Quote Originally Posted by primatives View Post
another question to all the guys in IT. I enjoy IT and have learnt things like dhcp, dns, active directory , permissions, switches routers, ip addressing, subnetting.

Did you guys understand all of this well when u applied for jobs??? Whilst i have learnt and done it during my course i am not confident and have trouble remembering it as i dont use it everyday. do u find that you pick it up during work and you understand it more when applying it at work because i honestly dont remember alot and and wondering if im the only one that has trouble remembering all if any of what i learnt during my course!! thanks guys

This is very much the boat that I've found myself in and it still remains a concern of mine.

In my area the issue is that employers only want people with a minimum of 3 years on-the-job experience, which leaves a shit-tone of the 18-15 age group basically left to look for work in Sydney... of which you then have to try and compete with the immense number of ex-students, foreign workers etc. up there and employers literally have their choice of the top of the crop and many, many people are left fighting just trying to get experience.

Quote Originally Posted by kup View Post
The No 1 rule is that most employers won't really care about your academic credentials - They are mostly concerned with your real world experience and what you can do.

The main thing for you is to build up experience as much and as quickly as you can. That is what the employer will be concerned about. Get employed as quickly as you can even if it's a casual/part time job to develop your skill set.
I spent time at 2 business in August and December last year; both made promises they couldn't, in the case of the former - wouldn't, live up to and whilst I received a little bit of working experience in Level 1 Helpdesk and Contracted on-site work... (Of which the later actually kept to their word and paid me); I've still not had a great deal of luck, this is more indicative of my area though which has an unemployment rating twice to 3 times the national average and in the 18-25 y/o bracket alone it's 18%.

All that being said, definitely try and get as much experience you can Primatives but certainly don't get taken for a ride either - It's not a lot of fun.