Looking for a job

[Leohart]

Hello everone,

I am a quite successful student at my current community college. I am the top student at school (I said top because I was chosen for Who's Who (10/11000) of my college).

I am enthusiastic, quick to learn and ready to commit to time to learn the job I would take. However, I have not been successful so far with finding a tech job here in Northern Virginia, DC region.

I landed a job as a PC Technician here at Circuit City (I basically troubleshoot hardware and do spyware/virus scan, installing OS and stuff).

I would really appreciate it if you would take some time and give me some suggestions on what I should do in order to get an internship. I am planning on doing internship all the way starting next year to the Fall semester (january - august) during which I would transfer to a university (and get a scholarship there or so) (plan might change if I am featured in All-USA Academic Team 2005, which I am pretty sure I would ^_^).

My interest is Web App (Ajax w/ LAMP, AI, definitely *nix).

I have another question too, between devoting my time to an Open Source project (like becoming a professional Mambo (Joomla) component coder) and try to find an internship, which one would be better. (I have quite some exprience with administering Mambo site although not much of a developer yet but I learn quick (as mentioned above)).

Hopefully hearing from you guys soon.

 

[mdchesne]

monster.com

 

[Leohart]

Tried that, doesn't turn out so well, 2 calls so far.

 

[necine]

Originally posted by: Leohart
Tried that, doesn't turn out so well, 2 calls so far.

Look at your community college's job listing. That's what I'm doing.

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Any idea how much cash I should ask for?

 

[ajpa123]

Just be confident and enthusiastic and make sure it shows.

And if you're happy and you know it.. clap your hands...

But put the beer down first :beer:

 

[wasssup]

Dude, seriously, apply. I graduated with a BS in comp sci in 04 and couldn't find a "real" job for a while, so I...

...worked at CompUSA in their crappy tech department till January
...started doing EDI for a small company till July
...and while I can't say i've learned much since I graduated, I recently started applying and i'm getting interviews left and right...it's all about experience, so build it up.

You might not get a good job for a while (if you do, great) but remember all the good jobs go to people with experience, no matter how irrelevant it may be.

 

[Stretchman]

You might not get a good job for a while (if you do, great) but remember all the good jobs go to people with experience, no matter how irrelevant it may be.

Good point. College grads fresh out of school are finding it harder and harder to land jobs these days. Would the ATOT Networking thread be of any use?

 

[Leohart]

I am thinking of continue to work at CC for the time being (while preparing myself for A+, CCNA, CCNP ... during the spare time when the ATers are not coming just to get a PM ^_^).

Other time I spend working on my Mambo sites and continue my search at Monster.com

@wassup: in order to apply, i have to know the job openings, where can I find that?

 

[EagleKeeper]

Check out some of the defense contractors in the NVA/DC/MD areas. Many will take smart gophers (oops - interns) to help with projects.