are there any jobs out there?

Hi all, I was wondering if there are any jobs out there, see I have all
ready passed the comptia A+ an am going to take the comptia Network+ exam in
late may. I am working in an completely different field at the moment but am
quite passionate about pc's networking etc you get the idea. An was
wondering if there is currently a demand for such expertise, an if so what
the basic rate for someone such as my self would be? I'm living an working
in the uk in Leeds to be exact if that helps any!

 

No demand for someone with no experience, and minimal training like
yourself.
You could probably find a volunteer position, or perhaps something that pays
slightly above minimum wage.

 

Not exactly encouraging, is it? I'm in exactly the same boat as Mark, in
that I was previously in a totally different field to IT, but with a
personal passion for the subject (ain't that sad!)

I'm finding the same problem, which is that although I'm very confident I
could do these types of HD/support/tea-making roles with my eyes shut,
no-one will give me the time of day without real experience in a real
support job.

Luckily I have a reasonable redundancy package to fall back on, so I'm
studying hard and volunteering (although sometimes you can't even give it
away!), as well as applying for increasingly junior IT stuff.

Try http://www.do-it.org.uk/ and http://www.itcanhelp.org.uk/index.htm for
volunteer info.

As far as starting my own business, the local paper is chock-full of
one-man-band IT bods plying their trade. It feels like I'd be a small fish
in an ever-shrinking lake.

Daniel (East Anglia, UK)

 

Don't think UK has all the problems.
I have 15 years experience from DOS through windows 2003. as well as
Macintosh (various OS flavors) and Linux.

Got out sourced 3 years ago. Now . Im a armed security guard

Rick
Rick