CCNA - abt my career

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abt my career

poorna

2004-03-08, 10:59 am

hi
iam new to this site.i want suggestions on my career.i have done bachelors and masters in computer science in india.i have six months experience on vb and oracle.then i got married and came to states.its been one and half yr in states.iam not able to find job.is it better to do certifications in java ,oracle...or is it better to do MS here.If i do certification in java as JSP can i get job in the states as iam not having any experience in java.Can i atleast get in entry level.Iam preparing for my certification right now.cOULD ANYONE PLS TELL ME HOW TO GET A JOB IN COMPUTER FIELD HERE.i had seen many ads in the paper and sent my resume but didn;t get a reply from anyone one.Pls help me.

Joe Dali

2004-03-09, 8:09 pm

Try medicine instead.

Boulware5

2004-03-09, 10:19 pm

You are ever so negative because you failed the CCNA.

s2kfan

2004-03-09, 10:26 pm

I have many friends in the industry for years out of work. It's been very tough the last few years with younger kids getting into IT willing to take a few dollars just to get into the field.

A lot of what I see today is networking, not in the technology sense, but people. Friends, family, friends of friends, referrals, that type of networking I've seen get jobs.

It can also be tough coming from another country. I know many people who have problems communicating. Sometimes, customs, tone of voice, manners affect the outcome of an interview.

I worked for many companies coming from a strong programming and analyst background. When one of the companies went under a few years back I was out of work for quite sometime, I took anything even worked in the adult industry (without a computer)

I got hired at Cisco some years back and haven't programmed since. Most of the jobs I found were from either from recruiters or from knowing someone.

Good luck!

Joe Dali

2004-03-09, 10:30 pm

Eh, oh well ... at least I'm making a great living doing non-Cisco stuff ... :]

Transylvanian

2004-03-11, 10:41 pm

Hi poorna ,

Unless you have friends that will offer you the job you like and can do...that's how you do job-hunting:

I recommend in the beginning you accept any job you can get, and I mean ANY, not only IT.
"one and half yr in states.iam not able to find job" does't sound good at all.
Is a cultural thing.
Local people take pride in standing on their own two feet, provide from themselves and their families.

No shame in working any kind of honest work here, and no North American will think that you lower yourself if you work in a grocery shop while holding a Master's degree.

You have to fix your English.The gramar's no good, please don't take offense. You can learn grammar cold-turkey from books. For the pronunciation part you can borrow books on casettes (talking books) for free from the library ; listen to them and talk aloud.That'll take care of the conversational English.

Do any certifications you can,on your own, if they don't cost you a lot of money.

If you'll do MS here again, you'll get a better fit from the cultural point of view, you'll make a network of useful friends, but it will cost you a lot.Use only as a last resort.

Does this help?

Transylvanian

2004-03-22, 10:56 am

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