Ideas for IT Manager to Stay Advanced in Industry

• Upgrading IT Skills

In a rapidly changing IT industry, it is important that we constantly upgrade our skills. If you are a programmer who would like to move into a systems administrator role, taking a CCNA or a DBA certification would increase your market value and open doors to new opportunities. If you are a Java professional looking to upgrade your skills, you may want to go for additional Java certification. IT skills can also be acquired through hands-on experience. Exposing yourself to new technical skills within your current work environment can also enhance your potential market value.

• Continuous Learning

In addition to keeping abreast with technical knowledge, IT managers need to get familiar with other key business areas such as Accounting, Budgeting, Profit & Loss, Financial Statement Analysis, Business Strategy, Human Resources, Marketing, etc. In their future capacity as a CIO, CTO or IT Director, they would need to display competencies in these vital areas.

• Be Proactive

Many of us tend to think that being proactive would leave us with more work and less pay. Look at it from another perspective. By being proactive, you are seen as a team player with initiative.We tend to overlook the fact that when one takes on more roles and actively volunteers time and energy to ensure projects are completed, we are also increasing our value personally.Volunteering your time and efforts can also help you unleash a skill that you may think you do not have.