Become a business-minded IT professional—a competitive advantage in any job market

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- In completing my first internship,

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there were a lot of things that I found

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I was really great at,

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and there were things that I found

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that I really lacked.

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It was at that point
that I kind of realized

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that I needed to grow
more as a professional.

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And that is one of the reasons
why I decided to join MSIS.

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- I was looking for a good blend

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of technical skills and business skills

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so that I can always solve a problem

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with the perspective of both.

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- At some companies,

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you have to have a Master's degree

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to really reach the manager level.

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I decided to do the MSIS program

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so I don't hinder my
growth for the future.

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I really want to increase
my velocity to the top.

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- One of the best things
about the MSIS program

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is the quality of professors.

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They've been in the
industry for many years,

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so we get to learn from
the best in the industry.

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- The curriculum is definitely tailored

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to keep up with the fast-moving technical

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and business environment.

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MSIS really shapes the curriculum

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around what is actually happening today

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and what is going to happen tomorrow.

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- Our Career Coach Cindy is a very driven

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and inspirational person.

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She puts in a lot of effort

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to expose us to the right resources

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to ensure constant personal
and professional development.

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- There is the aspect of family

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within the program.

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Everyone's really in it together.

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There's such diversity of thought.

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- The MSIS program is one of
the most diverse environments

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I've ever been in.

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It's wonderful how people
from different cultural,

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educational, and professional backgrounds

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look at problems differently

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and bring in a different perspective.

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- I don't just have an
understanding of business

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and I don't just have a surface-level

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understanding of technology,

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but I have a really great understanding

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of how those things are combined.

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That's one of the big,
transformative things

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that I've seen in myself.

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- The courses I'm learning

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in my second semester
are very closely aligned

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to what I would be doing
at Roche as an intern.

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So that helped prepare me better

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to face the interview.

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- MSIS has offered everything
that they promised.

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I got my dream job.

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I'm moving to my dream city

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and I've learned more than
I could have even imagined.

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WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.720 --> 00:00:07.760 I believe the most valuable aspect of the program is, um, the, actually to me, actually to me is the 2 00:00:07.760 --> 00:00:15.360 Capstone Project. If you think about it, um you, you, as a bunch of people get in a team and you work on 3 00:00:15.360 --> 00:00:22.240 a real-life project with a client, either helping them solve their issues today by building a tool 4 00:00:22.240 --> 00:00:28.160 or even coming up with you know changing processes things like that, but it's a real-life engagement, 5 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:35.120 and, and the, the asp the good good part here is the challenges that you face, um, with team dynamics, 6 00:00:35.120 --> 00:00:40.640 as well as the project itself, dealing with the client real life and the ability to be, to gain 7 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:45.360 some hands-on experience of what you've learned in classroom and taking that to the business or 8 00:00:45.360 --> 00:00:51.600 all the real world, I would say. Well so I'm going to Diamond Management and Technology Consultants, 9 00:00:51.600 --> 00:00:58.560 and the program has really helped me exceptionally in preparing for this job opportunity. 10 00:00:59.760 --> 00:01:05.280 there are multiple ways that the program helps you in terms of getting job opportunities. The one, 11 00:01:05.280 --> 00:01:14.240 the number one I would start with is the kind of jobs that the program brings into into the school 12 00:01:14.240 --> 00:01:21.200 through the graduate career services. There you can look at job openings and job opportunities 13 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:27.200 and people that come on campus to recruit. That is one aspect of it. The second one is uh 14 00:01:27.760 --> 00:01:33.760 mock interviews that the school the program have organized for students to participate in. These 15 00:01:33.760 --> 00:01:41.600 mock interviews are prepared, I mean, are, are, you know, conducted by people who are professionals 16 00:01:41.600 --> 00:01:46.480 who are in companies that are coming to recruit here, so it's a great way to you know kind of get a 17 00:01:46.480 --> 00:01:51.600 real aspect of, you know, interviewing with someone and at the same time, it could, it could even turn into 18 00:01:51.600 --> 00:01:57.440 a job offer, or if the person likes you, the job opportunity is closer to, to where you want to get. 19 00:01:58.080 --> 00:02:05.120 The third one is through career fairs. You know, the school holds many career fairs on campus, and 20 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:09.360 recruiters come, companies come, and they're looking for people, you can pass your resume on to them. 21 00:02:09.920 --> 00:02:19.120 And the other one is through student organizations. The, the ISGP office has two student organizations, 22 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:27.040 the ITSMF and MSISA, that brings speakers from outside of, you know, school and, and they come in 23 00:02:27.040 --> 00:02:31.440 here, and they give you a speech about what they do, and they have networking events that you can 24 00:02:31.440 --> 00:02:38.880 network with these people. So this is another way to to bridge you to a professional or a 25 00:02:38.880 --> 00:02:44.960 recruiter or a company that can get you closer to getting a job. So at Diamond, I would be going in 26 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:52.880 to help out with, within a team, to work on multiple projects. So every six months, 27 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:59.200 or three to six months, you get into a project and within a team, you get assigned to a team, and in 28 00:02:59.200 --> 00:03:05.200 my role I would be helping Diamond work with their clients to solve more of their business processes 29 00:03:05.200 --> 00:03:15.360 and technology issues. So I think the one thing for sure the MSIS program have, um, they have a really, 30 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:21.840 that they have that other programs probably do not have, is the strong bond between the people 31 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:27.600 that run the program and this kind of support that they give to the students. They're very much 32 00:03:28.480 --> 00:03:34.160 supportive, and they're very much interested in your ability to be successful in this program. 33 00:03:34.160 --> 00:03:38.960 And I think it's important for people like that to support you coming to a program like this, 34 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:45.040 where maybe you find it challenging, and and that you have these people as a foundation to 35 00:03:45.040 --> 00:03:50.720 help you do better every time when you're in this program. Well MSIS community is really interesting. 36 00:03:51.840 --> 00:04:00.320 We, we have a really good mix of people from all walks of life and all around the world, I would say. 37 00:04:00.320 --> 00:04:07.680 You have people from America, India, China, Taiwan, Malaysia. And it's just interesting that within our 38 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:14.560 group, when we go to class and when we're out of class, we get to bond together and learn from each 39 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:19.680 other, you know, our culture, our differences, and how we do things, what we've learned in the past, 40 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:25.360 and we also share that a lot in teamwork when we work in groups, most of the time actually we do, 41 00:04:26.800 --> 00:04:30.400 you get to work with different people in every class, so in different teams you 42 00:04:30.400 --> 00:04:35.040 learn about different people. And it's really interesting to see how you as an individual 43 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:41.840 manage that challenge. Bloomington is great, it's uh, I would say even though it's, you know, a small town, 44 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:49.040 um, it's not like New York City, but it is a town that also brings a lot of 45 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:57.200 diversity, a lot of culture involved, and um, the way the infrastructure, the buildings, the environment, 46 00:04:58.080 --> 00:05:02.480 and the events that are available around town, it's just incredible.