IT Graduates from LIT in Great Demand
The total number of technology jobs advertised online increased in the fourth quarter of 2011 according to the Irishjobs.ie Jobs Index. The index found that in total, the number of jobs across all industries advertised during this quarter was down from the previous one, but the number of jobs in IT increased. This is good news for IT graduates around the country and in particular at LIT.
LIT recently announced the creation of 20 jobs at translation company CETRA and this week a further 17 jobs were announced at Averian Energy Solutions, both companies are based at the LIT Hartnett Enterprise Acceleration Centre. Averian provides software products and solutions focused on the renewable sector. Company CEO Colin Rogan confirmed that a proportion of these new positions will be offered to LIT graduates, “We have worked with LIT for software developers before, so we would look at students coming out of here. We would hope to at least get a software developer and business analyst who has graduated from LIT.”
But LIT graduates are already reaping the benefits of their IT qualifications. Dominique Mangoubi, originally from the Congo and now living in Dublin successfully completed his BSc in Computer Networks and Systems Management in 2011 at LIT. While studying for his degree at LIT, Dominique also succeeded in gaining the highly regarded Cisco CCNA certification. Dominique who now works as a Network Engineer at RTE Network says that the combination of his degree and Cisco certificate made him highly sought after in the jobs market, “Even though I have a Computer Network degree, the CCNA has been a big boost to help me to get a Network Engineer job. My lecturers in LIT were a great help during my CCNA preparation.”
Janice O’ Connell, Head of Department of Information Technology at LIT highlighted the importance of producing IT graduates to feed into the Smart Economy, “A constant supply of quality IT graduates is a necessity for businesses generally, however more significantly for software development companies and IT services organisations. IT graduates play a critical role in these organisations in terms of innovation, growth, creativity and job creation through Knowledge spillovers. There is no doubt that the long term growth and development of the Smart Economy will rely heavily on, and demand increasing levels of, IT graduates”.