving old products or services.
Organisation skills
It is very helpful if you are an organised person. This is because you will need to be able to do work tasks efficiently. For example the job that you have been set to do will mean that you need to have the right equipment and information for the job. This could be going from having something to write with and remembering client’s names or businesses that you might have to visit. Also to look professional it’s very good to be organised. Most employers don’t like it if you come in and say ‘I forgot it’ or ‘I left it at home’ as its very un-organised and makes you look unprofessional.
Attitudes preferred
Industry specific characteristic:
Technical knowledge
General IT knowledge is essential in an IT job role, but employers need to take on people who have certain skills in other technical areas of the job. The first time you start a career in IT, you are thought to know all the basic IT knowledge and also be able to pick up information quickly.
Learning IT in education such as schools and colleges is very important. People need to know the importance of IT issues plus changes that affect businesses. Even today security is a big issue to us and still likely to continue this way, but progresses are happening all the time. Employers will assume that you would know about these …show more content…
This is because of the legislation that is included in IT at the moment. Things like data protection and copyright laws are a part of this. Employers have to make sure they are not breaking any laws, this means they will need their employees to always be aware of what they are doing and the responsibilities they have in these areas.
Health and safety knowledge
Employers will expect you to have some knowledge in the health and safety area. This is essential as the employers will expect you to be aware of the risks and the responsibilities you have. For example you might get eye strain from looking at the computer screen for a long time. How to stop this from happening is to adjust the monitor at eye level and put it somewhere so there is no reflections coming of the monitor.
General …show more content…
For example the employees that work in web design and desktop publishing will be known to be creative in that area as they can come up with lots of unique ideas to make the web design or desktop look really good. But there is lots of other ways in being creative. For example you can just be creative by coming up with ideas for new products or even improving old products or services.
Organisation skills
It is very helpful if you are an organised person. This is because you will need to be able to do work tasks efficiently. For example the job that you have been set to do will mean that you need to have the right equipment and information for the job. This could be going from having something to write with and remembering client’s names or businesses that you might have to visit. Also to look professional it’s very good to be organised. Most employers don’t like it if you come in and say ‘I forgot it’ or ‘I left it at home’ as its very un-organised and makes you look unprofessional.
Attitudes preferred