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| Thread ID: 25058 | 2002-09-25 02:30:00 | Qualification and you? | -=JM=- (16) | Press F1 |
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| 82883 | 2002-09-25 10:04:00 | Me? I'm just a lawnmower. I was human until I foolishly volunteered to play chase the microsoft DOS tail of a stable OS years ago, then the MS Win 3 tail, then 3.11, then Win 95 etc etc ....oops excuse me there is another fix coming in for I.E 6. Gotta watch it download. Bye | Gerard (1730) | ||
| 82884 | 2002-09-25 10:15:00 | Crunn. Whats it like having a Brain that still works??? :) Baldy.. Approaching your 50s? Pull the other one, I have seen your photo ;\ Poppa John |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 82885 | 2002-09-25 10:23:00 | There are some interesting comments here alright! Reading the bit's about needing the bit of paper to get the job brought something to mind and that is this... It's true that having something on paper along with having experience will generally put you above most others in the interview process however I've had 4 IT jobs now and all but one had fairly healthy interviews (for example the latest one involved 4 interview's, about 6 hours all up - over the top I know!). I'm confident that my paper qualifications got me the interviews and HELPED get the positions however not one of the interviewers asked to see any proof of qualification. One asked me a couple of basic technical questions to get a general idea of my skill level but none actually asked me to prove what I was claiming. Now, this is not to say you should be dishonest (because most people know that doesn't get you very far in the workplace) but I find it a little disturbing because these companies are trusting me with a vital/critical component of their businesses, basically on my word alone. Has anyone else been asked to provide proof of qualification/certification when going for a IT Job? |
peterhkpan (1911) | ||
| 82886 | 2002-09-25 10:57:00 | Sometimes pretending you dont have qualifications can also get you a job. I waited 12 months to hear if I'd got a job here in NZ with DSIR. The firm I'd been with in machine tools closed down so I was unemployed for quite a while. Times were tough in UK especially in the south-west during 1975/77, the machine tool industry all over UK collapsed. Many local firms I applied to said they had no vacancy for someone with my qualifications, and experience. (BSc hons physics, Technical Manager) In desperation whilst waiting, I applied for a shop floor job at a local firm, Flight Refuelling, only admitted to having had an apprenticeship and got a job straight away in shop floor inspection work, happy as a sand boy. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 82887 | 2002-09-25 10:58:00 | > Crunn. Whats it like having a Brain that still > works??? :) > > Baldy.. Approaching your 50s? Pull the other one, I > have seen your photo ;\ > > Poppa John :p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p If I had another one, not only would I pull it, but I would be blimin lucky |
Baldy (26) | ||
| 82888 | 2002-09-25 11:11:00 | I'm doing my Bachelor of Computing Systems majoring in Networking. Will be finishing my studies by end of the year. How is the job marketing out there? Cheers bk |
bk T (215) | ||
| 82889 | 2002-09-25 11:25:00 | This all very interesting. Keep it coming ::) |
-=JM=- (16) | ||
| 82890 | 2002-09-25 11:34:00 | It is clear to me that to succeed in the I.T. Industry you have to have experience and the piece of paper together. On their own they seem to be worthless so bk T you may have to start with a entry level position even with a degree. | Sam H (525) | ||
| 82891 | 2002-09-25 11:45:00 | 50 too old !!! Rubbish !!!!! Why do I keep going? Well, the body never was like Arnold S. so I suppose I exercise my brain. Besides there is too much in this world that I what to know at least a little about. Peter... In some ways you are right about asking for proof of qualifications. A certain Canadian gentleman demonstrated that most recently. There was Milan Brycht about 25yrs ago who, for those that weren't born then (!!??), passed himself off as a cancer specialist. He was just a lab tech from Poland (or Hungary, I forget which - old age !). I think the point is that one takes the "piece of paper" for granted when they apply (rightly or wrongly). Then, of course, a whole new raft of questions. Are those pieces of paper worth the paper they are written on ? You can buy anything overseas (not a hint to any aspiring young fellow !). And finally, to open another can of worms, this seems to be what is happening in education right now. It seems that you no longer need to prove you are worth a piece of paper, just go to school, sign in and they'll give you one !! Oh well, that's progress (and my bedtime). Crunn |
Crunn (1068) | ||
| 82892 | 2002-09-25 11:47:00 | Crapall... I have a Diploma in Business from the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic. Have two papers to go (if I ever get round to doing them) to get the NZ Diploma in Business (I failed them, so I'll resit them one day... maybe... if I need to... and can afford it...) Might go and do a BCom in Economics and/or Finance or something along those lines one day... or maybe in IS. Thought about doing a BSc CompSci but that's all I've done - thought about it. Mike. PS Interesting enough, I've finally got 2 interviews in one week... one in Tauranga, and one in Auckland. So if anyone's in Auckland on Wednesday next week, watch out, cause so will I be! :D |
Mike (15) | ||
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