If you are an IT professional in India, thinking of working abroad, you might want to consider a business/systems analyst position.
Why?
It’s a position in high demand with high earning potential and which can serve as a great foundation for moving up the corporate ladder into management or business operations.
In Money Magazine’s Best Jobs in America list for 2006, the Computer/IT Analyst career was ranked 7th, out of 50 best jobs, with a 10-year job growth of 36.10%.
In their “Best Careers 2007” report, US News and World Report lists 25 professions that will continue to grow in demand. With the advent of outsourcing, it is not surprising that the software engineer or web developer professions are NOT on the list - however systems analyst is.
All industrialized nations are heavily outsourcing the programming of software to other parts of the globe such as Russia, India, China, Eastern Europe, and South America.
While there’s still demand for developers, of course, the information economy has created an ever increasing need for business analysts and systems analysts.
As a matter of fact, the very outsourcing of programming jobs has caused a spike in the demand for business systems analysts. The increase distance between the business stakeholder and the programmer has created an increasing need for higher quality and more precise analysis artifacts such as requirement documents and functional specifications.
In addition – in a more an more competitive economic landscape business organizations continue to strive to improve their business processes and reduce costs. Business analysts are at the center of most of these initiatives.
So are you ready to make the move?
Author: Adrian Marchis
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