IT Career Moves to okinawa Japan, having very hard time getting any IT job. Advice? Tips? |
- Moves to okinawa Japan, having very hard time getting any IT job. Advice? Tips?
- Working as a help desk tech with bachelors in IT.
- anyone have experience as a UC Engineer? Looking for my first IT job, not sure if that would fit.
- currently work in retail as a frozen food manager. i'm pretty good at what I do. Would that job help me starting in help desk, or possibly desktop support?
- I'm training to be a technical writer. My boyfriend is training to be a software engineer. What Canadian city do you guys recommend we job-hunt in?
- Study/Career advices
- Declined a job offer for a better offer, the second offer fell though. Is it in bad taste to contact the first company?
- What should I do to land a Business Analyst position with MIS degree?
- Software Support - Worth losing my current benefits?
- Unrelated bachelor's
- Certification
- Objective statement or summary? No IT experience.
- I want to pursue a career in IT but don't know where exactly
- Can i get some feedback on my entry level IT resume?
- 2 New grad seeking advice on finding the right career for myself
- Need Etiquette Advice
- Interview test in a few days
| Moves to okinawa Japan, having very hard time getting any IT job. Advice? Tips? Posted: 29 Apr 2018 12:51 AM PDT Hey folks, about 6 months ago I loved to okinawa Japan as my wife is in the marines. Ive got my bachelor's in IT and have about 3 years of IT Specialist/ help desk experience. I don't have any certs and am taking my secuirty+ Wednesday though. I can not for the life of me even get an interview. I've never had this much of an issue before with jobs and have no clue what I'm doing wrong with these federal jobs. At first I was applying to GS9 jobs as I think I could do them. Now I'm applying to GS07 jobs and don't know what I'm doing wrong. I feel like I have enough experience to do customer support but I never grt my resume forwarded to the hiring manager. Any advice or tips? [link] [comments]  |
| Working as a help desk tech with bachelors in IT. Posted: 29 Apr 2018 07:45 AM PDT I'm working as a contract help desk technician for one of the largest defense contractors in the world. I do have an AS in Business Administration and a BS in Information Technology. I like the job but really only took it as a way to get experience in the field. I'm 33 and have a wife and two kids and can't work as a contractor with no time off for 2 to 3 years until o can become an actual employee. I know it can be faster but the average right now for this company in my area is two years. So my question is this, what should I do to make myself more marketable? There aren't many IT jobs in this area and I would be willing to move but couldn't move on the pay of a entry level job in the field. I do have a couple of local options to look into but want to further my education to make myself more marketable. Should I look into certifications or a masters program? If certifications which ones? I'm considering a masters in Computer Science but my coding skills are very beginner as I've only took intro to java and intro to C++. Thanks to anyone who takes time to read this and any advice would be greatly appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| anyone have experience as a UC Engineer? Looking for my first IT job, not sure if that would fit. Posted: 29 Apr 2018 07:19 AM PDT I'm not experienced in telephony, yet. I'd like some hands on experience, not just scripting and programming. https://www.hy-vee.com/careers/#/search/results?keywords=info%20tech [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2018 04:22 PM PDT Yeah what i do is a lot of physical labor. But I've learned a LOT on how to manage a business. Staying on top of everything is important, and I have customer interaction every day. Not sure how ordering, gross profit, inventory, sales fits in but it's business experience. I have to manage my time every day to keep my department running smooth. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2018 10:38 PM PDT Hey everyone! I'm hoping there are some Canadians on here, because we'd love some advice for relocating within Canada :) We currently live in Ottawa, and both just finished our Bachelor's degrees in arts subjects (mine was journalism, his was classics). During university I did an internship in IT technical writing and loved it, so I decided to pursue it. My boyfriend really enjoyed his programming electives, and started programming for fun, so he decided to retrain too. In the fall I'll start in a 1-yr technical writing certification course and my boyfriend will start his 3-yr software engineering advanced diploma. I'm really worried about my earning potential in Ottawa. You need to be fluently bilingual for nearly every government job, and the government is by far the biggest employer here. I've genuinely tried to learn French: I took French every year of high school, tried Duolingo as an adult, watched Quebecois TV, and even had my bilingual boyfriend and roommates try to teach me by immersion -- I still can't understand simple sentences. French hates me. Without bilingualism I had a hell of a time getting internships during university. The private sector isn't as bad -- bilingualism isn't always a hard-and-fast requirement -- but still, nobody in Ottawa is going to hire a unilingual tech writer over a bilingual one. I'm going to be the primary earner for a while, since my BF will be in school for 2yrs longer than me, so he's decided to transfer his credits to another community college if necessary and study wherever I'll be able to get a job -- so long as he can get a job there after he's graduated. In your experience, whereabouts in Canada is a good spot to live for a technical writer and software engineer, that is:
