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| NerdBoy 2003-08-27, 11:25 am |
| While we are on the subject of employement, I have a general question for
those of you who are employers out there .
I recently obtained my A+ cert (working on Network+) and plan to get a few
others before I go to college(MCSE, CCIE, maybe Novell).
I am a homeschooled high schooler, and I have been looking around for
employment ( not nything really money making, just minimum wage for a little
extra $$ coming in). I have a person I know who built my PC for me, he runs
a little mom pop type shop, and he occassionally will take high schoolers on
for a summer internship. It's not paid, but what I lose in gas money I gain
in experience. My problem with it is, although I know this guy, have had
good dealings with him, and his wife said it is probably likely that I would
get an internship  , he can't offer me a full time position or even part
time because he is a smaller operation.
I know that since I am just starting out, my prospects for employement are
virtually nil. However, I have done resumes before ( just for practice for
the real thing),and am genreally very comftorble with being "called on the
carpet" and having to explain myself and my qualifications, so I am
confident that if it came to that I could make a good impression. I also do
know the value of taking a bath before an interview and coming dressed
decently (i.e. no Warcraft forever T-shirts or ripped jeans).
Given all this, should I try for a job with one of these or just go it alone
like I have been doing? By which I mean just helping out friends with their
problems for 10 bucks here and there.
One plus I can think of is because I homeschool, I can be more flexible with
my hours, which might be of benefit to an employer.
Any ideas?
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| Tom MacIntyre 2003-08-27, 8:23 pm |
| On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:03:27 -0600, "NerdBoy" <mrm@if.rmci.net> wrote:
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>
>Given all this, should I try for a job with one of these or just go it alone
>like I have been doing? By which I mean just helping out friends with their
>problems for 10 bucks here and there.
>One plus I can think of is because I homeschool, I can be more flexible with
>my hours, which might be of benefit to an employer.
At your age and likely energy level, try both for awhile, and keep
track of enough aspects of it with a spreadsheet to determine whether
it should be one or the other or both.
Tom
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| In article <BB33b.1527$xD2.692@fe01.atl2.webusenet.com>, "NerdBoy"
<mrm@if.rmci.net> wrote:
> While we are on the subject of employement, I have a general question for
> those of you who are employers out there .
>
> I recently obtained my A+ cert (working on Network+) and plan to get a few
> others before I go to college(MCSE, CCIE, maybe Novell).
>
> I am a homeschooled high schooler, and I have been looking around for
> employment ( not nything really money making, just minimum wage for a little
> extra $$ coming in). I have a person I know who built my PC for me, he runs
> a little mom pop type shop, and he occassionally will take high schoolers on
> for a summer internship. It's not paid, but what I lose in gas money I gain
> in experience. My problem with it is, although I know this guy, have had
> good dealings with him, and his wife said it is probably likely that I would
> get an internship , he can't offer me a full time position or even part
> time because he is a smaller operation.
>
> I know that since I am just starting out, my prospects for employement are
> virtually nil. However, I have done resumes before ( just for practice for
> the real thing),and am genreally very comftorble with being "called on the
> carpet" and having to explain myself and my qualifications, so I am
> confident that if it came to that I could make a good impression. I also do
> know the value of taking a bath before an interview and coming dressed
> decently (i.e. no Warcraft forever T-shirts or ripped jeans).
>
> Given all this, should I try for a job with one of these or just go it alone
> like I have been doing? By which I mean just helping out friends with their
> problems for 10 bucks here and there.
> One plus I can think of is because I homeschool, I can be more flexible with
> my hours, which might be of benefit to an employer.
>
>
> Any ideas?
I think an internship could do you a world of good- much more than going
it alone... Forst, you will have a greater range of equipment with a
larger variety of problems, and more of them. Working for your friends
here and there will not give you the experience you need.
good luck!
Oh, and in my book, home schooling is a plus- we home school our kids...
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| NerdBoy 2003-08-27, 11:24 pm |
| Nice to see someone else that does I was seriously considering the
internship first and then a job for a while. What I would really eventually
like to do is start my own training/ consulting business, but I would have
trouble doing that out here because the local colleges offer PC courses at
like ten bucks a class, and I can't go much below that and still justify my
cost of operating, as far as I know. But that is a year or two (or more!!!)
years down the road.
