Important IT skills for today’s workforce

If you are working in the IT sector, it is important to remember that your personal development is key to a successful career. Any IT specialist will tell you that it is imperative to keep developing your skills. The IT industry continuously evolves, and workers need to keep up to date with the latest industry trends.

We look at some of the most important IT skills for today’s workforce and what areas they should concentrate on developing.

Understanding how the Cloud Works

Regardless of whether a company uses their own server or a vendors’, they rely heavily on the Cloud. It is vital that all IT professionals understand how the Cloud functions, how to keep it secure, and what regulatory issues the company needs to be made aware of.

Cloud Computing courses include:

Technology Integration

IT professionals need to know how all systems, devices, and programs within their company work together. Having the ability to integrate a variety of technologies is imperative.

Technology Integration courses include:

Understanding Different Programming Platforms

Infrastructure and programming are quickly becoming more and more integrated. The two need to successfully communicate with each other. With this in mind, it is vital that IT professionals have a fully rounded understanding of the different programming platforms available.

Programming courses include:

Multi-generational Work Environment

Today’s IT workforce consists of 4 generations. Each generation comes with their own unique capabilities, communication style, and work expectations. It is important that employees from different generations of IT experience embrace their differences and find ways to learn from each other. This is vital to personal development.

The Value of Soft Skills

Soft skills separate the bad candidates from the good. If an IT professional lacks in soft skills, their chances of getting a job with a good company are drastically lowered. IT professionals need to be able to work across a multitude of functions and communicate with all employees, from entry-leveol to C-suite, as well as remote and on-site employees.

Soft Skills courses include:

Effectively Recognising and Responding to Cybersecurity Threats

No matter what role a person plays in IT, they need to have cybersecurity capabilities. This doesn’t mean that everyone needs to be a cybersecurity specialist. However, they do need to understand the process of how certain breeches occur and have the capability to recognise possible vulnerabilities.

Cybersecurity courses include:

Ability to Give up Some Control

With a multitude and continually growing list of apps and programmes available to the public, departments other than IT understand what tools will help them work more effectively. IT specialists need to be able to recognise this and be flexible, giving up some control.

Understanding and Development of Data Analytics

It is becoming increasingly important for IT professionals to understand how all analytics tools work. This applies to analytics tools for a variety of business facets including: cybersecurity, web traffic, business intelligence, and artificial intelligence.

Data Analytics courses include:

Continuous Educational Development

IT continues to evolve, and IT professionals need to keep up with any industry changes and innovations. Focus on certain elements of IT that you prefer, be it cybersecurity or Cloud technologies and continue your education in this field. This is how you become a specialist in your IT career.

Advance your IT skills with Masterskill

Masterskill is one of South Africa’s leading providers of IT content. Through strategic partnerships, we deliver a quick turn-around time when the latest courses, technologies, and examinations are released into the market.

What sets Masterskill apart is our dedication to providing a range of services based on the individual learning requirements of the student. In addition to generic courseware titles, we also offer services that allow clients to create customised training material.

Our courseware is well-known for its ease of preparation for facilitators, and is made up of hand on activities and practical labs – all of which are learner focused.

Contact Masterskill today to learn more about our IT courseware and training materials.