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I need an entry level IT Job, any suggestions?

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Duwelon

Golden Member
Out of high school I went to work for a major PC manufacturer taking Tech Support phone calls. After two years and a couple odd weeks I decided to go into my own local PC repair business. It's been slower than I expected and lately the competition has grown quite a bit as well. I'm in the need of a good steady job that pays decent.

I've checked out monster.com, but I'm wondering if anyone has some suggestions for me? I've sent my resume to several places but most of them never even reply. I'm very good at troubleshooting and I have a good work ethic and a broad range of experience. A+ certified too.

What I would love is getting into a company's IT department and overseeing a certain number of users, fixing whatever problems come up, etc. Help Desk support wouldn't be too bad either if the pay was right.

Does anyone have any tips for me or any place I should be looking specifically?

Edit: Oh and I'm ready to relocate almost anywhere in the USA.

Thanks,
Aaron.
 
Sorry guy, but there are plenty of people out there with college degrees and experience that are looking for the same jobs as you. A+ Certification means nothing, well unless you want to work at CompUSA or BestBuy.

Good luck.
 
Willing to move to Canada ?

I can get you an interview for Duke Energy Technical Support as soon as this friday... 🙂
 
check out local schools, banks, hospitals, etc. Any of the big industries and governments in your area would have entry level jobs. Try looking up local and state government websites to see if they have any openings. Although going to college and getting a computer science degree would help out tremendously if you're looking to advance any. Given the choice between a computer whiz with only a high school education and a technology inept person with a college degree, most managers would promote the college degreed person over the high school person.
 
Originally posted by: Deeko
Originally posted by: SampSon
Originally posted by: Deeko
GO TO COLLEGE
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Then he would be a clueless noob with a degree, like you are aiming to be.
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A clueless noob with a degree and a better chance at getting a job.

*shrug*
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Hell yeah Deeko, I went to Drexel, got out in June. Graduated on a Friday, started work on Monday. Make great pay in the IT field, only concern is getting outsourced, but thats the IT industry as a whole. Sampson is just ignorant to what a degree can do, plus co-op helped.
 
Originally posted by: Deeko
Originally posted by: SampSon
Originally posted by: Deeko
GO TO COLLEGE
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Then he would be a clueless noob with a degree, like you are aiming to be.
Click to expand...

A clueless noob with a degree and a better chance at getting a job.

*shrug*
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Sorry but I have to agree, getting a college degree would instantly make you smarter than 95% of the people here who hacked their way with computer knowledge. We have people with ENGLISH degrees working in IT because they can do one task, but if you want to be versatile and really know things about computers, go get a Computer Science Degree. (from a real school) not chubb
 
Originally posted by: Hankerton
Originally posted by: Deeko
Originally posted by: SampSon
Originally posted by: Deeko
GO TO COLLEGE
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Then he would be a clueless noob with a degree, like you are aiming to be.
Click to expand...

A clueless noob with a degree and a better chance at getting a job.

*shrug*
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Hell yeah Deeko, I went to Drexel, got out in June. Graduated on a Friday, started work on Monday. Make great pay in the IT field, only concern is getting outsourced, but thats the IT industry as a whole. Sampson is just ignorant to what a degree can do, plus co-op helped.
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Nice!

Yea I'm co-oping at the Kormen center right now(web development). My boss has already told me he wants me to work here again for my next co-op, and then probably again when i graduate.

But college didn't help me at all. :roll:
 
Originally posted by: KMDupont64
Originally posted by: Deeko
Originally posted by: SampSon
Originally posted by: Deeko
GO TO COLLEGE
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Then he would be a clueless noob with a degree, like you are aiming to be.
Click to expand...

A clueless noob with a degree and a better chance at getting a job.

*shrug*
Click to expand...

Sorry but I have to agree, getting a college degree would instantly make you smarter than 95% of the people here who hacked their way with computer knowledge. We have people with ENGLISH degrees working in IT because they can do one task, but if you want to be versatile and really know things about computers, go get a Computer Science Degree. (from a real school) not chubb
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Bad example with a CS Degree. I'm currently enrolled to get mine, but just because one has a CS degree does not mean that someone knows alot about computers in general. There are plenty of people in my CS classes that are computer literate, but are not what I'd call tech-savvy. Although, any degree such as CS, CE, EE are all good degrees to have if you're going to deal with computers in life.
 
Originally posted by: BigJ
Originally posted by: KMDupont64
Originally posted by: Deeko
Originally posted by: SampSon
Originally posted by: Deeko
GO TO COLLEGE
Click to expand...
Then he would be a clueless noob with a degree, like you are aiming to be.
Click to expand...

A clueless noob with a degree and a better chance at getting a job.

*shrug*
Click to expand...

Sorry but I have to agree, getting a college degree would instantly make you smarter than 95% of the people here who hacked their way with computer knowledge. We have people with ENGLISH degrees working in IT because they can do one task, but if you want to be versatile and really know things about computers, go get a Computer Science Degree. (from a real school) not chubb
Click to expand...

Bad example with a CS Degree. I'm currently enrolled to get mine, but just because one has a CS degree does not mean that someone knows alot about computers in general. There are plenty of people in my CS classes that are computer literate, but are not what I'd call tech-savvy. Although, any degree such as CS, CE, EE are all good degrees to have if you're going to deal with computers in life.
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I'd rather take my chances with someone with a CS degree over a hacker that learned computers from a message board.

And how can one graduate with a computer science degree without being sharp with computers/tech/programming/operating systems/etc? What school are you going to that is handing out computer science degrees like communications degrees?
 
I would consider plumbing.
IT people are a dime a dozen
A good commercial plumber can make good money
 
college.

help desk.

hardware support (a lot of ISP's hire people just to deal with the hardware aspects of the business... fixing servers, building new ones, etc).
 
Yeah, I am kind of in the same boat but rather than being so illusioned to think that I could have a successful computer repair business just because I have an A+ Certification I am working at Costco. Saving money for my own place and tuition. I'm also looking into the Air Force. Seriously, if you want to do IT, you need a degree and more experience than that A+ book gave you. I've taken a few MC classes but haven't gotten the certifications. I'm still not sure if I even want to do IT. I'm pretty sure I don't want to be the server's little b!tch. So, what you gonna do?
 
Start knocking on doors in the local area for businesses that would have an IT dept or PC shops.
You need to get face-=to-face with the people that run the IT departments to sell yourself. It may take a while.

Then use the internet job boards (check for suggestions in the Networking thread stickies up top)

You can also look at the employment sections for newspapers of most metro areas on line.

IF you are willing to up and relocate at your own cost if needed, let the contact people know that.

For any positions that you are interested in out of your local area, follow up a resume submittal with a phone call. If possiblem try to find out who is responsible for the postiion(s) listed and get in touch with them directly.

Also, check out the Chamber of Commerce for leads on companies.
 
Originally posted by: woowoo
I would consider plumbing.
IT people are a dime a dozen
A good commercial plumber can make good money
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Thats actually kind of funny, a co-worker i did tech support for quit about the same time I did to become a plumber... he had previous experience with it and didn't want the stress associated with irate people anymore.

@AdamSnow: Canada wouldn't be too bad but i'd rather stay in the states, thanks for the offer though.

@hevnsnt: I would 🙂



 
IT job with A+ only if your lucky, even if you had a A+ and MCSE you still would be giving a tech support job unless you get lucky or a friend helps you out.
Most IT entry level jobs want someone with a Computer Science degree or at least in college for that.
While in college you can get an intership doing low entry level and when you get out of college you can get a better job.

 
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