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| Thread ID: 121654 | 2011-11-04 17:50:00 | Graduating soon, wanna start in I.T | smart (16614) | PC World Chat |
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| 1241894 | 2011-11-04 20:58:00 | It depends on what you're doing. The graduate salary band is quite wide, depending on what the role is, how good you are etc. "Networking/systems field or support" is very vague, so it's hard to answer the question. I've seen IT grad roles with a starting salary anywhere from $35k upwards. I think the highest I saw was $70k for a grad programmer role, but they expected you to be the best of the best. The big-4 consulting firms tend to pay around $40-50k as starting salaries for their IT grads, but be prepared to be working long hours with unpaid overtime if you do go down that path. Helpdesk support, field services etc. will typically pay at the lower end of the scale compared with if you were to join a consultancy or development shop. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 1241895 | 2011-11-04 22:53:00 | My first IT job was for level 1 and was 35. Shame i was made redundant. Oh well thats in the past, love my current job. how to get level 1 support job without experience, it seems they all ask for 2 years. Also is it easy once you get some experience you can find another job if you are made redundant easily since you have experience? |
smart (16614) | ||
| 1241896 | 2011-11-04 23:10:00 | Keep an eye on seek, and other things like it. I had the same issue, all wanting 1-3 years experience. But every so often a job comes up that does not need experience due to training on the job. | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1241897 | 2011-11-04 23:50:00 | Keep an eye on seek, and other things like it. I had the same issue, all wanting 1-3 years experience. But every so often a job comes up that does not need experience due to training on the job. so after a year or 2 of experience how much can you expect to make |
smart (16614) | ||
| 1241898 | 2011-11-04 23:54:00 | no idea, I have not been in a job for a year yet. Haha. | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1241899 | 2011-11-04 23:57:00 | no idea, I have not been in a job for a year yet. Haha. i guess i will keep on applying before I graduate. Heard employers get over 200 cvs |
smart (16614) | ||
| 1241900 | 2011-11-05 00:09:00 | easily 200+ for some jobs | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1241901 | 2011-11-05 00:24:00 | I was involved in a intake for new people where I used to work, Tier 1 phone based software support. We got 600 applicants for the job/s (approx) so we automatically discarded anyone without experience in customer service or IT based role. |
DeSade (984) | ||
| 1241902 | 2011-11-05 00:54:00 | You would be silly to think you will make good money in the next 5+ years until you have some actual real world skills. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1241903 | 2011-11-05 00:59:00 | maybe that was why i jumped ship from IT and went back to my previous. IMO oversaturated, lowish pay compared to other industries but not to say later on that you cannot make good salary, maybe *software instead of hardware like business analyst, banking, statisticians but using IT skills. i just found IT was just another job and it basically comes down to corporate support. most jobs were just about organization (cost) effectiveness. and being oversaturated IMO they can pick and choose. all the units in a company just support management. the IT guys do the IT work. the office more admin guys like legal, audit, finance, do their part to support and caretake management. the few i know, yeah maybe get a degree and then some industry certs. then start at 32-35k and work your way up ..... |
Nomad (952) | ||
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