<p>Aside from Excel, PowerPoint and MS Word, what other applications are high in demand that employers from many industries love to see? And, would taking classes in these programs suffice to say you have experience in working with them? Thanks</p>
<p>“Born in and raised through the Information Age.”</p>
<p>I thought all people born in and after the late 80s came into the world with this sort of knowledge.</p>
<p>I’m saying what other APPS (you didn’t read the question) are in high demand other than the aforementioned</p>
<p>Well not everyone can use Excel. PowerPoint and Word are more common “skills”</p>
<p>All of Microsoft Office, including those business-y type apps that you would never use at home. Like InfoPath, Groove, Sharepoint Services, etc.</p>
<p>And Access for databases.</p>
<p>I don’t even put MS Word on my resume. I figure it can be assumed that if you created a typed resume, you can figure out how to work some sort of word processor.</p>
<p>I would focus more on things that “average” people aren’t familiar with, e.g. if you know how to use FTP or command line, or something of that nature.</p>
<p>I’ve seen quite a few student employment opportunities that require MS Access, which I didn’t know existed until recently. I’m trying to figure it out, but I have no reason to use it at home, so it’s a bit difficult.</p>
<p>Photoshop is quite useful. At my current job, my boss figured out that I knew how to use it, and my job now revolves around it.</p>
<p>Things like the command line may or may not be important. The only times I’ve had to use it were to fix some major problems with the computers where I work. I generally just go online to figure out which commands to use, since my job doesn’t really require more knowledge than that. But if you’re going to be working in IT specifically, you should know how to use the command line for all sorts of things.</p>