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Originally Posted by sugarmouse0707
Needing experience, yet nobody will GIVE you any, is a catch 22 I'm familiar with. I'm no expert with I.T but I know a good handful of people who work freelance, by sorting out friend's and friend's of friend's computers, word of mouth gets around that they're good,they get more people who recommend them-etc,
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There lies one of the main problems. In the commercial world of IT people think that fixing a few PC's and an ECDL qualification gives them a platform to walk in to IT jobs. The real world is that there are very few jobs in commercial IT for fixing PC's. In reality they are a throw away commodity. As Ian says the commercial world of IT is a different animal altogether. General education and training establishments are a poor provider of IT staff. The real skills are only trained at specialist centres where money talks.
It's difficult enough with the right training and no experience to get in. A screwdriver and ECDL it's a million to one chance
