Career guidebook for IT in consultancy.

Format:

Book

Series:

Bizle professional series.

Bizle professional series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Essvale Corp. Ltd., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Career Guidebook for IT in Consultancy " is a complete handbook that provides a guideline to careers in IT Consultancies. The idea behind the publication is to introduce IT professionals to the career paths in this sector of the consulting industry. The chapters in the book cover the following topics: overview of the business of IT Consultancy; profile of the leading IT Consultancies; activities of IT Consultancies; Consultancies vs alternatives as a career types of novel technology concepts implemented by IT Consutancies; the future of IT careers in Consultancies; and much more."Career Guidebook for IT in Consultancy " is an invaluable reference handbook for IT professionals. It is also useful for both undergraduate and graduate students in Information Technology - related degree programmes. This is another publication in the "Bizle Professional Series"

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Career Guidebook for IT in Consultancy""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""1. Overview of IT Consulting""; ""Introduction""; ""History of Consulting""; ""Why Companies Use IT Consultancies""; ""Benefits of Using IT Consultancies""; ""When Companies Decide to Engage an IT Consultant(s)""; ""How Companies Choose IT Consultancies""; ""IT Consulting vs Management Consulting""; ""Different Types of IT Consultancies""; ""How Consultancies Generate Revenue""; ""Big Consultancy vs Boutique Consultancy""; ""2. Services Offered by IT Consultancies""; ""Introduction""; ""Types of Service""

""Spotlight on Offshoring""""Types of Service Offshored""; ""Industry Activity in the Top 10 Locations""; ""3. Activities of Consultancies""; ""Introduction""; ""How IT Consultants Work""; ""How do Organisations Deal with Fear of Consultants?""; ""Technology Concepts that Consultants should Know""; ""Business Process Management""; ""4. Profiles of Leading Consultancies""; ""Introduction""; ""Accenture""; ""Logica""; ""Deloitte Consulting""; ""Capgemini""; ""IBM Global Services""; ""HCL Technologies""; ""Infosys""; ""Wipro Technologies""; ""MphasiS""; ""Atos Origin""

""Cognizant Technology Solutions""""Computer Sciences Corporation""; ""Tata Consulting Services""; ""Conclusion""; ""5. A Day in the Life of IT Consultants""; ""Introduction""; ""Profile of Capture Consulting Inc.""; ""A Day in the Life of IT Consultants""; ""A Typical Project that Involves IT Consultants""; ""6. Requirements and Perks of Consultancy Positions""; ""Introduction""; ""Culture of Consulting""; ""Personality Traits""; ""What Consultancy Employers Want from Candidates""; ""Profile of a Relevant Degree Programme""; ""Career Paths in IT Consultancy""; ""International Transfers""

""Writing a Covering Letter""""Writing a Winning CV for IT Consultancy""; ""Interview Preparation""; ""7. Future of IT Consultancy""; ""Introduction""; ""New Regulations""; ""Increased Mergers and Acquisitions""; ""Increase in Globalisation""; ""Satisfying a Niche Market""; ""New Approaches to Outsourcing""; ""Creating Solutions Based on Emerging Technologies""; ""Spotlight on Mobile Technologies""; ""Ten Emerging Mobile Technologies to Watch""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendices""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Other Titles in the Bizle Professional Series""

""About Essvale Corporation Limited""""About the Bizle Brand""; ""www.bizle.biz""; ""eLearning""; ""Business-Aligned IT Consulting""; ""Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-906096-24-4

1-906096-05-8

OCLC:

747718506