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| Thread ID: 122525 | 2011-12-27 11:00:00 | how much was your starting I.T salary and now. | smart (16614) | PC World Chat |
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| 1250888 | 2011-12-28 09:29:00 | but i have skillz and knowledge Is that copied directly out of your CV? Lmfao. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 1250889 | 2011-12-28 20:42:00 | Nice call Metla. I saw "skillz" and thought to myself : "gen Y - the world owes him a living". He will eventually get a job if he can conceal his attitude, but once he gets there he reckons he already knows everything and should be running the business, his employer will spend thousands training him, meantime he slacks off checking personal e-mails, Facebook and Twitter all day, will start turning up late and booking personal appointments during office hours, and then he will quit inside of 12 months after a verbal and written warning. I've seen it all before. Gen Y just don't get it. You have to start at the bottom and you actually have to work. There are too many graduates with very high opinions of themselves who genuinely think they should walk straight into a senior management position, and are usually stunned and shocked to find out they have a snowball's chance in hell. It's an easy mistake for grads (who haven't thought about it) to make. Your challenge smart is to avoid what I spelled out above - your future employer has seen it all before. Also, take heed of what others have said earlier in this thread - what they say is correct. It is good (free) advice. I see in your last post you have resigned yourself to a realistic starting salary. That's a good start (and not a bad starting salary!). In 1990 graduate salaries in my field were $21k. I'm not 100% IT; I started in Finance. I took a career change about 8 years ago and positioned myself between Finance & IT. It has paid off handsomely, especially after I side-stepped the 2008 recession. My advice is not to be the technical guy, be part of management. The pay and perks are much better. Yes there is the politics but nothing that can't be handled if you keep your nose clean. Don't be the smartest guy in the room, surround yourself with smart people. It works for me. |
andrew93 (249) | ||
| 1250890 | 2011-12-28 21:23:00 | and for gods sake learn to spell before writing any application letters, they might accept crap spelling in school these days but employers do not | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1250891 | 2011-12-28 21:40:00 | too true! | andrew93 (249) | ||
| 1250892 | 2011-12-28 22:22:00 | lulwut? y cnt i sp33k lyk ths in ma CV? ;) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1250893 | 2011-12-28 22:39:00 | lulwut? y cnt i sp33k lyk ths in ma CV? ;)You can, just depends which door you want to walk in and out of, the one that makes you plenty of money, or the dole office which doesnt make you bugger all. :D | Iantech (16386) | ||
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