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February 21, 2007
Q6 of 25 Questions about a Career in IS:
What are the job prospects for systems analysts?
The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects an excellent outlook for the number of systems analysts jobs:
"Employment of computer systems analysts is expected to grow much faster than the average for all occupations through the year 2014 as organizations continue to adopt and integrate increasingly sophisticated technologies. Job increases will be driven by very rapid growth in computer system design and related services, which is projected to be among the fastest growing industries in the U.S. economy." Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos287.htm.
In the verbiage of the BLS, grow much faster than average means grow 27 percent or more.
By the way, because systems analysts often need to work face-to-face with users, it is difficult to outsource systems analysis tasks to off-shore vendors.
Posted by DavidK at February 21, 2007 09:23 AM | Permalink