Rules are for the old economy.

In the new Internet-age economy, companies needs to constantly re-create themselves to stay competitive. Rules formulated in the old economy are only suitable for them.

Customer focus.

All new companies need to focus on meeting the customers' needs. That applies to the people working in this new economies. It's not what you can do, what you want..., it's all about meeting the customers' needs. So everybody has to constantly learn, unlearn and relearn new skills and technologies to succeed.

Your competition is just a click away...

Your cusotmers can move to yuor competitors conveniently
Your employer can hire another guy easily
Your employees can hop on to another job easily as now the IT workers are in great demand domectically and internationally

Our advice to the new economy workers.

The only way to guarantee your job security is to have good attitude and open mind towards what your're doing, continuously learn new skills and acquire new knowledge.

Contents:

- Jobs - Tools - Courses - Books -

Jobs

Knowledge required are depending on the system and platform the company is running.
For example, commonly used operating systems are Windows NT and Unix (Linux is getting more popular) Common programming technologies are Microsoft-base (e.g. using Microsoft's Visual InterDev) and Java-based.
However, basic knowledge such as HTML, Javascript, Java, VB script, Visual Basic, CGI/Perl, ASP are the minimum.

Web Designer / Developer
Qualification required: Degree/Diploma in IT discipline with multimedia design background
Knowledge required: HTML, Javascript, CGI/Perl, ASP
Job description: In charge of Web site achitecture, Web page layout and Web page presentation include animation and multimedia.

Web Editor
Qualification required: Degree in IT discipline
Knowledge required: SQL, Oracle, Windows NT, Unix, HTML, Javascript, C/C++, Java, CGI/Perl, XML
Job description: Leading a team or content writers and web designers in contents management and Web design. Working closely ith the entire company esp. the Sales/Marketing dept.

Web Master
Qualification required: Degree/Diploma in IT discipline
Knowledge required: SQL, Oracle, Windows NT, Unix, HTML, Javascript, C/C++, Java, CGI/Perl, XML
Job description: Leading a team of Web designer and developers in managing the Web site content, presentation, achitecture in making sure that a Web site is always available and ready to handle the customers' needs.

Web Project Manager / Producer
Qualification required: Master/Degree in computer science or other IT discipline
Knowledge required: Project management experience, HTML, Windows NT, Unix
Job description: Very broad scope by leading a team of people with different IT skill and content researchers in managing various Web-based projects

Web Database Administrator
Qualification required: Degree/Diploma in IT discipline
Knowledge required: SQL, Oracle, MS Access, Windows NT, Unix, HTML, Javascript, C/C++, Visual Basic, Java, CGI/Perl, XML
Job description: Maintain the database and the solution in interfacing the Web page and the dataase.

Software Engineer / Programmer
Qualification required: Degree in computer science or other IT discipline
Knowledge required: HTML, C/C++, Java, Visual Basic, SQL programming in Windows NT and Unix
Job description: In charge of creating Web-based applications

Essential Tools

General Website Suite
What's it: A package of complete useful tools for creating professional Web site
Common tools: Visual InterDev by Microsoft

Web Authoring
What's it: HTML editing tool with functions for text processing, layout editing, adding basic Web features such as hit counter, form processing, table editing, hyperlink management etc.
Common tools: Frontpage 2000 by Microsoft (Basic), Macromedia Dreamweaver by Macromedia, Allaire Homesite by Allaire
Notes: Basic free tools available are such as Frontpage Express packed with Windows 95/98/2000 and Netscape Composer packed with Netscape 4 and above.

Image Editing
What's it: For editing photograph digitally to create professional images for various applications including Web pages.
Common tools: Adobe Photoshop by Adobe Systems, Macromedia Fireworks by Macromedia

Video Editing
What's it: Design for digital video editing, for creating Web pages with integrated video, sound, music, 3D, animation, and virtual reality.
Common tools: Adobe Premiere by Adobe Systems, Quicktime Pro by Apple

Multimedia Production
What's it: Use for digital music recording and editing, integrate text, graphic, sound, video into a single Web page.
Common tools: Macromedia Flash and Macromedia Director by Macromedia, Sound Forge by Sonic Foundry

Courses available in the market

The best way to find the right course is to understand what you want as a career and keep a look out in your daily newspaper's appointment section and the Website of the online recruitment agencies (refer to Free Resources page) for the current demand of the job market.

• Web Design & Development

• Web Publishing

• Web Publishing with Macromedia

  • Macromedia Flash - for craeting high-impact interatcive vector graphics and animation for the Web with low band-width

  • Macromedia Dreamweaver - for creating professional interactive Web sites

  • Macromedia Fireworks - for creating and editing professional images for the Web

  • Macromedia Director - for creating and distributin high-impact multimedia for the Web with high band-width

• Multimedia & Information Communication

• Multimedia software engineering

• Multimedia arts & graphic deisgn

• Electronic music and song production

• Digital file and video production

• E-commerce (various)

• E-business management

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