Homework: CSE and the Job Market Accepted via the Canvas submission page. Do not submit assignments via e-mail or Canvas messenger. Objective: Students need to be cognizant of the current market conditions for the degrees of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Software Engineering.
Instructions:
Your homework assignment is to fill in the included Excel spreadsheet about the current job market in computer careers. You must use the correct terminology in this assignment or you will lose points. Use the included jm.netid.xlsx workbook to complete the assignment. You may use any resource (i.e., the Internet, social media, newspapers, et cetera) to find current job postings. You are to lookup 10 different computer jobs available in the market today. On the top three lines of the Excel spreadsheet, put in your name, your student ID number, and the date. The information about the position you are to collect is the company, job title, the experience level, and the salary. The company is the name of the group that is offering the job. The job title would be the label listed in the job placement advertisement, such as System Analyst or Software Engineer The experience level must be exactly as described or you will lose points on this assignment. For your convenience, an Excel spreadsheet with a drop-down menu for this field is included with this assignment. +No Experience +Work Experience +Bachelor +Bachelor with Work Experience +Masters +Masters with Work Experience +Doctorate +Doctorate with Work Experience Job Experience Drop Down List Example
Figure 1. Drop down arrow in Excel. The salary should be a single dollar amount. In recent years, the amount has started to be hidden. Put in the best single amount of money you can estimate. If nothing is available, put N/A in the cell. For example: +If the salary is a single value, put in a single value. +If the salary should be a range, then enter the middle of the range. +If the salary is hourly, multiply by 40, and then by 52, to get a yearly estimate. +If the salary is not specified, put in a "N/A"
Turn In:
Students are to update the Excel spreadsheet file that is encoded jm.netid.xlsx, where netid is your student netid in the form of abc1234. Example Job List:
Figure 2. Example of what the spreadsheet should look like