Future of IT Profession - Gartner Research

6.0 Recommendations
6.1 For IT Professionals
• Choose which domain of expertise best suits you. Learning and relationships will fuel
growth.
• Figure out what appeals to you. Look at industry segments, business processes, service
delivery models and company sizes.
• Look outside the world of business IT for new challenges and emerging roles. Leisure,
gaming, entertainment, not-for-profit and government offer numerous challenges.
• Get business training and education. Business education will boost professional
credibility.
• Network. Tap into professional, personal and social networks, whether face to face or
virtual.
• Keep an objective eye on your career path: Are you doing what you want to do?
6.2 For Employers
• Use imagination to develop and redirect professional opportunities.
• To augment technology infrastructure and services, develop growth paths and career
opportunities for the domains of information design and management, process design
and management, and relationship and sourcing management.
• Anticipate that some IT professionals will want to move out of technical domains and
into new areas.
Publication Date: 14 September 2005/ID Number: G00130462
© 2005 Gartner, Inc. and/or its Affiliates. All Rights Reserved.

Will add soon....keep ur fingers crossed:)