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Ken’s Answer

This is an individual question - especially since this is a very broad field with many applications. It all depends upon how your personality traits relate to people who are doing what you think that you might want to do in this field. It requires getting to know yourself better and getting to know people in the various aspects of MIS to see how you might fit.


Getting to know yourself and how your personality traits relate to people involved in various career opportunities is very important in your decision making process. During my many years in Human Resources and College Recruiting, I ran across too many students who had skipped this very important step and ended up in a job situation which for which they were not well suited. Selecting a career area is like buying a pair of shoes. First you have to be properly fitted for the correct size, and then you need to try on and walk in the various shoe options to determine which is fits the best and is most comfortable for you to wear. Following are some important steps which I developed during my career which have been helpful to many .

Ken recommends the following next steps:

The first step is to take an interest and aptitude test and have it interpreted by your school counselor to see if you share the personality traits necessary to enter the field. You might want to do this again upon entry into college, as the interpretation might differ slightly due to the course offering of the school. However, do not wait until entering college, as the information from the test will help to determine the courses that you take in high school. Too many students, due to poor planning, end up paying for courses in college which they could have taken for free in high school.
Next, when you have the results of the testing, talk to the person at your high school and college who tracks and works with graduates to arrange to talk to, visit, and possibly shadow people doing what you think that you might want to do, so that you can get know what they are doing and how they got there. Here are some tips: ## http://www.wikihow.com/Network ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/nonawkward-ways-to-start-and-end-networking-conversations ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/4-questions-to-ask-your-network-besides-can-you-get-me-a-job?ref=carousel-slide-1 ##
Locate and attend meetings of professional associations to which people who are doing what you think that you want to do belong, so that you can get their advice. These associations may offer or know of intern, coop, shadowing, and scholarship opportunities. These associations are the means whereby the professionals keep abreast of their career area following college and advance in their career. You can locate them by asking your school academic advisor, favorite teachers, and the reference librarian at your local library. Here are some tips: ## https://www.careeronestop.org/BusinessCenter/Toolkit/find-professional-associations.aspx?&frd=true ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/9-tips-for-navigating-your-first-networking-event ##
It is very important to express your appreciation to those who help you along the way to be able to continue to receive helpful information and to create important networking contacts along the way. Here are some good tips: ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-informational-interview-thank-you-note-smart-people-know-to-send?ref=recently-published-2 ## ## https://www.themuse.com/advice/3-tips-for-writing-a-thank-you-note-thatll-make-you-look-like-the-best-candidate-alive?bsft_eid=7e230cba-a92f-4ec7-8ca3-2f50c8fc9c3c&bsft_pid=d08b95c2-bc8f-4eae-8618-d0826841a284&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_20171020&utm_source=blueshift&utm_content=daily_20171020&bsft_clkid=edfe52ae-9e40-4d90-8e6a-e0bb76116570&bsft_uid=54658fa1-0090-41fd-b88c-20a86c513a6c&bsft_mid=214115cb-cca2-4aec-aa86-92a31d371185&bsft_pp=2 ##
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Linda’s Answer

MIS is an excellent area of concentration and offers a wide range of career choices. My educational background is health, finance management, economics, and MIS, and among and these areas, MIS is the one that holds them together. I am more fluid in a lot of industries with my MIS degree with my concentration in data management. Every organization produces and consumes data, and regardless of the industry, data management follows similar principles.

MIS graduates will find career opportunities in all businesses, industries, both private and government.

MIS is an abbreviation for Management Information Systems, which combines computer technology with management decision-making methods to analyze, design, implement, and manage computerized information systems in an organizational environment.

Here are some job families you can find in the MIS field:

Data Analyst
Programmer
Systems analyst
Business Analyst
Database manager
Computer specialist
Network administrator
Software developer
Project lead
Information technology consultant
Applications developer
Chief Data Officer
Chief Technology Officer.

And endless opportunity with the number of electronics and computer usage. Information-technology professionals are among the most sought-after talent in the job market today. To be successful, you need solid speaking and writing skills because presentations to clients and other business units are very typical in the job requirements.

All the best.
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Airam’s Answer

Hi! I obtained my B.S. in MIS. There's many different fields that you can dive into with this degree. I currently am in public accounting as an IT Auditor. It's a very promising career which gives you the opportunity to explore IT infrastructures of various different companies and help secure their systems. There's many opportunities of growth. That's just my experience but I have colleagues that went into computer networking, others that are software developers, and some that became business analyst. Ultimately this major can lead you to a lot of doors, you just have to figure out which door you want to knock on.

I would suggest to take as many internships as you can as an undergrad to really find what you would like to do on a daily basis and gain experience in different positions. That will expand your interview experience as well as make you more marketable once you graduate, or you might get lucky like I did and land your first job during your internship before you graduate.
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Peregrin’s Answer

As I think you have seen with the posts here, MIS is a practical education choice.

With so much of the today's work being done electronically, the general skills are very useful. If your are a hard core coder, it may be a nice add on to show that you can think beyond the code. If you have interests in other areas, it shows that you can bridge the gap between the users of systems and the team that has to build it.

On an extremely practical level, it will generally be an acceptable major through a lot of resume screening tools for jobs that are online, and as a starter career, project management in IT or business analyst type positions should be abundant.
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Karen’s Answer

Hi, I majored in MIS and I felt it was a great blend of business and computer science. When I first started college, I was a computer science major and I was not as strong in match and the the hardware aspects of that major so MIS allowed me to have the best of both.
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Kate’s Answer

Hello! I majored in Management Information Systems as well. It was a great choice for me, as I really enjoyed learning both business and computer science focus together. I started with an International Business degree, and moved to MIS a coupe of years into college. I have found throughout my career the blend of business & computer science provided a great foundation.
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