Career shift

Ronnie

My advice in your position would be to approach a small company and offer to
build an e-commerce site for them for next to nothing or if you are lucky
some good money, but the key is to gain industry experience even if you are
not employed or being payed.

If you do a good job, you should get a letter from the company and you can
use this site to show potential employers.

Good luck.

Paul.

"Ronnie" <ronniereyes@hotmail.c> wrote in message
news:3993fd6a$1@news.dev-archive.com...
>
> Hi. it's my first time to post a message in this newsgroup and I just
would
> like to seek advice on how i can have a greater chance in getting an I.T.
> job that is related to web design and development. it's a career shift on
> my part since my work experience background is real estate for almost 11
> years doing administrative, marketing & sales and customer service.i took
> some short courses (HTML, Perl, Javascript, Networking, Flash 4, Dynamic
> Web Page Development, Mastering Web Site Fundamentals using Frontpage &
Mastering
> Web Application using Visual Interdev6). I'm also a bit familiar with MS
> Access, Adobe photoshop 5.5., Visual Basic, Java, and XML by studying
those
> Dummies series by myself.
> My problem is: I have no I.T. work experience. i've been applying in some
> I.T. companies seeking a job related to web design and development but
they
> always tell me that they prefer someone with experience. so my problem is
> how can i gain experience if they will not hire me? my other option is to
> seek an I.T. job in the U.S. Given my computer background, how can i
market
> myself better as i lack some work experience in the I.T. industry? hope
someone
> can help me. thanks in advance for your kind advices.

"mrfelis" <mrfelis@yahoo.NOSPAM.com> wrote:
>Ronnie,
>
>If you're willing to go back to school you can get a work study position
>with the school's IT dept. That will get you some experience.
>
>
>--
>~~~
>C'Ya,
>mrfelis
>mrfelis@yahoo.NOSPAM.com
>just remove the spam
>Ronnie <ronniereyes@hotmail.c> wrote in message
>news:3993fd6a$1@news.dev-archive.com...
>>
>> Hi. it's my first time to post a message in this newsgroup and I just
>would
>> like to seek advice on how i can have a greater chance in getting an I.T.
>> job that is related to web design and development. it's a career shift
on
>> my part since my work experience background is real estate for almost
11
>> years doing administrative, marketing & sales and customer service.i took
>> some short courses (HTML, Perl, Javascript, Networking, Flash 4, Dynamic
>> Web Page Development, Mastering Web Site Fundamentals using Frontpage
&
>Mastering
>> Web Application using Visual Interdev6). I'm also a bit familiar with
MS
>> Access, Adobe photoshop 5.5., Visual Basic, Java, and XML by studying
>those
>> Dummies series by myself.
>> My problem is: I have no I.T. work experience. i've been applying in some
>> I.T. companies seeking a job related to web design and development but
>they
>> always tell me that they prefer someone with experience. so my problem
is
>> how can i gain experience if they will not hire me? my other option is
to
>> seek an I.T. job in the U.S. Given my computer background, how can i
>market
>> myself better as i lack some work experience in the I.T. industry? hope
>someone
>> can help me. thanks in advance for your kind advices.
>
>
You might try doing some web or VB programming for a real estate firm or
related company. I would think you can capitalize on your extensive background
in real estate to interest a company in that field. Realtors usually have
a personal web page now, and listings appear on the web. Someone like you
with a comprehensive real estate background and courses in programming might
be able to get started doing web programming for realtors or real estate
agencies. I got my first programming job because a company wanted a programmer
who understood accounting, which was my primary background at that time.

i'll try this one too. maybe some schools that i've been into can accommodate
me. thanks.

"mrfelis" <mrfelis@yahoo.NOSPAM.com> wrote:
>Ronnie,
>
>If you're willing to go back to school you can get a work study position
>with the school's IT dept. That will get you some experience.
>
>
>--
>~~~
>C'Ya,
>mrfelis
>mrfelis@yahoo.NOSPAM.com
>just remove the spam
>Ronnie <ronniereyes@hotmail.c> wrote in message
>news:3993fd6a$1@news.dev-archive.com...
>>
>> Hi. it's my first time to post a message in this newsgroup and I just
>would
>> like to seek advice on how i can have a greater chance in getting an I.T.
>> job that is related to web design and development. it's a career shift
on
>> my part since my work experience background is real estate for almost
11
>> years doing administrative, marketing & sales and customer service.i took
>> some short courses (HTML, Perl, Javascript, Networking, Flash 4, Dynamic
>> Web Page Development, Mastering Web Site Fundamentals using Frontpage
&
>Mastering
>> Web Application using Visual Interdev6). I'm also a bit familiar with
MS
>> Access, Adobe photoshop 5.5., Visual Basic, Java, and XML by studying
>those
>> Dummies series by myself.
>> My problem is: I have no I.T. work experience. i've been applying in some
>> I.T. companies seeking a job related to web design and development but
>they
>> always tell me that they prefer someone with experience. so my problem
is
>> how can i gain experience if they will not hire me? my other option is
to
>> seek an I.T. job in the U.S. Given my computer background, how can i
>market
>> myself better as i lack some work experience in the I.T. industry? hope
>someone
>> can help me. thanks in advance for your kind advices.
>
>

Herman,

this is a good suggestion. i'll keep this as an option too. thanks.

Ronnie

"Herman Wells" <wellshdw@centraltx.net> wrote:
>
>Ronnie,
>
>This worked really well for me. Volunteer at your local Red Cross, Boy
Scout
>Troop, etc. to build and maintain their web page. Many ISP's volunteer
web
>space for these kinds of organizations. Either the ISP maintains the page
>or volunteers from the different organizations do it. Make sure that you
>document every page on your resume and that the pages are active. This
should
>help. I started this way and landed a job as a Software Test Engineer.

>When one of our Network Administrators left for a better paying job in Dallas,
>I talked to my boss and took that job (and the pay raise). I now do Systems
>Administration duties where I work, but my boss uses me to program also.
> I just finished a company Intranet using IIS, ASP, and VB Script.
>
>Good luck.
>
>Herman
>
>
>"Ronnie" <ronniereyes@hotmail.c> wrote:
>>
>>Hi. it's my first time to post a message in this newsgroup and I just would
>>like to seek advice on how i can have a greater chance in getting an I.T.
>>job that is related to web design and development. it's a career shift
on
>>my part since my work experience background is real estate for almost 11
>>years doing administrative, marketing & sales and customer service.i took
>>some short courses (HTML, Perl, Javascript, Networking, Flash 4, Dynamic
>>Web Page Development, Mastering Web Site Fundamentals using Frontpage &
>Mastering
>>Web Application using Visual Interdev6). I'm also a bit familiar with MS
>>Access, Adobe photoshop 5.5., Visual Basic, Java, and XML by studying those
>>Dummies series by myself.
>>My problem is: I have no I.T. work experience. i've been applying in some
>>I.T. companies seeking a job related to web design and development but
they
>>always tell me that they prefer someone with experience. so my problem
is
>>how can i gain experience if they will not hire me? my other option is
to
>>seek an I.T. job in the U.S. Given my computer background, how can i market
>>myself better as i lack some work experience in the I.T. industry? hope
>someone
>>can help me. thanks in advance for your kind advices.
>