The career opportunities for people with ICT skills and qualifications are huge and ever growing. If you are looking for a qualification that is in global demand and opens doors to a huge range of career possibilities, a degree in Information Science could be just what you're looking for.

To get some idea of the possibilities, see what our recent graduates are up to.

But don't just take our word for it, check out the websites below:

• Career Services - helping you make decisions about work and training in New Zealand
• NZ Computer Society - the professional body of New Zealand's Information Technology (ICT) Sector.

And have a read of these articles:

• "Software engineer Jesse Severe says he can pretty much throw a dart on a map and find a job." - The Wall Street Journal, January 4 2011
• "An impending IT skills shortage may force New Zealand and Australian businesses to drastically increase salaries and improve working conditions to retain IT worker’s services." - NZ PC World, June 22 2010
  
• “There are signs that the recession is loosening its tight grip on IT projects within companies. Recruitment firm Manpower is seeing an increasing demand for business analysts, whose research and scoping skills are typically required at the first stages of a project.” - NZ Computerworld, May 20 2010
• “IT professionals reached number three on Seek’s top-five most sought-after employees list last month.” - NZ Computerworld, May 20 2010
• “ICT companies continue to suffer from a skills shortage...” - NZ Information and Communication Technologies Group Inc, Press Release, Nov. 4 2009
• "A very clear message was sent today by Hon David Cunliffe, Minister for Communication and Information Technology, about the “exponential growth” of demand for ICT Professionals over the next 5-10 years" - NZ Computer Society, Press Release, May 29 2008