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How to get a job in IT

What they don't teach you in school but probably should
Rating: 4.5 out of 54.5 (113 ratings)
18,815 students
Created by Bryan Cairns
Last updated 9/2020
English
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What you'll learn

  • What is IT
  • Different types of IT jobs
  • Different certifications for each job type
  • How to find inexpensive education
  • How to find free education
  • Certifications for each job type
  • Getting experience
  • Getting paid for experience
  • Resume tips
  • Dealing with jobs sites
  • Dealing with Human Resources
  • How to get an interview
  • Interview types
  • Interview tips
  • Types of job offers
  • Accepting job offers
  • Rejecting job offers
  • How to quit a job
  • How to be professional
  • How to become a great employee
  • Managers perspective
  • Negotiation

Requirements

  • None

Description

Have you ever wanted to sit down with a hiring manager and ask them very simply how do you get a career in information technology...

  • How to apply for a job?

  • Why you never got an interview?

  • What are resume best practices?

  • How to have a great interview? 

  • How to get the job offer?

  • What to do when you get a job offer?

Applying for a job is challenging, there are so many unknowns. Having a career can be life changing. Often you send your resume and never get a call back. This course is going to teach you everything you need to know to apply for and consistently get a job in the IT field. This course is designed from thousands of hours of personal and professional experience gained from my own career along with the perspective of my peers. I am an IT professional with decades of experience that range from entry level call centers, computer programming, servers, networks, virtualization, cloud computing, databases, mobile devices, project management, and IT management. I have been on both sides of the interview table, and offer a unique perspective on the hiring process.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone looking for a job in an IT field

Course content

11 sections • 213 lectures • 5h 40m total length

  • Preview00:44
  • Preview01:04
  • Preview01:06
  • Preview01:10
  • Preview01:09
  • Proven repeatable patterns
    00:41
  • Read this before posting a question in Q&A
    00:34
  • Help me help you
    00:19

  • Introduction
    00:40
  • What is IT
    01:51
  • Preview02:00
  • How much can you make
    03:58
  • But remember...
    01:30
  • Geography matters
    02:10
  • Different pay
    01:26
  • Regional differences
    01:11
  • What can you do
    01:29
  • IT is a huge field
    01:16

  • Career paths
    00:29
  • Preview02:16
  • Level 1 support - Call centers
    01:28
  • Call centers
    01:48
  • Level 2 support - users
    01:31
  • Level 2.5 support - hybrid
    01:45
  • Tickets get routed
    00:46
  • Help desk metrics and resolutions
    01:14
  • Desktop and end user support
    01:18
  • About end user support
    02:11
  • Network administrator
    02:38
  • Network administration
    01:55
  • Server administrator
    01:33
  • Server administration
    01:46
  • Cloud administrator
    02:49
  • Cloud administration
    03:20
  • Storage administrator
    00:32
  • Storage administration
    02:05
  • Database administrator
    01:33
  • Database administration
    01:47
  • Cybersecurity
    01:34
  • Cyber security field
    04:43
  • Computer programming
    01:51
  • Computer programming field
    04:02
  • Project management
    03:29
  • Project management field
    04:47
  • Management
    01:25
  • Management field
    03:45
  • Hybrid roles
    02:31
  • Hybrid role example
    02:00
  • Preview03:58

  • Education introduction
    00:58
  • School (K to 12)
    01:49
  • College and university
    02:00
  • Preview01:47
  • Getting a free education
    04:01
  • Finding free training
    01:49
  • Examples of finding training
    01:26
  • Finding inexpensive (and free) education
    02:25
  • Let me google that for you
    02:15

  • Experience introduction
    00:36
  • Preview01:33
  • This mentality is everywhere
    02:49
  • Education and experience
    01:54
  • Both are required
    01:04
  • Education and experience expanded
    01:55
  • Free experience
    02:33
  • Getting free experience
    02:29
  • Paid experience
    01:26
  • Freelance work
    02:27
  • Hiring managers perspective
    01:35

  • Certifications introduction
    00:49
  • What is a certification
    02:08
  • Preview00:57
  • Preview01:25
  • My take on certifications
    03:00
  • Vendor specific
    02:19
  • Vendor neutral
    01:00
  • Industry standards
    01:00
  • Common certifications
    01:30
  • Vendor specific vs agnostic
    01:12
  • Call center certifications
    00:52
  • Hiring managers perspective on call center certifications
    01:07
  • End user support certifications
    01:09
  • Hiring managers perspective on end user support certifications
    01:10
  • Server administrator certifications
    00:49
  • Hiring managers perspective on server administrator certifications
    00:44
  • Network administrator certifications
    00:55
  • Personal experience with network administrator certifications
    01:03
  • Database administrator certifications
    00:43
  • Database administrator certifications overview
    00:54
  • Storage administrator certifications
    00:56
  • Storage administrator certifications overview
    01:21
  • Virtual administrator certifications
    00:50
  • Virtual and cloud certifications
    00:57
  • Security certifications
    00:52
  • Cyber security certifications overview
    02:37
  • Programming certifications
    01:13
  • Programming certifications overview
    01:28
  • Programming specializations
    01:05
  • Programming specializations overview
    01:25
  • Project management certifications
    01:49
  • Project management certifications overview
    01:52
  • Management certifications
    00:47
  • Management certifications overview
    02:31
  • Combining certifications
    01:59
  • Keeping up with certification requirements
    01:25
  • Hiring managers perspective on certification
    01:26
  • Common certifications
    00:04

