Session I of career opportunities talk series was conducted by the Career and Placement cell for Third Year BCA Students on 21st July 2016, which focused upon their professional and career opportunities in the field of Information Technology. The resource person for this session was Mr. Ravi Kumar, Developer & research Engineer, Finland Labs, NSTP, IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India.
During the Session, the resource person gave industry insights on the type of skill sets required and what students should do if they opt for IT as their professional field. He gave comparative analysis of the skills required for IT industry from 1970 onwards and how it has changed. He mentioned that nowadays, the IT industry is not only looking for communication skills, IT knowledge, and specific programming knowledge but also stressing upon creativity, ideas and entrepreneurial abilities at the time of hiring.
He stressed upon the need of professional attitude, personality, technology skills, and passion with flavor of creativity and ideas as the key to grab the best opportunities available in the IT Market. He elaborated upon why companies like Amazon and Facebook offer such high pay packages.
This session was kept open for all interested students and around 43 students attended. Overall, the entire session was interactive and successful.
