Want to get working ASAP. What courses should I do?

TheZenWithin · 11-09-2012 11:02AM #1

Hi everyone. I had a crack at college about 2 years ago. Computing in NCI. I dropped out after XMas. I regret it but at the same time I'm glad I did. I don't think I could spend 4 more years studying without having a full time wage in my pocket.

Since then I have worked for Hewlett Packard in their call-centre in Leixlip which I enjoyed and would genuinely like to go back to. My question is to anybody in the technology industry. What qualifications do I need to get to ensure a such a lowlevel job?

I am willing to do as many short term courses as necessary that I can possibly work around or (like I'm doing now) sitting on me arse waiting for the dole to be approved.

At this stage I am becoming greatly irritated as employers only see me on paper as useless yet time after time I have school people with BSc in Comp Sci. I am have the knowledge and the ability. I just need a piece of paper to prove I do. And ECDL isn't sufficient.

So where do I start guys? Thanks for reading this, it is a bit TL;DR

PlainP · 14-09-2012 05:16PM

You should look into these MCPs they are called, seeing as you have a computer background. I did a two year course in them. They are what companies are looking for (so we were told).

There were a group of 19 of us and approx 6 people have jobs from the course.

http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&ved=0CC4QFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMicrosoft_Certified_Professional&ei=F1dTUJuZKY21hAfB5oDYAQ&usg=AFQjCNGnGVIBp6WEzroBj0TOYeYOE-4i_Q&sig2=UeZkUX2XlaVLjCkZOYuFUQ

Scioch · 14-09-2012 10:33PM

Fas do some online courses you should fly through if you alrady have the know how. A+, Network+, some cisco certifications, Java if you want to branch into programming and the like.

Want to get working ASAP. What courses should I do?

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