Assignment 1: Careers in IT Audit In class we talked about several things about IT audit careers. Some of you indicated that you were interested in IT audit and others were taking the class because you need the credit. No matter what your interests are, if you work in auditing, accounting, or even the business world, you are likely going to be involved with Big Data in one form or another. In the readings this week were several articles on personal characteristics and skills needed in this profession in the area of IT audit and data analytics. I would like each of you to identify one of the four areas from the PWC article Data Driven that you are most likely to do or have the most interest in at this point. Explain what that area interests you and what you see yourself doing in 10 years. I would then like for you to describe, using all of the readings for the week, the skills needed to be successful in that career over the next 12-15 years. Then, I would like for you to do an honest self-assessment of your skills identified in the articles that you possess at this point and conclude how well you are currently prepared for this work. As an example of this, I will do briefly do a self-assessment of my Excel skills. I have not tried to give you an example of the entire assignment, jus the type of self-assessment one might do. The EY article, Analytics Mindset, people in data analytics should have a mastery of excel. I have significant experience using excel to manipulate data and have used advanced functions such as VLOOKUP and Pivot tables. However, a key skill within excel that I need to improve is speed. For example, I typically use the mouse when highlighting data. Audit managers and partners have reported to me that employees who do not regularly use the keyboard, instead of the mouse, will not acquire the speed necessary to complete jobs on time. Thus, a key skill I need to improve in Excel is mastering the key strokes to improves my efficiency using the tool. To get the best grade on this assignment, you need to demonstrate that you have been thoughtful in doing this. In the self assessment, you need to explain why you rated yourself in various ways. Note that I used the EY article to identify a key skill. You should not necessarily assume that that is the only way to do this assignment. The assignment should be no more than three pages single-spaced. You will be graded in part