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| Firebird81 2003-08-28, 1:24 am |
| Take the Internship! I would kill to find a kid I could train up and turn
into a self-supporting entrepreneur. Tell the guy what your goals are from
the get-go and he can help make sure you get the experience in all the
different areas you need to run your own business. It will also impress the
hell out of him.
Ghost, I actually quit going to PC job interviews after leaving my last
technician job ( a job of 5 years), because there were 50 other guys, most
of whom knew jack crap about computers and looked about like you described.
I got so fed up with it, I decided to take a break from the industry for a
while and do construction. Have you considered using a headhunter's service?
"NerdBoy" <mrm@if.rmci.net> wrote in message
news:J7e3b.2155$xD2.1399@fe01.atl2.webusenet.com...
> Nice to see someone else that does I was seriously considering the
> internship first and then a job for a while. What I would really
eventually
> like to do is start my own training/ consulting business, but I would have
> trouble doing that out here because the local colleges offer PC courses at
> like ten bucks a class, and I can't go much below that and still justify
my
> cost of operating, as far as I know. But that is a year or two (or
more!!!)
> years down the road.
>
>
>
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| In article <AUf3b.6518$3E.2174@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
"Firebird81" <firebird81@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Take the Internship! I would kill to find a kid I could train up and turn
> into a self-supporting entrepreneur. Tell the guy what your goals are from
> the get-go and he can help make sure you get the experience in all the
> different areas you need to run your own business. It will also impress the
> hell out of him.
>
> Ghost, I actually quit going to PC job interviews after leaving my last
> technician job ( a job of 5 years), because there were 50 other guys, most
> of whom knew jack crap about computers and looked about like you described.
> I got so fed up with it, I decided to take a break from the industry for a
> while and do construction. Have you considered using a headhunter's service?
>
>
>
>
> "NerdBoy" <mrm@if.rmci.net> wrote in message
> news:J7e3b.2155$xD2.1399@fe01.atl2.webusenet.com...
> > Nice to see someone else that does I was seriously considering the
> > internship first and then a job for a while. What I would really
> eventually
> > like to do is start my own training/ consulting business, but I would have
> > trouble doing that out here because the local colleges offer PC courses at
> > like ten bucks a class, and I can't go much below that and still justify
> my
> > cost of operating, as far as I know. But that is a year or two (or
> more!!!)
> > years down the road.
> >
> >
> >
I am not too much a fan of headhunter services... I recall my days of
looking for a job and visiting with all the headhunters around...
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| lglover 2003-08-29, 7:31 pm |
| Ghost,
Tell me where to apply. I would be willing to do an intership on Fridays.
"Ghost" <user@user.com> wrote in message
news:user-2808030853430001@1.0.0.101...
> In article <AUf3b.6518$3E.2174@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>,
> "Firebird81" <firebird81@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > Take the Internship! I would kill to find a kid I could train up and
turn
> > into a self-supporting entrepreneur. Tell the guy what your goals are
from
> > the get-go and he can help make sure you get the experience in all the
> > different areas you need to run your own business. It will also impress
the
> > hell out of him.
> >
> > Ghost, I actually quit going to PC job interviews after leaving my last
> > technician job ( a job of 5 years), because there were 50 other guys,
most
> > of whom knew jack crap about computers and looked about like you
described.
> > I got so fed up with it, I decided to take a break from the industry for
a
> > while and do construction. Have you considered using a headhunter's
service?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > "NerdBoy" <mrm@if.rmci.net> wrote in message
> > news:J7e3b.2155$xD2.1399@fe01.atl2.webusenet.com...
> > > Nice to see someone else that does I was seriously considering the
> > > internship first and then a job for a while. What I would really
> > eventually
> > > like to do is start my own training/ consulting business, but I would
have[
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> > > trouble doing that out here because the local colleges offer PC[/color]
courses at[co
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> > > like ten bucks a class, and I can't go much below that and still[/color]
justify
> > my
> > > cost of operating, as far as I know. But that is a year or two (or
> > more!!!)
> > > years down the road.
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
> I am not too much a fan of headhunter services... I recall my days of
> looking for a job and visiting with all the headhunters around...
>
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