Business Management Professional Predicts Big Data For Future Hot Jobs
Models and clothing designers won't go hungry competing with this group, but according to CNBC, there is another sexy job that's popped up in the last couple of years: data analysts.
Buzzwords like algorithms, coding, statistics, quantification, analysts and database administration are creeping up more often into technological positions as digital content continues to grow.
"There's this whole new thing out there with data analytics that [job applicants] need to look at and thoroughly research all options," said Catherine Lockwood, the vice president of Graduate Enrollment at Robert Morris University. "If [they're] going to look for continued, secure employment, they're all going to have to understand some form of data analytics."
"Everything that we do now [has] data that's being collected," said Lockwood, who holds an M.B.A. from Lewis University. "Companies are looking to utilize that data to be able to provide the next level of service or the next product. Many of the jobs that we're doing now could be handled by IT or automated, but being able to come up with the data that is being compiled by electronic media has to continue to have some human interaction."
That human interaction also brings in a hefty pay, depending on the position.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, computer and information research scientists make over $102K annually, database administrators make approximately $77K, statisticians make over $75K and market research analysts make about $60K. In Chicago, the pay range is somewhere between $72K and $137K.
These three job categories are just a few of data collecting titles that incorporate business studies and consumer surveys to help build the brand and assist in business relationships.
Forbes also confirms Lockwood's opinion about big data jobs. In the past year, computer systems analysts jobs increased 89 percent with over 85 percent of computer and information research analyst jobs leading the pack. The jobs range from gathering private information for business use to gathering big data information for marketing and sales purposes outside of the company.
Credentials to get into these analyst positions range from a bachelor's degree to a Ph.D. in computer science.
Shamontiel L. Vaughn is a professional journalist who has work featured in AXS, Yahoo!, Chicago Defender and Chicago Tribune. She's been an Examiner since 2009 and currently writes about 10 categories on Examiner.com.
