What is the Job title of the first IT Career you are researching?

• What is the Job title of the first IT Career you are researching?

• What the Career is (Job Description)
This includes a description of the career itself, skills or tasks that one performs in this career, and any additional information that you feel is relevant to this area.

• Education/Training Requirements
 What level of schooling is necessary?
 Are there any special tests, exams, or certifications required?

• Required Skills
 What skills does the career require?

• Salary
 What is the annual salary or hourly rate?
 Does education make a difference in salary?

• Job Benefits & Job Drawbacks
 What are the benefits of this career?
 What are some things that may not be so great about the career?

• Opportunities for Advancement
 What are the chances for advancement in this field?
 Would advancement require additional training?
 Would advancement require additional duties? Explain.
 Is there a need for continuing education to hold this position? Explain

• Description of “A typical day in the life of a person in this career choice”

• Use your best search techniques to find sufficient information about each of the career paths.

• The paper must be written using APA style and include a minimum of 3 external web-based sources.
Write the Research Paper
After selecting the two Information Technology career paths you will be evaluating, write a 3-4 page paper which includes the following sections:
1. Title Page
Follow APA guidelines

2. Introduction
Identify the two career paths you selected and provide an overview of the process you used to determine the IT career paths to select from and what sparked your interest in the ones you selected.

3. Career Path 1 (use the name of the career path here)
In this section include the results of your research based on the Career Questions listed in the Getting Started section of the assignment, summarize the aspects of this career path which you found appealing, and summarize the aspects of this career path which you did found less appealing.

4. Career Path 2 (use the name of the career path here)
In this section include the results of your research based on the Career Questions listed in the Getting Started section of the assignment, summarize the aspects of this career path which you found appealing, and summarize the aspects of this career path which you did found less appealing.

5. Conclusion
Compare and contrast both Career paths you researched and write a summary of which one you are most interested in and why.

6. Annotated Bibliography
Include at least three web-based resources.

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