Hi, first off, if this is in the wrong place, please feel free to move it. Ok now to my original post, I'm Kerry and I'm currently a senior at my high school and I'm 17 years old. I just got my first car (240sx) and i am going to have to start paying my insurance. I have been accepted to a local college and will start this fall majoring in IT - networking. Anyways i need a first job and i was wondering what are some ways to help get my first job w/o any experience. I consider myself to be somewhat computer savvy as i have built a computer and done various things to the computers in my house including setting up my wireles network. I know this seems like easy stuff to most everyone on here, but I'm trying to show that i am somewhat competent when it comes to computers. I checked into some places and a couple turned me away saying they had a loaded staff however one guy said i should bring in my resume and another guy told me to call him back on monday. Since i have no job experience to put on my resume what should i do about it? I am currently in my first year of ROTC and my ROTC instructor could give me a recommendation however i don't really know much else that is beneficial that an employer would care about. Please help me as i need to drop my resume off tomorrow after school. Thanks in advance, Kerry.
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no experience, need job
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MemoryInAGarden
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Try a local mom and pop computer store, if you know someone there. You could also try building systems on your own for people, or other computer work. If you can't stay in the tech industry, you'll probably have to go grocery store or fast food 
Lie! I mean, embellish the truth a little. I recently found out a lot of people do it.
However if you are honest... Add a "project section" to your resume. For example, if you are applying for a job building PCs, you could outline the last PC you built.
Really the best way to find a job is to network.
However if you are honest... Add a "project section" to your resume. For example, if you are applying for a job building PCs, you could outline the last PC you built.
Really the best way to find a job is to network.
Most colleges have student workers, see if you can get something computer related there, even if its a lab monitor. This is how I got my start in college and it was probably one of the most laid back, fun jobs I ever had. Now I have to play with computers full time in the real world
Don't lie!
Don't get discouraged!
Everyone will realize that your 17 and don't have"professional experience" Doesn't mean squat.
Promote your strong points: past hobbies,computers built ,forums you hang out at,ROTC.
All an employer wants is someone that is honest reliable and willing to be a team player and can learn. There are are so many sorry ass lazy bums out today that want to make the big bucks without paying their dues...its sad. I've found that all you have to do is deliver on your word and you'll look like a hero!
Good Luck and thanks for trying the ROTC
Don't get discouraged!
Everyone will realize that your 17 and don't have"professional experience" Doesn't mean squat.
Promote your strong points: past hobbies,computers built ,forums you hang out at,ROTC.
All an employer wants is someone that is honest reliable and willing to be a team player and can learn. There are are so many sorry ass lazy bums out today that want to make the big bucks without paying their dues...its sad. I've found that all you have to do is deliver on your word and you'll look like a hero!
Good Luck and thanks for trying the ROTC
ATFCharger
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Hell, when I graduated college with an A.S. in programming I didn't get hired until almost a year and a half afterwards! But now that I'm "in," I work my a§ off and kiss a lot of it to get the rewards of this industry! Don't despair if nothing turns out right away.
Some other suggestions besides studying for certs (if you want them) is to volunteer in your spare time for non-profit places with computers- i.e. church offices, libararies, etc. Volunteer working not only gets your much-needed experience, but it looks good on your resume.
Build yourself a portfolio of computer related things. Have a page for each computer you've built with specs, and maybe one or two pictures attached.
And do your best to stay on top of industry stuff. Let yourself get too far behind and you'll feel it when you try to play catch up.
Some other suggestions besides studying for certs (if you want them) is to volunteer in your spare time for non-profit places with computers- i.e. church offices, libararies, etc. Volunteer working not only gets your much-needed experience, but it looks good on your resume.
Build yourself a portfolio of computer related things. Have a page for each computer you've built with specs, and maybe one or two pictures attached.
And do your best to stay on top of industry stuff. Let yourself get too far behind and you'll feel it when you try to play catch up.
Never Lie!
I send Tony Soprano to visit people I interview that lie. A good manager will be able to filter a resume for Lies.
Try to see if you can get into the electronics department of a "Wally-World" or CompUSA or similar. Then add what you did their in a structures resume.
Hard work pays off. .I swept floors in the metal ward of a hospital for minimum wage in HS. Sure I thought I had all the computer talent in the world, but no one wanted me ;-(. Then moved on to Wally World.
Then a mom and pop computer outfit freshman year.
By my junior year in college, I was writing VC++ apps that interfaced with Oracle and doing network stuff for a small tax software maker.
Next Calculus and Computer Science tutor (schloarship requirement). It was an easy job and it paid the bills. The corporation that gave me the scholarship hired me out of school.
In short:
Work hard.
With the economy sucking wind, take whatever to build the all important WORK experience. gaining experience. even if it is broad, is better than NONE.
Good Luck!
I send Tony Soprano to visit people I interview that lie. A good manager will be able to filter a resume for Lies.
Try to see if you can get into the electronics department of a "Wally-World" or CompUSA or similar. Then add what you did their in a structures resume.
Hard work pays off. .I swept floors in the metal ward of a hospital for minimum wage in HS. Sure I thought I had all the computer talent in the world, but no one wanted me ;-(. Then moved on to Wally World.
Then a mom and pop computer outfit freshman year.
By my junior year in college, I was writing VC++ apps that interfaced with Oracle and doing network stuff for a small tax software maker.
Next Calculus and Computer Science tutor (schloarship requirement). It was an easy job and it paid the bills. The corporation that gave me the scholarship hired me out of school.
In short:
Work hard.
With the economy sucking wind, take whatever to build the all important WORK experience. gaining experience. even if it is broad, is better than NONE.
Good Luck!
Heh, your 17, get a job anywhere just to pay bills for the time being.
BUT also,
Get an occupational license and start charging for the tech work you do. Advertise yourself a little, get referrals through friends and family, post on the school bulletine board or maybe even the local paper. Next time you hear someone talking about a computer problem, offer to solve it for them for a small fee. Check out http://www.score.org/ and http://www.sba.gov/index.html for more info. This will get your hands dirty and get your network started, not the computers, the people. Who knows the lady whose pc you fix today could work for or know of a business who needs a tech.
BUT also,
Get an occupational license and start charging for the tech work you do. Advertise yourself a little, get referrals through friends and family, post on the school bulletine board or maybe even the local paper. Next time you hear someone talking about a computer problem, offer to solve it for them for a small fee. Check out http://www.score.org/ and http://www.sba.gov/index.html for more info. This will get your hands dirty and get your network started, not the computers, the people. Who knows the lady whose pc you fix today could work for or know of a business who needs a tech.
Ocean
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tutor in computer science. find some local hotspots for advertizing computer cleanup and repair. make a nice cdr of your preferred tools that are free. spybot, startupcop, free antivirus, zone alarm, a nice codec pack, winzip. then run around and optimize a pc for about $20 an hour
freakyhair
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your 17, and this will be your first job?
well, then by all means stop looking for a cool computer job right now, and find one of the crappiest hardest jobs around (ie dishwasher, landscaper, customer service...). it may suck, but oh will you enjoy the nice computer job when you finally get it, and you'll appreciate the scrubs that most people talk down at.
well, then by all means stop looking for a cool computer job right now, and find one of the crappiest hardest jobs around (ie dishwasher, landscaper, customer service...). it may suck, but oh will you enjoy the nice computer job when you finally get it, and you'll appreciate the scrubs that most people talk down at.