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Study: Salary increases, job growth abound in Information Systems fieldPHILADELPHIA, Feb. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Students who earn degrees in Information Systems (IS) earn higher starting salaries than fellow business-school counterparts. Additionally, IS students benefit from one of the strongest national placement averages. These statistics are just some of the findings from the latest edition of the Information Systems Job Index, produced by researchers from Temple University's Fox School of Business, in partnership with the Association for Information Systems (AIS). Published and released in January 2018, the third installment of the IS Job Index culled the responses of 2,140 IS graduates of the Class of 2017, from 58 universities nationwide. Some of the index's more-interesting findings include:
Mandviwalla conducted research for the latest installment of the IS Job Index and co-authored it with Dr. Crystal Harold, Associate Professor of Human Resource Management at Temple's Fox School of Business, and Maria Boggi, a junior MIS major in the Fox School and Temple University Honor's programs. The AIS-Temple Fox School Job Index is the only systematic assessment of the IS job market. It is a joint project, with support from AmerisourceBergen and LiquidHub, to produce reliable national-level data on placement, job type, satisfaction, and related factors like career services, knowledge level, preparedness, and search strategies. More: To read the Information Systems Job Index, visit isjobindex.com. View original content:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/study-salary-increases-job-growth-abound-in-information-systems-field-300598080.html SOURCE Association for Information Systems |