1. Employment Profile: What exactly does a Sr. Consultant do? |
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 What field is your job in?
IT
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What is your job title?
Sr. Consultant
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Please provide a brief description of the firm or organization that you currently work for
(size and general description of what type of organization it is)
My company is one of the leading IT companies and has a huge manpower both in and outside US. The organization provide different services, namely from developing softwares, providing infrastructure, giving support and offering their own products.
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How long have you been employed in this position?
5+ years
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How many hours do you work a week on average?
40
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Please provide a BRIEF description of your duties and responsibilities. (job description)
My duties and responsibilities include:
- Doing analyses
- Gathering requirements
- Getting confirmation on what needs to be done
- Doing Implementation
- Testing the product
- Delivering the Product
- Providing production support
- Supporting Release of new packages
- Co-ordination with the team
- Getting inputs for team
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What was your gross income last year? Please include any bonuses or incentives received.
52000
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What is your expected gross income for this year? Please include any bonuses or incentives you expect to receive.
52000
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Please
list any benefits you have (Please include number of weeks vacation,
sick leave and type of health insurance, retirement plan 401k)
around 1 day of vacation for 1 month of work, 401 (K) benefits with a contribution of 3% upto a limit, health insurance plan that is rated good and some sick leaves that I never cared for (as I never required to take till now)
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Do you feel you are under/well/over compensated at your current position?
under compensated
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2. Work environment! |
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Does
your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this
something you like/dislike about your job? Explain
I like working with different people as this helps in learning something new.
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Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
Yes
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Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
Yes
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Describe
your work location (e.g., office, home, theatre, in the field) and what
you like/dislike about working in it
We have cubes in our office to work at and the office contains a big building with all necessary facilites (like cafetaria, meeting rooms, conference rooms, etc)
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Please rank in order of importance from 1-8 (1- most important 8- least important) Assign each number once.
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8 Income
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6 Work Environment - co-workers
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6 Work Environment - supervisors
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8 Benefits
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6 Hours
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6 Level of responsibility
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7 The actual "work" you do at your job
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6 Job Title
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3. How should someone new to the workforce get a J-O-B like yours? |
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If someone wanted to go about getting a job similar to yours, what would you recommend for him or her to do?
You need to have some knowledge on how to write softwares and you should have worked on some softwares (maybe some home projects) to explain someone that you know how to implement it in a big way.
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What
skills do you think a person should have if they want to pursue a
position like yours? Please be specific and explain why (e.g., social
skills, organization skills, technical skills)
Good communication skills is a must.
He definitely need a college education to have the basics right.
For Technical skills:
Since the software field is very vast, it depends on what technology you want to work on. For my position, you need to have a good knoweldge on C/C++, UNIX, Perl, Pro*C, Oracle.
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Do you feel that you need a certain level of education or training to be successful in your job?
College education is required.
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What advice would you give to someone who was about to start work in your position/ line of work?
Never hesitate to ask how this is done and if you know how to do hard work, rest all come to you itself.
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