djfabioc Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Cause it has been really hard for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakbeatz2 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 yeah the job market isnt what it used to bewhat kind of field are you in??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfabioc Posted January 15 Author Report Share Posted January 15 Tech Support/ IT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakbeatz2 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 Originally posted by djfabioc Tech Support/ IT its a really saturated field, but its one of those service sectors that is probably faring a LOT better than a lot of other sectors.fabio, you still in school? or out in the real world already?oh, and you still promote for World Saturdays?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfabioc Posted January 15 Author Report Share Posted January 15 Originally posted by breakbeatz2 its a really saturated field, but its one of those service sectors that is probably faring a LOT better than a lot of other sectors.fabio, you still in school? or out in the real world already?oh, and you still promote for World Saturdays?? I not going to school anymore , but i would love to get certified...And about world ...I haven't done anything there for 2 weeks...I might start soon again, maybe this weekend.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heretic909 Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 I haven't been able to find a job since last March when I was laid off from this advertising agency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuturephunk Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 . . . It took me several months, but I finally found a position at WCC up here in Westchester. . . I find that employers are looking more for concrete experience now , than a good educational/certification history. . although those two help as well. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djfabioc Posted January 15 Author Report Share Posted January 15 Originally posted by heretic909 I haven't been able to find a job since last March when I was laid off from this advertising agency. Gee, that's a long time bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magilicuti Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 just quit my job to concentrate on school. not going clubbing after jp's bday till summer either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magilicuti Posted January 15 Report Share Posted January 15 i bet for most kids having a job isn't even an issue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdonxlavitoxx Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 yeah man finding work is hard now a days. i worked for gucci till november but now im going to school and collecting U.I. you should look into that, and if you go to school while collecting U.I. you get irt for a whole year if you qualify! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avalondon3 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Originally posted by heretic909 I haven't been able to find a job since last March when I was laid off from this advertising agency. Which one did u work for? I used to intern for BBDO.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdeep Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 I got laid off last June. No work yet. Although, I've hardly been looking. The only jobs that I was offered were for less than half of what I was making before. Oh well....drink up. I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barvybe Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Outta work since Sept.was hardly looking in the fall, but am looking hard now and its really really tough....not so much out there at the moment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gravity Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Originally posted by djfabioc Cause it has been really hard for me... You should probably be wearing a shirt on your interviews... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dp80 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 It sucks to see that it is hard to get a job in the IT field without concrete experience like someone said. I am a senior IT major at albany and I can't even find any internship lisitings for any IT/networking here upstate. I am doing the A+, and Network+ certs on my own before I graduate in May, hopefully they will help. I wanted to do network administration but everyone wants hands on experience. How do I get that? I don't see many entry-level type jobs for IT. Anyone else here experiencing this? Makes you wonder, a lot of my friends maybe 2-4 years back didn't go to college to get into computer field, now making money, while I waste 4 years to not find a job?? Anyone hiring around May? I will be looking for a job in NYC area. BTW, anyone here do the MCSE 2000 cert? Is it worth it? I'm not sure I want to drop around $9000 to take it when I move back home. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nycchic24 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Originally posted by magilicuti just quit my job to concentrate on school. not going clubbing after jp's bday till summer either. ha! thats what the guy that i am dating says too! i will see it when i believe it. I keep telling him it runs in your blood, hun. and that after a while... he's gonna get the itch. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heretic909 Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Originally posted by avalondon3 Which one did u work for? I used to intern for BBDO.... I was working for Spier down on Park Ave. Mainly advertising for book publishers. Then last spring when the market took a dive, about 1/3 of the company got laid off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceepee Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Listen any kind of certs are helpful...It kets the employer see that you take initiative...It is really hard to get into this field, on the flip side of getting certs it helps what you know but a said reality is it always helps WHO you know!!!!!!!I just recently got into the field for Nexteland taking it one day at a time!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phuturephunk Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Originally posted by dp80 It sucks to see that it is hard to get a job in the IT field without concrete experience like someone said. I am a senior IT major at albany and I can't even find any internship lisitings for any IT/networking here upstate. I am doing the A+, and Network+ certs on my own before I graduate in May, hopefully they will help. I wanted to do network administration but everyone wants hands on experience. How do I get that? I don't see many entry-level type jobs for IT. Anyone else here experiencing this? Makes you wonder, a lot of my friends maybe 2-4 years back didn't go to college to get into computer field, now making money, while I waste 4 years to not find a job?? Anyone hiring around May? I will be looking for a job in NYC area. BTW, anyone here do the MCSE 2000 cert? Is it worth it? I'm not sure I want to drop around $9000 to take it when I move back home. Thanks! . . . Dude, this is what was inexorably going to happen . . . I didn't go to school for comps, I've been using and abusing them since I was 9 . . . In this economy experience IS necessary . . . I don't care how many classes you've taken, how much theory you've had shoved down your throat . . until you get that phone call at three AM where the night guy screams that the whole Oracle Cluster has gone down and somethings fucked with the Routing tables, you don't know SHIT . . . That's exactly what I was told when I went for my first IT interview ( for an engineer position) years ago . . If it comes down to a list of college classes and activities vs. real experience . . Real experience wins . . cause when you say to the interviewer . . "I studied that" . . I can say "I'd have it fixed before the ticket hit the first hop in the router". . . in short, I win. . . . . My advice to you, and this is gonna be hard to take, seeing as how you've invested 4 years of your life into learning theory, is to go out and get a Help Desk job. . . Every IT professional I know, college educated or not . . . HAD to cut their teeth in the phone pits before they got he glory . . It's a simple fact of the industry . . cause as you take more and more calls, all that theory is connected, logically to the operating systems that you'll be using and pretty soon you can fix and design infrastructure with your eyes closed . . . Outsourcing firms are the greatest for this, cause many times they will have serveral accounts that focus on difffernt disciplines in the tech industry ( ex: Baseline software support, hardware troubleshooting, and connectivity ((LANS/WANS)) ) . . The pay will be shit at first, but in no time you will have the wonderful ability to trump other applicants when you go for jobs . . . Contracting is also another option worth exploring . . . . . Keep trying . . there is an Abundance of opportunity out there. . you just gotta work it . . Peace. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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