Task 3 (Review)

For this task, i have searched the jobs with locations within Selangor, Putrajaya & Kuala Lumpur and specialize in IT-Software. There over 50 jobs that has been advertised and the selected are in the table which can be downloaded at the previous entry. These are the summary.

Job Frequency – Divided by 4 four types which are Programmer, Developer, Analyst and Engineer of course. Engineer recorded most frequent job advertised which is 23 times, followed by developer (20),then programmer (12) and finally analyst with 5 times. This showed that software engineer is wanted and desired by the market.

Advertisers – Over the 3 days, the job advertisements are quite encouraging. There are lots of companies are advertising jobs with so many positions with specialities. Most of the companies are listed in MSC company. Hence, sstudents will have the chance to work with great companies and experienced the feel working in an environment which required them to stay focus and comfortable at the same time.

Job Responsibilities – Jobs advertised has their own responsibilities based on the job requirements. Each specialities has their own responsibilities, so applicants should know where they good at before apply for a job. For instance, for a programmer, they have to be farmiliar with certain areas in software engineering such as Software Development Cycle (SDLC) to be able to perform well in their respective job.

Job Requirements – For any kind of job, applicants should be able to fulfill companies’ requirement including educational, skills (interpersonal,physical & technical) and working experience. The jobs is applicable to fresh graduates to 5 years working experience. There are stages in the positions based on your working experience. Educationally, you must have at least Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology/Computer Science. If the applicants have lots of skills, it would be an advantage. This is because a job would require at least 2 or 3 preferred skills such as PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS, AJAX and Socket Programming. The applicants should able to work with certain software according to the job.

Salary Range – Software Engineering professionals are well paid. Anyhow, it doesn’t come cheap. The greater your salary is, the greater the responsibles are. The minimum salary is RM 2000 and it can get as high as RM 10000 plus allowances and incentives. It also depends on the level of the positions itself.

Overall, SE professionals are still highly demanded in the market. There lots of available jobs offered by great companies with tremendous achievements with them. Hence, headhunters are required to prepare themselves well for the market and able to select the right to ensure a bright future. Begin from the root as u may gain as many lessons and experiences along the way. Working experience is vital in determining the number in the paycheck. Another thing is learn lots of skills no matter what the skills are. It will help in finding jobs. Ultimately, you need to have a strong will and determination in finding and surviving in the industry. Keep faith in yourself and you will succeed in whatever you involved in.

"Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action."
Benjamin Disraeli