Could you get me a job in IT?

It becomes usual when go to my home town, my friends or neighbor coming to my home to refer their friends or relative for an IT job, and asking my help to get them a job. In IT we cannot get a job for other until otherwise the person is ready to prove himself.

Usually I suggest the following

Target: Make your career aspiration align to your resume. If you looking for a .Net developer role make sure all the details in your resume align to that, if you have connect which is not align to that remove it. If you are not sure about your role, build the role based on your existing knowledge. Don’t put all your skill and the employer to choose the role for you.

Aim: Prepare a clear resume

• Prepare similar font and size in all pages.
• Use Verdana or Arial font and size 11
• Make sure the resume is short and right to the point
• Highlight the strong skills with bold
• In work experience section talk about your role rather than about the project and company

Fine tune: Build your knowledge and prepare well for the interviews. Attend as many interviews you can and write down the discussions of each interview and improve on it. Find the answers of those questions that you could not able to answer in the interview.

Act as if you are in job: Even if you don’t have experience, put yourself as an experienced person and try to answer the interview question with real world examples. When you study the concepts you have to correlate with real time situations.

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It is also true that some of my friends keep complaining about their existing job and role, in such cases our discussion leads to the following

• We need to be clear with our ambition and path; the project we work should not determine our career path.
• Try to make sure our career ambition and the project we work are align, if not plan your time to work on path and plan ahead to change the track.
• As the experience count increases, the expectation will be increased. Make sure that we are aligning with industry expectation.
• Each project is unique and has its own issues, try to isolate the project issues and career. Dedicate time for career growth.