IT field skillset example

JSP

would anyone in IT or IT Recruiting comment please

Would the following skillset be sufficient for recent jobs?
If not, please suggest any additional skills that usually go along with these?

MS Access (Tables, Forms, VB, Reports)
SQL queries
MS Excel (Macros, Hyperlinks)
Shell Programming


Thanks in advance

Tom Dunne

JSP wrote: »

would anyone in IT or IT Recruiting comment please

Would the following skillset be sufficient for recent jobs

For what jobs, though?

You have what appears to be advanced ECDL skills there, with a bit of System Admin.

(what exactly is shell programming with in the .NET framework?)

JSP

Tom Dunne wrote: »

For what jobs, though?

I am trying to assess which skills I have match recent job roles in the job market

(what exactly is shell programming with in the .NET framework?)

windows Powershell

Tom Dunne

JSP wrote: »

I am trying to assess which skills I have match recent job roles in the job market

Again I ask what jobs?

Recent jobs in what area? What roles?

JSP

current roles needing skills in MS Access Database, SQL, ability to do shell programming, etc
i.e. to match the skillset with current available roles advertised in the market

matrim

Have you looked at any jobsites for those roles and what did you find?

From what you have listed you might qualify for an entry level support role if your general pc skills are good. Although these often require a second language

Or maybe a data entry role (if you count that as IT).

Do you have any qualifications in the area?

Tom Dunne

JSP wrote: »

current roles needing skills in MS Access Database, SQL, ability to do shell programming, etc
i.e. to match the skillset with current available roles advertised in the market

You have to read the requirements in detail to be clear what they are looking for.

If a job mentions SQL, it would typically be for the more experienced individual and would generally not be related to MS Access. Think MS SQL Server, Oracle or MySQL.

Likewise, I can't help but feel your idea of shell scripting and what the market are looking for are somewhat different. When I see jobs advertised as requiring shell scripting, typically they are referring to Unix, not Windows.

But again, without specific examples of jobs, it is quite hard to advise you.

starlit

Shell programming the OP is referring to Unix/Linux shell and system admin programming.

SQL be more focused on SQL programming/Ms Access, databases and Oracle.

Vb.net I would imagine??? VBA programming mainly in Ms Access I say is what the OP is referring to here?

JSP

doovdela wrote: »

Shell programming the OP is referring to Unix/Linux shell and system admin programming.

SQL be more focused on SQL programming/Ms Access, databases and Oracle.

Vb.net I would imagine??? VBA programming mainly in Ms Access I say is what the OP is referring to here?

yes, shell programming including bash, ksh
can write SQL queries also
VB is more basic, modifying Forms etc
I don't see much demand for MS Access

With these skills could I get more than a data entry job?

JSP

matrim wrote: »

Have you looked at any jobsites for those roles and what did you find?

From what you have listed you might qualify for an entry level support role if your general pc skills are good. Although these often require a second language

Or maybe a data entry role (if you count that as IT).

Do you have any qualifications in the area?

I know basic Networking (Router configuration, switches, tcpip protocols like smtp, ftp, ssh), DNS, UNIX shell etc

Tom Dunne

I asked you about shell scripting and you said

JSP wrote: »

windows Powershell

yet now you are saying

JSP wrote: »

yes, shell programming including bash, ksh

so which is it?

JSP wrote: »

can write SQL queries also

for what DBMS?

JSP wrote: »

With these skills could I get more than a data entry job?

It depends. What qualifications do you have? Do you have a degree?

Giblet

You seem to have very basic admin skills, I don't know what roles would be available to you until you have at least some Windows 2008 Server or something like like Active Directory stuff to compliment it, or similar Unix/Linux based skills. Writing SQL scripts doesn't do much on it's own. Or for something like a configuration manager you would at least need some familiar with some automated build and deployment tools. Other IT roles would be hardware related. You need to branch out a lot more.

starlit

JSP wrote: »

yes, shell programming including bash, ksh
can write SQL queries also
VB is more basic, modifying Forms etc
I don't see much demand for MS Access

With these skills could I get more than a data entry job?

I don't know, the skills you have as mentioned by another poster is quiet basic skills in systems admin.

I myself is finding it hard enough to break into IT despite work experience in technical support and college qualifications in IT. Programming (web or software) and networking route are totally different areas to follow through as there is so many areas in IT you can specialise in. What's your degree in?

You probably need to build up on that to get into a job in system admin such as professional certs, work experience and so on.

If your VB is very basic then you probably need to learn a few more programming languages like Java and so on.

No things like modifying forms and MS access and so on be more related to data entry jobs in my opinion.

My guess you'd start from the bottom up, you are not going to magically get into a system admin job with just those skills, likely you start from the bottom up and work your way up even if it means starting in a data entry job. Means you get into the world of work and understand the procedure. Gain a bit of work experience may not learn much but you learn more people skills perhaps to build up your qualities and skill sets from that point of view.

Though programming regarding system admin and unix/linux and sql wouldn't be enough you need to branch out on them. Knowing networking isn't enough either you need experience and qualifications in that area before someone could train you up from scratch its possible they could by doing an unpaid internship but that's the only way you could start from scratch or bottom up from an area of work you want to pursue if its more than just data entry.

Good luck with your search op. Might be worth talking to a career advisor or a recruitment agent to help you with your search and what jobs you should aim to go for.

jd1983

OP, would you consider getting into the whole business intelligence area, you're skills would be somewhat aligned with skills that are needed in this area:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_intelligence

caff

jd1983 wrote: »

OP, would you consider getting into the whole business intelligence area, you're skills would be somewhat aligned with skills that are needed in this area:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_intelligence

BI roles usually require knowledge of statistics

jd1983

Not all BI roles require knowledge of Statistics (although the OP hasn't stated whether he/she has done much stats!). BI is a broad area and a lot of roles these days would be split between technical roles and data mining/data analysis/statistical roles. So with the OP's skills I'd certainly suggest going for a entry level/junior technical BI role.