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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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| 1241904 | 2011-11-05 03:22:00 | im thinking of getting my mcse, u think that will help. | smart (16614) | ||
| 1241905 | 2011-11-05 04:01:00 | It depends on what you want to do. Can you be more specific? | somebody (208) | ||
| 1241906 | 2011-11-05 04:09:00 | I've had a wee bit of experience. I earn $40K now. | pctek (84) | ||
| 1241907 | 2011-11-05 04:38:00 | you can try the graduate seminars when employers visit campus.......... | Nomad (952) | ||
| 1241908 | 2011-11-05 04:55:00 | im thinking of getting my mcse, u think that will help. Real world experience will help, you can have all the quals in the world it doesn't mean a lot if you have never used it in practice. |
Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1241909 | 2011-11-05 20:51:00 | education is very important in i.t too just like experience. | smart (16614) | ||
| 1241910 | 2011-11-05 20:57:00 | education is very important in i.t too just like experience. I think continuous research to keep up with technology more important than just education |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1241911 | 2011-11-05 21:17:00 | From my non IT experience of job hunting. At the start, they didn't care what quals I had, I was just one of the many. Thru work I worked with those who didn't go to tertiary education, one of my boss went to uni when she was working full time. I basically started in office admin and worked myself up. Re: IT I have also heard those who got into IT before quals but did the MCSE stuff while they were working full time. I think a friend is also doing support work for IT but she did a commerce degree at uni. She's overseas but her hours are not local ... as she is to support Australia, she basically starts at 6am her time to match Australia times. I have heard someone who works here but adjust their time to match Germany .... MCSE may help I think, but they really want experience. If you have MCSE you might find yourself just one of the many if you don't strike it lucky. It's not a yes or no answer. Having said that many people end up in careers that was what they studied. Re: education. More education could be a good mix for say if you want to tutor or teach or do (academic) research. PS/ NZ is quite different to say Asia. Asia for place more emphasis on qualifications when hiring. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 1241912 | 2011-11-05 22:33:00 | You definitely need some sort of IT experience before you can expect to find a decent paying job. I spent a summer and some uni holidays at a local non-profit for no pay, just for experience. This no doubt helped me get a leg up into my current job. I have been with my current employer for three years (full time and part time, depending on uni commitments, etc). I am currently sitting on about $35k before tax. Not fantastic pay by any means, but absolutely fantastic experience. I am about to graduate with a Bachelor in IT in February next year. I would check to see if any local schools are wanting IT support guys. This is where I went following my non-profit work experience. It's great, because schools use all sorts of technology when compared to most corporates which equates to better experience for you. They are also more ahead of the curve for the most part - for example many schools I know of have already adopted Windows 7, whereas I know of very few large corporates who have done the same. :2cents: |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 1241913 | 2011-11-05 22:42:00 | I know from experience that schools are now outsourcing most if not all of their IT support to companies like Edtech and NewEraIT. I have done work for schools because I attended them, one of them still lets me do jobs for them even though it is using a company for IT support. Maybe a smaller school would be able to help? |
nedkelly (9059) | ||
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