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**chootsonege** · 04-06-2008, 03:11 PM

So why would I.T. be the top 10 hardest jobs to fill? Not enough applicants? Too much demand? Poor applicants?

I have over 5+ years of I.T. experience and every time I think of looking for a new job, they want EVERYTHING. Windows + Linux+Mac+FreeBSD+Oracle+MS SQL+MySQL+ PostGreSQL+ Cisco+C/C+/C++/C#/Perl/Python/JAVA/.NET/ASP/VB+SCSI/SAS/NAS/SAN+Clustering+ HTML/CSS/XHTML/AJAX/PHP/RUBY+ 45 years of experience with a Ph.D. in Computer Science and be a certified Medical Doctor with a practicing law degree. I.T. never ends and it keeps going.

They might request the earth but are usually willing to except far less as long as you demonstrate aptitude and have a little experience.

I work in an Office of 17 Advanced IT Proffesionals and there's not a computer degree between us, even at a certificate level there's a distnct lack of 'proof of knowledge'.

1 of the guys was plucked recetly from a Customer services roll paying roughly 12.5K {UK} a year, now with a couple of months training he's our program tester and has doubled his income or $50K.

04-06-2008, 03:11 PM	#9
chootsonege Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 404 Senior Member	So why would I.T. be the top 10 hardest jobs to fill? Not enough applicants? Too much demand? Poor applicants? I have over 5+ years of I.T. experience and every time I think of looking for a new job, they want EVERYTHING. Windows + Linux+Mac+FreeBSD+Oracle+MS SQL+MySQL+ PostGreSQL+ Cisco+C/C+/C++/C#/Perl/Python/JAVA/.NET/ASP/VB+SCSI/SAS/NAS/SAN+Clustering+ HTML/CSS/XHTML/AJAX/PHP/RUBY+ 45 years of experience with a Ph.D. in Computer Science and be a certified Medical Doctor with a practicing law degree. I.T. never ends and it keeps going. They might request the earth but are usually willing to except far less as long as you demonstrate aptitude and have a little experience. I work in an Office of 17 Advanced IT Proffesionals and there's not a computer degree between us, even at a certificate level there's a distnct lack of 'proof of knowledge'. 1 of the guys was plucked recetly from a Customer services roll paying roughly 12.5K {UK} a year, now with a couple of months training he's our program tester and has doubled his income or $50K.
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