I have twelve years of Unix programming & administration experience, plus 10
years of relational databases (Oracle is about 3 years). Sadly, no Novell
since version 3.11 (which is about ten years old). I haven't worked in
healthcare, but I've covered a lot of different industries over the years.
Most of the responses I get contain the word "overqualified", particularly in
the Unix area.
My resume is at http://linuxtampa.com/resume.html.
Tim
On Saturday 20 July 2002 05:41, you wrote:
> Thanks for all the wakeup calls and tips.
> I was lucky enough to get an IT job when I just got out from school.
> Right now I am the only support person for the department and my boss
> adviced me to be a MCSE certified and the department will pay for it.
> Is it worth of time and effort to be MCSE certified?
> Also at my job, there is a system analyst position open and they require
> unix,oracle,novell, and 3 years of heatth care related programing
> experience.
>
> If interested please send me your resume to my email account.
>
> To bpreece1, any advice on books and practice lab you can give me so I can
> get a head start?
>
> Thanks again to all of you who responded.
>
> God Bless
>
> David
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: slug@lists.nks.net [mailto:slug@lists.nks.net]On Behalf Of
> bpreece1@tampabay.rr.com
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 4:46 PM
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Computers and SLUG-Sarasota
>
>
> Ian hit it right on the nose.
> The Job market here in Tampa right now SUCKS.
> I just got done working with Walter Industries AKA Jim Walter Homes for 4
> years they laid me off and I was the Only PC support
> Tech for 140 + Locations and then I was suppose to go to the Networking
> side. They decided due to the Economy to cut back to 3 people for
> supporting over 6000+ people. They then out source the rest when ever a
> project come along.
>
> Since October 5th of last year I have been looking for work. The only thing
> that was good out of this is The Operation Paycheck.
> Gets you free training to get back to work I took the sorry to say M.C.S.E.
> because it is now around $11,000.00 worth of free training.
>
> They did not have any Linux stuff ready for this when I went. Any ways I
> have tried Head Hunters Posting Resume on Monster , Brain Buzz and Dice
> nothing. I have hit every Agency I can find believe me there is a ton of
> them . They have nothing ! The Tampa Tribune for I.T. related Jobs is down
> beyond
> belief. Usually the only jobs is coders , Synergy which has ran their ad
> for months. and Two others and time to time AOL desk Support.
>
> Until these Companies stop cutting more and more and think that helps the
> economy it is getting worse. Any ways I can tell you with over 9 Years of
> Computer and I.T. experience and Certifications as Ian said the market
> SUCKS. Also this is not just here it is almost every where.
>
> As I E-Mailed Bob Weinstien who writes I.T. Articles who Tampa Tribune also
> publishes. He about 4 weeks ago said the jobs are out there I basically
> told him not In this Area or 4 others I have looked. Tampa Dead, Orlando
> Dead, Charlotte North Carolina Dead, even Raleigh NC is dead right now.
>
> So I will wish you Luck.
>
> Hopefully when Next Month I am done with my M.C.S.E. at USF and with my
> other Certs the market will start slowly moving. Right now it is going in
> reverse. BTW Intel cutting 4,000 people. :(( This has to end!
>
> Good Luck to you.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian C. Blenke <icblenke@nks.net>
> To: slug@nks.net <slug@nks.net>
> Date: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 4:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Computers and SLUG-Sarasota
>
> >On Wed, 2002-07-17 at 15:29, David Vo wrote:
> >> Hey Mark,
> >> I just graduated fom USF with a computer engineering
> >> degree and I am trying to persue toward to be the
> >> network engineer.
> >> Can you shed me something to where is a good starting
> >> point?
> >
> >If you don't know by now, you're probably going to have to take whatever
> >you can get.
> >
> >The market in Tampa sucks. TALENTED employees are cheap. Finding work is
> >hard. Take the job WHEREVER you can find it, don't limit yourself to
> >Tampa.
> >
> >Also, be willing to work cheap. Don't hold out for some huge salary you
> >perceive your degree should entitle you to.
> >
> >The best thing you really could have done while in school was an
> >Internship now and again over the summers, or running a small company on
> >the side to get some business contacts.
> >
> >Yes, a degree gets your foot in the door when business review your crisp
> >new resume with nothing but that fast-food restraunt you worked at in
> >high-school as previous job experience. Unfortunately, there are 100
> >other people with their foot in the door, and they have all kinds of
> >intresting things that employers want to see (primarily a stable work
> >background and a no-bullshit list of skills that fit the job position
> >they are trying to fill).
> >
> >The question is, where do YOU want to start? Employers love to hear a
> >straight and honest answer, with some distinct goals and a lot of
> >ambition in the interview.
> >
> >I'm not trying to get you down, just enlighten you to the reality of the
> >Tampa job market and the tech industry in general. If you have a job, be
> >happy with it. If you don't have a job, take what you can get. It beats
> >McDonalds. Seriously.
> >
> >Granted, this is my opinion, I may be completely off base here. If I am,
> >I'm sure someone will be more than happy to correct me. ;)
> >
> >- Ian C. Blenke <icblenke@nks.net>
-- ------------------------------------------------ Timothy Jones - tim@timjones.com / tjones@tsiconnections.com Unix/Linux/Java Programmer/DBA/SystemAdmin & Brasswind Player
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