  • Job hunting introduction
    00:48
  • Preview01:17
  • Basic flow
    01:41
  • Preview01:58
  • Make a resume
    01:28
  • Professional resumes
    01:13
  • Resume tips
    01:08
  • Keep it clean
    01:57
  • Resume tips
    02:31
  • Job sites
    01:47
  • Notes on job sites
    01:24
  • Dealing with automated systems
    00:42
  • Hunting keywords
    01:24
  • Spotting keywords
    01:07
  • Automated recruiting platforms
    02:07
  • Dealing with human resources
    01:29
  • Dealing with recruiters
    01:18
  • Be different
    01:26
  • You are applicant #6729
    01:12
  • Things to google
    00:05

  • Interviewing introduction
    00:28
  • Preview01:28
  • I never got a call
    01:09
  • How did you get it
    01:05
  • Types of interviews
    01:26
  • Email interviews
    00:46
  • Email interviews overview
    00:56
  • Video conference
    01:15
  • Video interviews overview
    01:15
  • Phone conference
    01:09
  • Phone interviews overview
    01:54
  • Face to face interviews
    01:05
  • Face to face interviews overview
    04:51
  • Round table interviews
    01:28
  • Round table interviews overview
    02:39
  • Technical challenge
    01:52
  • Technical challenge overview
    01:46
  • Interview formats
    02:34
  • Interview formats in depth
    05:16
  • Beware of buzz words
    01:30
  • Industry buzz words
    01:56
  • Before the interview
    01:02
  • Preparing for an interview
    02:49
  • During the interview
    00:58
  • Personality gets you hired
    02:32
  • Reading social cues
    04:17
  • Questions to ask
    02:06
  • You are interviewing them as well
    02:02
  • Align your interview with their needs
    01:25
  • After the interview
    00:47
  • After the interview is critical
    01:11
  • Handling bad interviews
    00:49
  • Turning a bad interview into a great one
    02:20
  • The best interview
    01:37
  • The worst interview
    03:53
  • When I interview people
    01:44
  • Things to google
    00:14

  • Getting job offers introduction
    00:25
  • Preview01:02
  • Dealing with rejection
    01:18
  • Dealing with offers
    00:48
  • Evaluating job offers
    01:24
  • Dealing with low offers
    01:20
  • Dealing with short term offers
    01:21
  • Require an immediate response
    00:58
  • Dealing with non-negotiable offers
    00:44
  • Have unexpected requirements
    00:48
  • How to decline an offer
    01:36
  • Declining an offer
    01:09
  • How to negotiate an offer
    00:45
  • The art of negotiation
    02:51
  • Accepting an offer
    00:58
  • Accepting a job offer overview
    01:30
  • Things to google
    00:06

  • Quitting your current job overview
    00:28
  • Preview02:09
  • Be professional
    01:05
  • They may ask you to stay
    01:10
  • Dealing with reluctance
    02:26
  • Training your replacement
    01:34
  • They may escort you out
    01:44
  • You can't quit - you are fired
    01:39
  • Regardless of how long you remain
    00:50
  • Lasting impressions
    01:30
  • They kept calling me after I quit
    01:21
  • They blamed me
    01:46
  • I went back
    01:00
  • I became their boss
    01:11
  • Exit interviews
    01:20
  • I will never hire them again
    01:27
  • I wish they stayed
    01:59
  • Things to google
    00:06

Instructor

Bryan Cairns
Computer Guru
Bryan Cairns
  • 4.4 Instructor Rating
  • 9,451 Reviews
  • 140,086 Students
  • 15 Courses

Awarded Content Creator in the 2020 Qt Champion Awards:

"Bryan has a few courses available on Udemy, specifically his course on Qt 5 Design Patterns and also has a popular group on Facebook which helps others with their Qt questions as well. For his work alone in creating the Qt 5 training course online for everyone to benefit from it was easy to make him our year's Content Creator."

I am a highly trained computer professional with the following skills:

Languages - C, C++, Dart, Flutter, QML, Java, Python, Visual Basic, C#, ASP, HTML, Javascript, VBScript

Frameworks - Qt, Java, .Net, Yii, Flutter

Certifications - CISSP, CEH, MCITP, MCSE, MCSA, CCNA, VCP, A+, Network+, Server+, Linux+

Operating Systems - 2008, 2008R2, 2012,2016, 2019 XP, 7, 10, Linux

Software - SQL, IIS, Cisco UCS, NetApp, HP Storageworks, Vmware VCenter, Ironport, SolarWinds


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