Of all of the career industries, the Web profession requires perhaps the greatest cross-disciplinary interaction and development because the work in this profession requires an element of technology, art and design, business and communication, self management and project management skills. Consequently, Web professional occupational titles and roles require a constantly varying combination of artistic imagination, linear thinking, symbolic connections, technical skills and business acumen. Learn more about Web professional roles, responsibilites and employment. (occupational brief)
Successful career preparation (career pathways) involves an in depth as well as a broad range of academic preparation as well as the cultivation of such intangible assets as flexibility, problem-solving and interpersonal skills.
Careers in the Web profession currently fall into five general pathways:
- Web Design (Including but not limited to Layout and Design, Graphics, Optimization and Multimedia)
- Web Development (Including but not limited Web programming, Connectivity and Database)
- Web Administration (Including but not limited Hardware, Software,Telecommunications and Security)
- Web Business (Including but not limited Web marketing and management, Webconsulting, Search Optimization, content management and development)
- Webmastering (Including but not limited all of the above)
Web professional pathway resources make explicit the appropriate knowledge, skills and practical experience both students and those that teach them should have to pursue a career in the Web profession.