IT Jobs??

[Win2kMan]

Just wondering if any of you guys have any advise for me. I am an IT guy who just got out of school 9 months ago with A+.MCSE and CCNA but having a real hard time find a job here in canada. I even have a 4 months work experience intern. I am actually thinking about changing my career cause I'll get kick out of my house soon if I dont pay my rent. what should I do?? take more computer courses or change careers. because IT is so low rightnow...but to be honest I really enjoy working with computers.
btw I am 22 if that helps

thanks ppl.

[DocEvi1]

I know this probably isn't what you want to read however:
I'm 18 and have just left school. Before I left the ICT department lost both it's Head and it's only technician. The offered the technicians job to me (albeit in a lesser role with a new network manager) for the year before I went to UNI.
Pay isn't great (although it is good for a trainie), and most of the time I have to do poor jobs, however I do get a lot of time to develop the intranet and wot not.
I would suggest you try and get more experience, or go for something similar to me. Nowadays a degree just isn't enough. (oh the life experiences of an 18 year old :D)


Stefan

[muchmark]

Hi Win2kMan,
The important thing is not to be discouraged, we are in a lean year right now, but things will improve. One of my friends is in the same position as you he just got a temporary tech support job through jobshark.com. It doesn’t pay much but he is occupied and that keep his mind off the $26,000 student loan he owes. your best bet right now is through the temp services.

Regards, Mark

[Brian48]

The IT market is really tight right now, it took a while for me to find another position after I left mine at GE. I'd look at a few of job search sites and see if there's any entry level positions available. You lack of extensive experience might be of an advantage for you in some instances. A lot of large companies (ie. GE, Microsoft, Fidelity, J.Hancock, etc.) actually prefer people with little or no experience fresh from school so they can put you through their own training program. The key is getting accepted into it. I'd apply to these and see what happens. Even if you don't wind up doing exactly what you want, it's still a stepping stone and will tie you over until your next position.

Try Hotjobs.com (http://www.hotjobs.com) for starters. They usually list quite a few of these.

Best of luck.