Thanks everyone! I'm going to keep looking for jobs in Ottawa, obviously, because its a pain to transfer colleges, but after 5+ years of school I'd also really love to finally enter my field. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2018 09:48 PM PDT I'll try to make this short, because my situation is complex: I'm 26 years old (27 in 2months) and still haven't finished a degree. I started CS 2 years ago, I was taking few classes and failing some. I was playing a lot of video games back then and not really focusing on my degree. I was basically in school because everybody else was doing it. I always liked messing around with computers and I was myself only majoring in CS and nothing else. But I was so not focus on my studies and didn't really ''care'' and got kicked out. I'm now currently in Business Information systems and the degree is too easy in my opinion and I have A,A+ on all my classes, but I'm also super motivated to study right now and I want to succeed in life. I don't wanna end up on low pay jobs or no jobs because of a bad degree choice. I'm looking to do jobs like : Database admin, sysadmin, business analyst(maybe but I'm not the most social guy so I'm scared with business analyst jobs). etc... I'm basically looking for non programming heavy jobs. I'm not passionate about programming, I think I'm kinda bad at it. But I don't hate it. It's A LOT more fun to do coding than do accounting stuff... My question is : What should I do ? Stay in CIS? (I just finished my first semester in CIS). Should I start a CS degree again and fully commit this time? I'm losing A LOT of time in my life right now. I'm just lost on what to do. I was not motivated before but now my studies is my #1 priority in my life TLDR: Took CS, didn't study. Got kicked out. Currently in CIS but too easy and I read a lot that CS degree is better. Should I go back into CS? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2018 01:55 PM PDT Unsure if this is the right sub, and if it isn't, I'm sure that i'll hear about it from a mod. I was interviewed and offered a position working as a contractor for 23 an hour with no health insurance level 2 help desk work. After my interview, another company I had been in talks with for a Network Administrator position reached out to me, and offered me 50k a year with benefits. I talked with the second company for a few days, and everything seemed fine. 2 weeks later, after i've already turned down my other position, they reach out to me and tell me they've had to rescind their offer due to budgeting. (I don't think this is the reason, I'd bet they found someone else that jumped out with more experience for the same price or similar) I'm tempted to reach out to company 1, and request if that offer could be revived. Is this a good plan, or because I already declined it, I shouldn't bother them? And even if the position was still open, would this look badly on me? [link] [comments]  |
| What should I do to land a Business Analyst position with MIS degree? Posted: 28 Apr 2018 04:26 PM PDT Hello, first off, I just want to thank you guys for all of the support and help you all give. I've never posted here, but have been a long time lurker. I am graduating in December with a degree in MIS. Currently I have an internship with an ecommerce retailer where we analyze products and purchase them. It has been really great and I have learned a lot in the past 6 months, but I will be moving back home to commute my last semester. After I graduate I will be moving to a different city about 4 hours away. My question is, how do I and where do I find these business analyst type jobs? I have really enjoyed messing around with databases and using SQL, but not sure where I can go for this to work. The city I am moving to is Greenville, NC and I am currently in Charlotte. The city is very different and small comparatively speaking in the entry level job area and I haven't had much luck finding and applying for jobs there. Also, what other jobs should I be looking for? I am scared I will get stuck with a sales type job and not find an information related field. Thanks, let me know if I need to clarify anything! [link] [comments]  |
| Software Support - Worth losing my current benefits? Posted: 28 Apr 2018 11:51 PM PDT I've gone through 3 sets of interviews for a position that is primarily customer support for a real nice company. This company is especially nice because this particular position is 100% work from home, which is something I've been looking for due to my disability. They also offer decent health insurance (PPO or HSA) with many other incentives, and best of all, the position is salary. Here's the problem: on the very first interview I was asked "what do you think the salary is?" I was actually surprised when they made that question, and I couldn't really find anything online, but I figured it was around 40-45k, since the business analyst position that I originally applied for seems to be around 55K (I was offered this position because I'm bilingual and they recently acquired a big contract in California with more potential contracts to follow). Now, the problem is that even if I accept the position @ 45k, it really isn't worth it for me to accept the job for quite a few reasons