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Multimedia is defined as combining various elements such as text, animation, sound, video and interaction. It is a uniqueness in multimedia of allowing users to read, hear and see information that sets it apart from traditional teaching ways and methods. This creates an increasing demand for multimedia products within business organizations. It is predicted to be the normal business practice in the near future and is taking over at a rapid pace. Multimedia is a technology that can help meet future educational and business needs.
The availability of skilled people is critical to the development of the multimedia industry. The Multimedia industry requires employees with technical and commercial expertise. Creativity is equally as important with a third of the employees in content development and Web-related services coming from a creative background.
There is also intense pressure on the existing skill base, which is why most companies offer training to there employees. Positions that are particularly difficult to fill include programmers, technically literate sales and marketing personnel, 3D animators and Graphic/Web designers...