Homework 2

Investigate the need for database professionals, including programmers and DBAs in any location you select.

This homework is worth 10 points.

Goals: When you finish this homework you should be able to:

Discuss the need for different levels of database knowledge.
Become familiar with database terms.

Assignment

Using on line job search sites, perform an informal search of the job market for database professionals. You should begin by selecting an area of the country. Perform a number of searches on a job site such monster.com, indeed.com, http://www.careerbuilder.com/. Do your best to determine the number of jobs available in this area for a Knowledge Worker, a database programmer and a DBA. Further investigate the different DBMS used.

Select two jobs and document

The Job Title
DBMS used
Qualifications expected.
Knowledge required/desired.
Other Information.

Please make sure to define or identify any terms, products or Acronyms which we have not discussed in class.

Finally, do a survey of Microsoft Access jobs available in the area.

Summaries your findings in a report.

Print a final copy of your report and turn it in at the beginning of class on the due date.