This document discusses career opportunities in technology fields that combine technical skills with other areas of interest. It notes that over 1.1 million Canadians work in IT careers with a unemployment rate of only 2%. Tech jobs pay well, with the average salary being $85,000. Various career paths are described that combine tech with fields like environment, retail, aerospace, sports and more. Examples of careers include robot engineering, computing, and digital media. Leaders who combine business and tech are in high demand in Canada.

2. • CareerMash - who and why
• What's in it for you
• Today's tech careers mash up anything
you imagine
• How to choose

5. Canadians working in IT-related careers
800,000
300,000
1,100,000

6. IT professionals are working
Employed
98% Unemployed
2%
Compare with over 7%
unemployment in Canada

7. Tech jobs pay well
85,000

8. Today’s careers mash up tech with anything you can imagine
Environment Retail Aerospace
Sports & Leisure Fashion
Gaming Digital Media / Multimedia
Mobile Communications ICT & ICT Services
Energy & Resources

9. Chris’s
Robot Engineering
Biomechanics
Hockey
Computing

10. Veronika’s
Computing
Retail
Business

11. Four types of
Leader Innovator Builder Problem-Solver

12. Leaders
mashup business and tech to
help projects & organizations
succeed.
Business analyst
Tech entrepreneur
Project manager
Consultant
IT manager

13. Huge Demand for Leaders
Leaders in Canada
200,000
100,000
2001
2011

14. BTM students learn to
analyse business needs,
design the best tech-based
solutions, and communicate
these effectively. They learn
Chrislyn Tziortzis to lead teams, organize
BTM Graduate projects and change the way
Senior Media Specialist,
organizations do their jobs.
Ontario Government

15. Innovators
apply tech skills & industry
knowledge to find solutions to
big problems
Data analyst
Bioinformatics research
Robotics engineer
Ethical hacker / security
App designer

16. Builders
take complicated ideas and
create the applications that
bring them to life
Web developer
Network engineer
Digital media developer
Database administrator
Programmer Analyst

17. Problem-Solvers
set up, fix and answer
everyone’s questions about
technology
Help desk / IT support specialist
Network manager
Biomedical engineering technologist
Tech training
Quality assurance