Impossible to find a job!?

[hellmet]

I know your pain hellmet. I searched for a job in IT doing network admin, sys admin, or information security for 8 months before I finally landed a job in security. I was afraid it would be hard to find a job so I started looking well before I graduated and luckily I was hired 4 months before graduation. I didn't find a job using online services either, but through my career services department at my university. Best of luck to you.

Companies expect students to graduate college and have 10 years of experience.

Career services center. Thanks! Will talk to them tomorrow! And congrats on landing a job!

And where you would get the money for living ? The idea in general is great, tough, not for 6 months anyway.

I was under the same impression. But, during these last few days, I've been wondering if I should just work for paltry sums. I think 'for free' is also an option I should consider.

Try Universities, all and any University (even community colleges).

Yes. I will!
@All - Thank you for being nice and understanding. I will try harder, you guys as my inspiration.

[the8thstar]

You should call all the companies you worked for as a trainee and also get in touch with all the IT professionals you've met while being a student, including your teachers.

Networking with people is your best way to land a job. There is always someone who can recommend you to someone who knows someone who knows someone... who wants to hire a new worker. See what I mean?

Good luck and keep us updated!

[Irihapeti]

Here's a guy with some rather different ideas, which is always useful when the usual things aren't working.

http://corcodilos.com/blog/

[Muppeteer]

I'm also having this problem. I'm trying to get a linux admin job, and even advertised myself to volunteer for 6 months, not a single call. That's how hard it is to get a job, nobody will even take you for free

[hellmet]

^ Here is wishing you all luck man!

[scorp123]

Being a non-US-citizen is hard enough.

Well, the US of A aren't exactly in a good shape if you haven't noticed. They already have millions of jobless people of their own. I doubt they will easily give away any job to foreigners ...

I have friends who lost their "green card" status because their US employer had to fire them because of the bad economy and what not. No big deal. They simply returned back to Europe.

Which leads me to what I want to suggest: Why USA? Why not other continents? You seem to be from India ... so does it really matter to which foreign country you emigrate to? USA ... or UK, or Germany, or Switzerland ... wouldn't it all be the same to you?

You asked for job listings. Well. How about Switzerland then? Our climate sucks, yes. But crime rates are extremely low, public security and safety is extremely high, living standards are extremely high, and the pay for IT professionals is excellent. And it doesn't matter much that you speak none of the official local languages (German, French, Italian, Raeto-Romansh) -- when it comes to IT then English is perfectly accepted as additional inofficial "national" language.

All this Swiss job web sites are in English ... as English is not a local language it's obvious the web sites are indeed intended for foreigners interested to work here:

http://www.jobsingeneva.com/?sector=it
http://www.adecco.ch/home/index.asp?cl=e
http://www.swissjobjournal.com/
http://www.swisstalents.org/swissjobs/default.htm
http://www.manpower.ch/en/

Also a good starting point are the "usual suspects" (= the companies most likely to have a job for you):
- large banks
- large corporations who happen to be present here
- pharmaceutical companies (we got tons of those too)

So I'd also give these companies a look:

http://www.ubs.com/1/e/career_candidates/flash.html
https://www.credit-suisse.com/careers/en/
http://h10055.www1.hp.com/jobsathp/c...g=DEde&area=CH
http://www.ibm.com/employment/ch/
http://www.sun.com/corp_emp/search.cgi?loc=CH


Google will find the rest for you. Fact is that English-speaking professionals with the right profile can get jobs here. I worked for Hewlett-Packard here in Switzerland for seven years (2000 - 2007) and I have worked with Americans, Brits, Canadians, Cubans, Ecuadorians, Columbians, French, Spaniards, Italians, Turks, Croatians, Serbs, Egyptians, Algerians, Tunesians, Albanians, Mexicans, Germans, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegians, Romanians, Pakistanis, Indians, Chinese, Japanese .... right here in Switzerland.

And while we're at it: Other European countries such as Germany most likely will also allow qualified foreigners to take jobs there. Germany has a very large industrial sector. They produce a lot more than just cars. And all those companies have IT departments too ... I know for fact that in Germany they "import" Indians for specific jobs ...

http://gecs.wordpress.com/2008/09/11...professionals/


Again ... this is not to flame the US of A ... But let's face it: US economy isn't exactly in a good shape. So if I were looking for a job and emigrating is not a problem then I'd try European countries ...

Just my 0.02 €

[brian183]

Hey if you know how to code then maybe try and go for a web programming position for a small company that has promise in growth. While writing code just build an awesome infrastructure as the company grows and then you'll have linux sys-admin plus programming experience on your resume.

The reason I suggest this is I always see a demand for these type of positions online. Also, I know a few people that have done exactly this. A possible benefit to this is you might get a real piece of the company you sign on with (be sure to ask for stake in the company) and cash in.

Good luck.

-brian

[toupeiro]

Couple of things regarding Linux Jobs:

1) Even an entry level position as a linux administrator is rarely ever an entry level position. They usually require a certain amount of experience to even qualify.

2) You can't be a CNC machinist one day, and a "Linux Administrator" the next day no matter what piece of paper you get that says otherwise. The same could be said about a Linux Admin reading a book and attempting to bore a small block ford motor .030 over. IT Environments where a dedicated linux position would exist are generally large, complex and diverse and it takes years to get a holistic view of how to properly support an environment like that whether your primary discipline is Linux or Windows. You may have to start yourself off small, with entry level help desk positions and get promoted up if you don't have the in industry experience to fall back on.

Don't give up, but don't get discouraged either. Best of luck!

[Frak]

Welcome to what we call "The help desk". You work your way up the chain from there.

[Irihapeti]

I found a link that might be useful to someone.

http://theworkinggeek.com/2009/11/ho...r-job-hun.html