IT (Information Technology) Jobs

Information Technology (IT) has been the biggest boon to India in more ways than one. Apart from helping bring about a sea change in the way we communicate, do business, shop and work IT industry has helped create millions of IT jobs in India. With diversification in every field the scope of new IT jobs in the country is increasing by the day.

What are the Types of IT (Information Technology) Jobs?

ITES include all those jobs that are made possible by using information technology. The list of IT  jobs available in India is endless. Some important jobs are inbound and outbound, voice and web-based call centers which provides technical support, customer support, and transaction processing, animation and multimedia, content creation, graphical designs, medical and legal transcription, back-end operations like revenue insurance claims, accounting, debt recovery, loan approval, payroll processing, e-learning and creating medical, legal, and other databases.

Other important areas that have emerged at the higher end of the BPO business are research outsourcing and engineering design, financial services, biotech research, customer analytics, market research, equity research, bio-informatics, etc.

The best part of IT jobs in India is that it caters both to the skilled and the under-skilled or highly qualified to even the undergraduates. College students also get the opportunity to earn some pocket money before they can move on to something more stable or can carve out a career in the very field at a very early age.

How to get into IT Jobs?

Every field in IT has its own specific requirement which in fact is quite varied.  For a career in the software field you need to master the programming languages. ERP and EDP jobs require specialization in computer programming languages as well as knowledge of multiple other integrated functions. For information security jobs you need to have a certificate in data security and protection. For oracle jobs you need to be good at oracle and for Robotics you are expected to have degree of robot science.

Major IT cities in India:

Bangalore: In this city the companies are mainly engaged in software, Bio-informatics, Chip design, call centers, tax processing, IT consulting, etc. Important recruiters are Infosys, IBM, SAP, Wipro, Intel, Tisco, SAS, Dell, Oracle, Yahoo, TI, HP, AOL, E & Y, Accenture etc.

Hyderabad: This city caters to software, back office and product design needs. Major companies operating from here are Microsoft, Satyam, HSBC etc.

Apart from these two cities plenty of IT jobs are available in other metropolitan cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune and the national capital region.

Prospects of IT Jobs in India:

In today’s complex world of IT solutions, stiff competition, and global expansion, it has become impossible for organizations to do everything by themselves. In an attempt to focus resources, limited capital and management attention on core main areas of expertise outsourcing of other activities to business houses in India that are competent in a specific service or function has become the order of the day. And to meet the ever rising needs of the global companies, IT in India has to constantly reinforce its man power. So, there is no dearth of IT jobs in India.

Though IT Jobs in India is primarily confined to metropolitan cities of the country the IT industry’s in the country is all set to expand beyond these cities. To pass on the benefits of jobs in IT to all section of the society the government is planning to build 43 new information technology cities across the country. This is to tap the huge anticipated demand for IT-enabled services in the country in coming the next 10 years.