If majoring in computer science....

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<p>You may need to brush up on your business/communication skills. Per Computer World:</p>

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<p>This weeks edition page 8:</p>

<p>On hiring....</p>

<h2>"Summarizing the employer's viewpoint if someone is going to offer the hiring manager technical skills, they might as well go offshore and get it a lot cheaper. However, firms are bullish on the IT employment outlook for tech workers who also have business skill, which will likely help them survive as offshore outsourcing increases."</h2>

<p>Here is the deal I think going into the IT field is still a good decision. However, technical skills alone are not enough. Graduates need to be able to communicate and have some business sense if they don't want their jobs outsourced.</p>

<p>I would suggest students that want to go into IT double major in Computer Science and general business. Or at least get a minor in general business or MIS coupled with the CS degree.</p>

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<p>Do you really need to take business courses to be a good communicator? Why not take on a leadership position in some club or activity?</p>

<p>I’d think that would be better practice for leadership/organizational/business skills than listening to some dude talk about being a good leader and taking tests on it.</p>

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<p>silence:</p>

<p>Of course you can learn good commincation w/out business classes. But the article mentioned that folks with technical skills only could have their jobs outsourced. This is why business sense, which will be learned in the business school, is important to have as well. Can you learn business schools w/out the b-school? Probably. But you would be guranteed this knowledge if you did. Just a sugestion from someone in the field.</p>