Often overlooked as a means of entering many industries is the practice of interning. While paid cooperative learning experiences and paid internships might relatively rare the more traditional unpaid internship is still widely available. Unpaid internships are hardly glamorous but they do offer a significant means of rapidly entering the IT profession. One time in …
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Do IT: Breaking In – Friends and Family
Nothing makes you better and doing something than actually doing it. Hence the expression “practice makes perfect.” Hands on, real world experience is the best teacher. Getting that experience isn’t always so easy but in IT we have more opportunity to get experience earlier than in almost any other field. Almost everyone uses computers today …
Do IT: Breaking In – Certifications
Information Technology as a field offers a number of different paths that can be used to gain entrance into the field for beginners. In the late 1990s and early 2000s the most prevalent and popular path was through the use of industry certifications. Since the early 2000s the popularity of certifications has been decreasing as …
Do IT: Information Technology Career Paths
Information Technology is a very large field but within the field there are common job categories and career paths. Over time new careers appear and a few old careers fall away and within broad career paths there are many areas of specialization. This article’s focus is to look at the large, broad categories to give …
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Do IT: Introduction to the Information Technology Industry
Information Technology, IT, is one of the most dynamic, varied and interesting career choices available today. IT is about much more than simply “working with computers”. IT is a career in “change management.” Everything about the IT industry involves constant change making every day hold the potential for something new and exciting. The industry is …
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