that ultimately come down to healthcare. Basically, I'm pretty sure I would no longer qualify for my current health insurance (Medi-Cal) without some sort of share of cost which no one can explain to me because apparently I have to lose the benefits first before they actually calculate what I would pay. If I lose my health insurance, I lose my caregivers, which are paid roughly $1,600 a month. My rent would also shoot up (public/affordable housing). From everything I was told after the interview, it seems like I did great through all the steps. They're also obviously looking for native Spanish speakers. I figure that I could just go with some unreasonable salary if they do decide to finally take me, because honestly, it hardly seems worth the effort and taking such a big risk to earn around $1k/mo... Probably less actually. So yeah, everything is kind of a big risk because I rely so much on my healthcare (e.g., wheelchair equipment/repair, frequent doctor visits, medications, caregivers, etc.). It's a pretty sad situation, but I figured that taking such a big risk risk isn't really worth it unless I'm earning substantial money that would actually improve my quality of life. tl;dr: originally said 40-45k (they said yep in the initial interview), not really worth it unless I ask for 55k. Is it even possible? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2018 07:00 PM PDT I have a stem degree unrelated to tech. Would it be worth the time and money to get a second degree? Will certificates + unrelated degree suffice for most jobs? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2018 05:41 PM PDT I want to make a career change into IT. I am looking at CompTia certifications. I have used computers for bout 35 years, but I do not have certified credentials Is it best to begin with IT Fundamentals or A+? [link] [comments]  |
| Objective statement or summary? No IT experience. Posted: 28 Apr 2018 05:00 PM PDT Hey what's up guys, I'm working on my resume, and I'm having trouble coming up with a solid summary statement. Now I've read that an objectively statement only mentioning your career goals is obsolete. I have field tech experience, but not for IT, and I have great customer service skills both phone and client facing. How can I create a convincing summary for future employers with those skills? I no experience in IT. [link] [comments]  |
| I want to pursue a career in IT but don't know where exactly Posted: 28 Apr 2018 03:43 PM PDT I'm very interested in technology and I'm hoping to pursue a career in IT but am struggling to pin point what route I want to go. I'm very interested in technology in cars seeing all the amazing tech that goes into them and was thinking about something along them lines as a career but I'm afraid it would just be coding 24/7 and I would get bored and lose interest in it. If anyone has any information on this career or another career which may be suitable it would be greatly appreciated. [link] [comments]  |
| Can i get some feedback on my entry level IT resume? Posted: 28 Apr 2018 11:04 AM PDT I've been trying to get into IT for years and have a bit of experience with just general troubleshooting, but unfortunately i don't have any certs (yet). I'm sure there is missing info, and some of it can be filled in by talking to my references. I'd just like to get someone else's opinion on it for now. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yUpGutc-CqEFjKACiMEDlein7WHOTiqK/view?ths=true [link] [comments]  |
| 2 New grad seeking advice on finding the right career for myself Posted: 28 Apr 2018 05:09 PM PDT I graduated in December with a degree in industrial engineering and a minor in computer science. My interests are in linux, networking, security, system administration, etc. I am not an expert in any of these fields but I do have some experience. I don't have any real work or internship experience. I am trying to figure out what kind of work is best suited for me. I am currently in the Bay Area but I am not against relocating. I will be happy to answer any questions that may assist in helping to guide me. Or anything else that I might have missed. Thanks [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2018 02:02 PM PDT Long story short I am expecting an offer from the company I am contracted with early next week. I would have to move to a city I would hate, I would be walking into a complete trainwreck, but the pay is great even with cost of living and the experience would be really good. I have already negotiated with the hiring manager and told them I would accept the job if offered the negotiated salary. I don't want to reveal any more information but I am pretty confident that the interview process is a formality at this point and I will be offered the job. My question is this: If I get an offer and accept, but then received another offer from a different company the next day, how bad would it be if I then renege on the first offer considering I have already given the impression I would take the job? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 28 Apr 2018 01:37 PM PDT I've recently been offered to take a test on simple windows 7 troubleshooting for help desk positions. While I've been studying for the A+ with Messer's CompTIA book... I haven't hit the major portions of software troubleshooting. Is there any decent resources to cram for an exam like this? I'm taking the A+ either way, so I doubt it would hurt even if I don't get the position. [link] [comments]  |
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