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How does a Junior I.T. Professional get a job.......
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i'm in the same boat. i take it you're fresh out of school?
if that's the case, the first thing i'd do is talk to your school's "graduate placement office" if they have one. their whole purpose is to get you working.
also, look into professional associations. i have been a member of CIPS in the past, and found it a good way to build a network of contacts.
have you ever heard of an 'information interview'? the idea is that you call someone who works in the industry, not necessarily in a hiring role, and ask to speak with them about the work that they do. you're not trying to get a job with this person, just find out about the work that they do, and any contacts that they may have in the field who may be hiring.
and ask friends or relatives if they know anyone who needs somebody with your skills.
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man, i read this and wonder why the hell i don't get off my lazy ass and get my own damned IT job.
if that's the case, the first thing i'd do is talk to your school's "graduate placement office" if they have one. their whole purpose is to get you working.
also, look into professional associations. i have been a member of CIPS in the past, and found it a good way to build a network of contacts.
have you ever heard of an 'information interview'? the idea is that you call someone who works in the industry, not necessarily in a hiring role, and ask to speak with them about the work that they do. you're not trying to get a job with this person, just find out about the work that they do, and any contacts that they may have in the field who may be hiring.
and ask friends or relatives if they know anyone who needs somebody with your skills.
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man, i read this and wonder why the hell i don't get off my lazy ass and get my own damned IT job.
Silverback
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"I.T. Professional" encompasses a lot. Any more details about what you're interested in?
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You won't! I tried so hard for three months and no luck. It is really bad out there, too many people took I.T. and now the need is not there.
This is true...
I can develop applications using Java, VB, JSP, ASP, Access, DB2 for RDBMS, SQL, HTML, OO Programming. I would ideally like to parlay these skills into a Business Analyst role, but willing to take any position that would utilize what I have learned.
Thanks.
rLd
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My advice is take french so at least you can get a tech support job. There are usually lots of those available and they pay pretty well.
i got lucky when i got out.
i posted my resume EVERYWHERE i could
workopolis, jobshark, some site i got from school.
and i applied to everything, whether or not i thought i could get in.
take what you can get for now, don't turn your nose up at anything, even tech support jobs.
programmers coming straight out of school aren't in very high demand right now (regardless of what your school told you), so just be happy that you have a keyboard and a desktop computer on your desk.
my company might be hiring a tech support person soon, i can let you know if anything pops up.
i posted my resume EVERYWHERE i could
workopolis, jobshark, some site i got from school.
and i applied to everything, whether or not i thought i could get in.
take what you can get for now, don't turn your nose up at anything, even tech support jobs.
programmers coming straight out of school aren't in very high demand right now (regardless of what your school told you), so just be happy that you have a keyboard and a desktop computer on your desk.
my company might be hiring a tech support person soon, i can let you know if anything pops up.
you can't fret too much about the state of things. the economy and IT will turn around again in time. sure, the glory days of '97-'99 when anyone who could turn a computer on could make $billions in the dot.coms, but who wants that kind of fleeting crap anyway? (well, maybe me
)
i'm going to apply at a bakery tomorrow. maybe i can apply all those wonderful systems analysis and programming skills to baking loaves of bread!
i'm going to apply at a bakery tomorrow. maybe i can apply all those wonderful systems analysis and programming skills to baking loaves of bread!
