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Top tips for securing a career in IT

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If you’ve got your heart set on a career in IT, then there are a number of things you’ll need to do to ensure you land the right IT job for you. Whether you’re fresh out of university, or you’re wanting to start as an apprentice when you’ve left school, there are a plenty of options available to you.

In this post, we’ve detailed a few examples of what you need to do to get your foot on the vocational IT ladder and the different roles that you might want to consider.

Job Options

To give you a flavour of what is open to you, you might want to look into the following roles:

Systems Analyst – A role which will see you investigating and working to solve IT issues for businesses or other IT setups.

Software Engineer – Someone who can design and create different software to improve or repair IT systems.

Tech Support – A person who works in a company or contractually to fix technical issues for different IT setups

IT Consultant – An experienced individual who offers everyone from businesses to trainees, advice and guidance on how best to learn about or improve an IT system.

These are just a few general examples of what you can look in to, there are also alternatives such as pursuing an apprenticeship with a provider like Global Knowledge Network Training. Such specialists can see you trained up to become experts in a particular IT field or interest you might have. Or you can use your skills to help new companies reach their full potential. With startups hiring for engineers, your skills and expertise in the field of IT and computer programming is a highly valued asset for these types of companies.

What you Need

To be in with a chance of landing some of the above roles – or indeed being taken on by a training provider – you require a number of skills and qualities, here are some of the key aspects:

  • A solid understanding of the subject or evidence that you have at least some relevant qualifications in IT
  • Experiences working in IT both personally and professionally
  • The ability to understand and communicate in the language of IT (in other words knowing and speaking with the relevant terms and expressions for your field)
  • A CV which demonstrates this understanding and experience
  • A willingness to learn, grow and succeed
  • An obvious sense of initiative

So, if you think your CV isn’t up to scratch yet, or you need a few pointers for your potential IT career, make sure you take on board the above. Soon you could be on your way to the job in this vast and thriving industry that you really want.

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