Data warehouse job opportuneties

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Data warehouse job opportuneties

• BY Anna Khorosheva
• November 17th, 2008
• Management Information System
• Career Assignment

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What is a data warehouse job?

• Data warehouses are often used in strategic
  report systems to help manage and control the
  business.
• The functions of the data warehouse is to
  consolidate and reconcile information from across
  the desperate business units and IT systems.

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Few jobs in the Data Warehousing

• Data analyst is a person who looks at and
  summarizes different kind of data in order to
  extract useful information and draw conclusions.
• Project Manager project manager's duty is to
  ensure the success of a project by minimizing
  risk throughout the lifetime of the project

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Data Analyst

• Requirements
• a. BA degree in a scientific or technological
  discipline.
• b. Working experience in the following fields
  discovery, research and/or development
• c. Generally minimum of 2 years experience in
  working with source systems analysis, mapping,
  transformations, and/or data movement.
• d. Must have strong communication skills and
  must work well in teams and group enviroment.

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Data Analyst(cont.)

• Experiences and internships
• Some companies may require previous experience in
  pharmaceutical industry.
• Internships are offered in most firms upon
  request.
• In preparation for this job, an individual may
  want to consider getting familiar/ being able to
  work with Microsoft office, Lotus Notes
  Application, SQL Server and other.

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Employment outlook for Data Analyst

• Based on this research, the average income for
  data analyst is 70,000 110,000 depending on
  the level of experience, the starting position
  and the company.
• Also because computer are used in our everyday
  lives, not only in our free time but also a lot
  of time is spent on designing software and other
  programs for computers, this would be a very good
  field to get into. There is a great job demand
  for Data analysts in our world today.

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Project Manager

• Requirements
• Bachelor degree in management science/business or
  related fields
• Experience in performing business analysis.
• Experience with project life cycle, system
  analysis, managing 10 people in previous
  company
• Minimum of 4 years experience in IT (information
  technology ) project management .
• Other requirements are also required depending on
  the company you are applying for.

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Project manager not a starting position

• Usually, before becoming a project manager, an
  individual must work in a relative field for at
  least 4 years. You can start by applying for
  Project Coordinator position to gain experience
  in the field.
• They also have to be able to excel in working
  with other individuals, be strong leader, be able
  to resolve conflicts and solve problems.
• PMP ( project management professional)
  certification is highly desired in a lot of
  companies.
• Note PMP certification offered by Project
  Manager Institute, it demonstrates advanced
  knowledge of and experience with Project
  Management concepts.

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Salary and Position Outlook

• Generally speaking the following is the salary
  for beginners project managers
•  Project Manager -75,940
•    Engineering Project Manager - 81,744
•  New Products Project Manager - 69,826
• SAP ( system application product ) Project
  Manager - 81,749
• However, recently project management has seen a
  significant drop in employment opportunities and
  salary levels because both are closely tied to
  the economy in this field. This is because
  project demand, as expected, increases most when
  the economy and business is thriving. Because of
  the current economic downturn, project management
  opportunities are significantly less available
  than they were a couple of years back.

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Employment opportunities

• For both of the jobs you can search the following
  websites in order to find jobs
• www.monster.com
• www.careerbuilder.com
• www.inneed.com
• Also, project managers can practice getting their
  PMP certification on the following website
• PMP certification free practice test

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Questions/Comments

• Any questions/comments about the presentation

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• Thank you for your time