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SolarCarrot
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 Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 3:46 pm Post subject: Are there jobs in I.T. out there? In UK |
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SolarCarrot
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 3:46 pm Post subject: Re: Are there jobs in I.T. out there? In UK |
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Peter B is right, there are a lot of experienced IT Pros out of work at the
moment, pay has decreased and employers are getting 100+ applications for
entry level jobs. Having said that don't get too disheartened, keep doing
your study and get your certs, do it for yourself and if you are determined
enough you can do it, but it won't be easy, I was a Network Manager for a
software company, we had a team of 4 and we were all made redundant, I was
lucky and got a job straight away but the other 3 didn't, an Oracle DBA with
15 yrs experience ended up taking a junior database admin role paying £18k !
The other two are still out of work 9 months on. The IT industry is swamped
with too many "paper" professionals who braindumped their way to MCSE and
the like, and like Peter B says, graduates also struggle to find work and
have certified also, it is not the goldmine training companies would have u
believe.
"Eileen Foster" <ccfoster@ntlworld.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | From looking on the M.C.S.E. newsgroup a lot of it says they're no longer
looking to recriut people for I.T. jobs unless you have a few years
experience as well as qualifications.
Is this true if so were can you get experience or jobs which hire people
with just certifications, as i'm starting to feel a bit worried about
this.
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Peter B
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2003 10:46 pm Post subject: Re: Are there jobs in I.T. out there? In UK |
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"SolarCarrot" <Solarremovecarrot@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Peter B is right, there are a lot of experienced IT Pros out of work at
the
moment, pay has decreased and employers are getting 100+ applications for
entry level jobs. Having said that don't get too disheartened, keep doing
your study and get your certs, do it for yourself and if you are
determined
enough you can do it, but it won't be easy, I was a Network Manager for a
software company, we had a team of 4 and we were all made redundant, I was
lucky and got a job straight away but the other 3 didn't, an Oracle DBA
with
15 yrs experience ended up taking a junior database admin role paying £18k
!
The other two are still out of work 9 months on. The IT industry is
swamped
with too many "paper" professionals who braindumped their way to MCSE and
the like, and like Peter B says, graduates also struggle to find work and
have certified also, it is not the goldmine training companies would have
u
believe.
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I do think that training companies have played a part in the way the
industry has gone. There are so many advertisements in the papers stating
that you could earn up to x amount of money per week if you take one of
their courses and of course everyone would like to earn that amount of money
but in reality the jobs don't exist anymore and they are not paying anything
like they used to. Also Mr Blair has paid a part when he urged people to
take up occupations in IT and that we should all be so worried about the Y2K
bug. So the industry is saturated with people who have certs, and there is
nothing wrong in that, I myself am certified but now they are not even worth
the paper they are printed on.
So please think long and hard before making the jump as they dont come
cheap. I'm praying for the day when the situation is reversed where there
are too many plumbers/electricians and not enough IT staff.
Good luck
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