Explore unique career guides with itsworking.org

Itsworking.org offers career guides for multiple employment opportunities. These extensive career guides provide critical information on all aspects of today's work world. From reviews of new emerging technological breakthroughs to statistical analysis of employment issues, we have it all. The site offers an in-depth review of today's economy, job markets, and educational requirements to help you make an informed decision about your future.

Career guides to technology opportunities

Our career guides include interviews with real people who have interesting jobs at high-tech companies. We also provide listings of hundreds of different types of careers, recommended curriculum, required degrees and advice on how to succeed in each field. Itsworking.org is actually four career guides in one - dividing the employment selections into four categories based upon your interests and abilities.

Are you a technology user, technology producer, technology administrator or hands-on technician?

Do you want to use a computer but not build or program one? Then you are a technology user. Technology users have specific knowledge in a particular area of study plus good computer software skills in a variety of programs depending on their area of expertise. Technology users vary from accountants who use spreadsheet software to balance corporate books to graphic designers using a variety of software programs to create Web pages and brochures.

Do you want to manage people who operate and program computer systems? Then you are a technology administrator. Tech administrators have a broad knowledge of business functions as well as extensive computer skills. Depending on their position and type of company, these administrators may plan and design networks, develop budgets and policies, and purchase equipment and coordinate installation. They may also be tasked with analyzing and evaluating trends and new technologies, monitoring and evaluating network performance and using software to create solutions.

Do you want to design, build and program computer-based systems? Then you are a technology producer. Technology producers can be software or hardware producers or both. Software producers organize, store, retrieve, manipulate and analyze data. These skills are essential for billing, payroll, financial transactions, scheduling, customer service and more. Hardware producers design, develop, produce, test and maintain complex products and services.

Do you want real hands-on work such as installing, maintaining and repairing computer-based systems? Then you are a technician. Technicians build, install, test, evaluate and maintain electronic equipment.

Every industry needs workers with technology skills

People with the right technology skills are needed in every industry, from retail and e-business to healthcare and manufacturing. At itsworking.org you can study the list of jobs, organized by what you are interested in, find the education and curriculum needed, job responsibilities and salaries. In addition, you can get first hand accounts from real people about their high-tech jobs at Microsoft, Macromedia, Volkswagen, Fender Guitar, Netscape, IBM, Roland and Qualcomm.

Find out what's going on around you

Itsworking.org provides extensive information about today's technological advances and how they may impact the work world. Learn about the latest in biotechnology, robotics and cellular technology. Understand why biomedical engineering and healthcare informatics is growing. As the health care field and technology's role in diagnostic, therapeutic and research activities continue to expand, so too will the need for biomedical engineering professionals. These medical technologists, with a foundation level understanding of biological processes and strong skills in computer software and hardware, are essential to this rapidly growing career field. From broadband to wireless, discover where the opportunities are and how to take advantage of them.