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where to volenteer or get the first it job
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| ghaouf 2003-05-24, 5:03 pm |
| where to volenteer or get the first it job
any ideas | |
| Kasor 2003-05-26, 12:47 pm |
| very good Q... try local red-cross | |
| ghaouf 2003-05-26, 4:36 pm |
| for IT not for a nurse | |
| Slinky 2003-05-26, 7:30 pm |
| I volunteered at the local brothel. The benefits were great. 
Try volunteering for the local school system. | |
| TW2001 2003-05-26, 7:59 pm |
| yeah what would the red cross be doing with computers anyway. | |
| jackiechan 2003-05-27, 9:18 am |
| Stuff volunteering. Sell your organs for $$$ | |
| mangog 2003-05-27, 9:25 am |
| to be honest i would say try your local red cross because thats where i work and the last 3 techs i hired were volunteers. | |
| Winstoncpr 2003-05-30, 10:38 pm |
| Try your local public school, private school, churches. They are always looking for tech help. Mainly because they don't have the money to pay someone to do a lot of stuff. your not going to be doing cuttng edge stuff, but your gaining experience working with hardware, networks, etc.
Cut your teeth there and work hard it'll pay off in the long run by making you good contacts and references for the future.
I've done vol. work for several churches and schools and you can't believe how greatful they are when you get them set up with a network that the kids can use for research.
Some of my best references come from the Parish offices for two catholic schools that were built up from nothing. | |
| Boulware5 2003-05-30, 10:56 pm |
| Here's what I'm doing... I joined a vocational services place (I think that's what you call them) that has career/job counslers meet with you, look at your resume, practice interviews. There's also workshops for learning to make great cover letters, etc. It's already helped me because according to them, my Resume kinda sucked and I have made some major edits to it. It seems like they will be a huge help.
Anyway, they want me to concentrate on an internship because I have very little experience. So I'm calling around. I know I have more knowledge than some experienced people in these jobs that want 500 years of experience, but ya got to start small huh.
You might want to look for an internship too ghaouf. There's no pay but experience is so so important. | |
| ghaouf 2003-05-30, 11:03 pm |
| do they have all of these in the college also | |
| Boulware5 2003-05-30, 11:04 pm |
| What do you mean ghaouf? I guess many colleges offer career services. The thing I'm going to isn't college related. | |
| ghaouf 2003-05-31, 9:46 am |
| no like internship, does that give you experiance? and i think they have many interns in collage? | |
| Boulware5 2003-05-31, 11:32 am |
| quote:
Originally posted by ghaouf
no like internship, does that give you experiance? and i think they have many interns in collage?
That's the whole point of an internship, to get experience.
EN forums needs a spellcheck and ghaouf should be required to use it each time.  | |
| ghaouf 2003-05-31, 11:43 am |
| yes it needs it.
the good thing is there are no fill in the blank on the tests. some practice test all they have is fill in the blank i score realy bad on them. never realy consentrated on english because i was brought up in another county where i liked there language more than english. | |
| Kasor 2003-05-31, 12:03 pm |
| Medical field required strong support on IT, don't be innocence.. | |
| Boulware5 2003-05-31, 12:06 pm |
| Oh didn't realize english wasn't your first language. I guess that explains a lot. 
I'll stop teasing you now since you have an excuse. | |
| ghaouf 2003-06-01, 12:01 am |
| thnks. | |
| TW2001 2003-06-01, 3:17 pm |
| Well if you live in this country..you could at least make an effort. | |
| dianeteg 2003-06-01, 3:44 pm |
| If you're looking for volunteer opportunities in the technical field, try http://www.volunteermatch.org. I also highly recommend looking up the web site of the United Way in your area. Nonprofit agencies who belong to the United Way frequently post volunteer opportunities on the local United Way web site. In my area, there are always technical volunteer opportunities listed. | |
| ghaouf 2003-06-01, 4:41 pm |
| thnx great link | |
| bkny1055 2003-06-01, 9:36 pm |
| thanks dianeteg for the great link. | |
| rnrkenzie 2003-06-03, 10:28 pm |
| Dianetag
just want to say thanks for the link its great |
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