Digital Careers NEWDA DRAFT
Digital Careers and Pathways
Are you looking for a career that is creative and allows you to work with a wide variety of people? Or are you looking for a job that allows you solve challenges that will help your neighbors? Then Information Technology (IT) and its related digital careers might be just the field for you! Much like the term Healthcare covers a broad variety of jobs, IT is also an umbrella term covering many different career fields.
Careers in IT can be categorized into a few broad areas, each containing several career fields with similar traits. In addition, IT careers can be combined with skills from other fields which can help you understand a particular business area better, or even to specialize within the IT field. One example combination is cyber security and accounting. These skills combine nicely in a role focused on battling financial fraud and theft.
The skills needed for each career can be obtained in a variety of different types of programs of different length and intensity from 2-week bootcamp training courses to a four-year bachelor’s program.
The need for digital skills is growing rapidly and becoming an ever more important part of society. Consider as an example that while in the early 1900’s, one sixth of jobs were in agriculture, today one sixth of jobs are digital.
View the full document here: IT Reskilling Pathways_Master_v1.2.
Basic Computer Skills Training
Individuals who have little to no hands-on computer experience will find it helpful to take some basic computer skills training. This can be taken at a variety of locations throughout Northeast Wisconsin. Our four regional Technical Colleges (NWTC, FVTC, MPTC, and LTC), and New Horizons, a private technology training company, all provide basic skills courses.
Alternatively, Interapt and the Department of Workforce Development both offer Apprenticeship Programs which provide basic skills training as part of the apprenticeship. Apprenticeships offer a form of work-based learning combining instruction-based learning with practical application of newly learned skills. Apprenticeship positions are limited by the number of employers able to take on new apprentices.
Digital Careers
The NEW Digital Alliance provides resources you may wish to explore to learn more about Digital and IT Careers. Our Explore IT and Digital Careers page offers several videos of area professionals describing their jobs and what they enjoy about them. On the IT Professionals page you will find links to networking organizations you can connect with to talk to professionals in the field. There are also numerous events which you can attend in Northeast Wisconsin to learn more about the field. Our job board connects you with our member organizations who are looking for digitally skilled workers. And our Resources page provides links to more information about careers, job boards, free tools to learn how to code, and much more.
Business Analyst
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Project Manager
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Software Developer
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Data Analyst/Data Scientist
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Network and Systems Administrator
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Cyber Security
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Software Tester / Quality Assurance
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User / Computer Support
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IT Management
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Contact the Higher Education Institutions
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FVTC | CeevSue Xiong, Admissions Specialist920-735-4826xiongce@fvtc.eduAppleton Campus: Room E121 |
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UW-Oshkosh | Tim Gleason
920-424-7298 Sage Hall 3485 |
| Ryan Haley
920-424-7150 Sage Hall 2418 |
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| Mike Eierman
920-424-0183 Sage Hall 2440 |
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| Kristi Cutts
920-424-3384 Sage Hall 1410B |
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| Mike Tippins
920-424-2094 Sage Hall 1448 |
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| George Thomas
920-424-2069 Halsey Science 218 |
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| Erik Krohn
920-424-7080 Halsey Science 216 |
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Lakeshore Technical College (LTC) | LTC Career Coaches
CareerCoach@gotoltc.edu 920.693.1162 |
| Chou Yang
Academic Advisor 920-693-1851 |
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Lakeland University | Beth Ann Bender, Admissions Advisorbenderba@lakeland.edu920-727-0777Neenah Center 2320 Industrial Drive Neenah, WI 54956 |
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New Horizons |
Patrick Riley
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New ERA |
Jerry Murphy
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