What jobs stay consistently fresh and new? - Page 3

There are many jobs that stay fresh. Being in sales for over 10 years. I can say every day is different. I've been able to travel and meet lots of people and learn about different companies, BUT you may reach a point where you want something routine and consistent after being in it for a long time.

I think every job is work and comes with many aspects that are a grind. I also think you have the ability to make any job interesting by innovating within that job. Think of ways to make it better and the company better, and you will rise above just puching the clock which can make it feel routine and boring. Your attitude is everything.

almost every job is going to have a solid base of routineness to it. if it did not, then everyone would be qualified to do everything.

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I originally went to school for illustration and design. I began to learn of the of hard road that path is and financially speaking, it's not a big winner unless you begin your own firm or become a private contractor because there's a demand for your style of work.

Since then, I moved into IT and haven't looked back. I usually compare IT to medicine when I explain the different career paths one can take in the field. There are a slew of jobs and professions under the IT umbrella that many people aren't aware of. Like medicine, it's always changing, always evolving. There will always be a need for it. Every business, every chain of enterprise requires it. Down to a veterinary clinic all the way up to large corporations. Most places of business are going paperless and this demands IT staffing to support their electronic needs.

This year I'll be practicing IT Project management. Currently I'm a systems administrator. Eventually I plan to be a CIO or DIT. In IT, you can do all of this as long as you have the drive.

IT's a great field to consider and can be very rewarding. It's an always growing industry and there are plenty of opportunities to get your foot in the door if interested.

Funny thing is my degree is actually in healthcare mgmt. A buddy of mine told me I could make a lot more money in IT and he recommended me for my first IT support job. At that time, I was in design school. I went to the local bookstop and grabbed a copy of the nearest a+ crash study course. Two days later I had the interview. A couple weeks later, I had an offer. I dropped out school and took the job. It was the biggest gamble I've had to make career wise.

In IT, what most employers are looking for is a strong skill set, some type of work history in the field and certs are a BIG plus. It's shows that you have some type of aptitude.

A lot of IT colleagues that I know don't have a BIS or MIS degree, and employers aren't necessarily looking for that either. Of course, any degree will always help you get your foot in the door.

I also started at the bottom. I was at a service desk for around 4-5 years. It was long and tiring work. Service desk depts. have high burn out rates. Many IT careers start here. It's expected that you move out of a help desk after 2-3 years and move up to desktop support. I eventually moved to a different dept. that allowed me to practice a different skillset. Lots of remote desktop support and tier 1 emergency support for oil and gas.

That lasted about a year then I actively put myself out in the market for a sys admin/jr network engineer position. I got a lot of calls and interviews, but because I was new to the fields, I didn't get it. The big secret to landing good IT jobs is networking and becoming actively involved with others in your field. Recommendations are almost everything when landing higher tier jobs. Of course having a good skill set is needed, networking is the most crucial. Another colleague that I had went to school with was a Sr Sys Admin who was friends with the director of accounting at my current job. He recommended me as they didn't have a server administrator and were in dire need of upgrades and fixes. I came in and got the job.

There's a lot of other people looking for the same position you may be interested in, so you have to take the bull by the horns and put yourself out in the market. It's good for experience too. The great thing about IT is that now I'm actually passionate about it and doing bigger and better things makes me happy in this field and its rewards can be tremendous.



**Another thing to note is that I find a persons skill set, willingness to learn and a credentialed work history in the IT field to account for about %80 of that person landing a job. I'll be interviewing a few candidates the 1st and 2nd Qtr of this year and I'll be focusing my requirements on that. The degree is great, but it's noodles when you need a good person to come in and get the job done. We (as well as other businesses that I've worked for) tack on a 10-15% salary increase if that person has a degree...and that's only if the candidate tops out at that salary range.