ESSENCE OF COMPUTER LITERACY ON THE JOB MARKET

           21/02/2020

             Computer as an electronic device is designed to make work easier and faster. Its relevance has hugely facilitated development and has now become impossible to live without. Virtually, its evolution has solved lots of problems which were traditionally or manually dealt with spanning from E-Commerce; Online shopping, ordering food online, online delivery services, the use of automated machines at the bank to the usage of programs; MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access, SPSS, and Adobe Photoshop etc. Advanced countries like China, Germany, Singapore and many more developed through the use of computer technology in developing multinational companies which generated huge income that enlarged their economy.

Competition on the job market has made numerous companies resort to the use of computers and robots to matchup the rising standard. Hence, Human Resource Managers now short-list applicants based on pre-requisite knowledge in operating the computer and application softwares in relation to the job description. Below are topical discussions on some softwares used in various firms which is necessary to possess basic knowledge in manipulating to get employment opportunities.

MS-Word is a widely used product package from Microsoft created purposely for drafting and preparing Newsletters, Journals, Letters, Reports, Budgetary, Projects and many more. It comes with a user friendly interface, easily located buttons and toolbars, and makes readily available tools for editing, formatting and saving. Its unique features make it a preferable mode of documentation by most companies to paper based documentation. This is highly recommended for Secretary Ship and Management related jobs.

Another most used programs in the field of Statistics, Finance and Marketing etc. are SPSS and MS- EXCEL. These programs specifically aids; organizing financial data, collating of statistical data, keeping sales records, calculating inventories, and preparation of numerical based reports. It is embedded with statistical tools like; histogram, bar chart, pie chart as well as predefined formulae known as functions. Its worksheet is designed with adjustable rows and columns and capable of receiving data such as labels and values.

PowerPoint software is used in presentation of projects, marketing products for auctioneering, health and safety sensitization, tendering for a contract etc. Its features use animations, images (audio-visual mode of communication) in presenting. It is a required tool for Marketers to help reach clients by reviewing detailed information of stocks on sale.

Lastly, Adobe Photoshop, aids commercialism for the Fashion Designers. It has varying designing tools that gives pleasing effects to images of Models, it is used in designing; model magazines, social media fly outs, designing of brands etc. Owing to its usage, knowledge in manipulating the program will help fashion designers to put on more value for commercialism.

            In conclusion, computer literacy in relation to various fields of work must be considered vital because, skills in operating and using the computer gives an advantage over the layperson, know your job market, know the skill required to enter and pursue. In view of this we will be treating the various softwares into details in our subsequent articles.

ASANTE JESSIE SASU

COMPUTER SCIENCE