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InsideTech’s Job Search tab is a great place to start looking for IT jobs. You’ll find thousands of job postings there from Monster’s database of jobs, along with reviews of amny popular employers submitted by InsideTech members, and an easy way to network with fellow IT workers in your area.
But don’t stop there. As you embark on your job search, you should remember to follow these tips:
- Check employer sites directly
If you know which companies you’d like to work for, check their sites for job postings. In the IT industry, employers are much more likely to have their own job listings on their site, and that type of post often contains details that you won’t find in a job board posting.
- Network with friends and acquaintances
Any hiring manager of HR professional will tell you that the best candidates they get for jobs are almost always referrals from current employees. That makes sense: Successful employees are likely to be friends with people who share many of the qualities that made them a good hire.
You might be doing your friend a favor, too: Many employers offer referral bonuses to employees who direct them to candidates that are eventually hired.
- Be proactive in your job search
As Matthew Moran points out in his guide to Finding the Perfect IT Job, looking for work is work. Treat it as such. Block out time during your day that you’ll devote to job searching, following up on resumes you’ve sent out, etc. Track any contacts you’ve made at a company, and have a plan when you call to follow-up.
Moran’s guide goes into much more detail, so be sure to give it a look as you embark on your job search.
chtanzeel
9 months ago
2 comments
Reading the description posted in the article, it gives me feeling that a QA person should not have any pre-requisite IT knowledge. I toally disagree with this opinion. One cannot find bugs or can miss potential bugs that arise due to lack of technology knowlege, environment configuration, and database-mapping knowledge. There are lot of IT specific tasks other than just front end testing, that a QA person is supposed to perform like Data Persistence, Automated Testing, Performance/Load Testing etc. which are obviously not possible without having an IT degree. What your say?
alcozz
about 1 year ago
2 comments
I don't quite see this info helpful. I am a QA engineer - IT manager. I have a computer science master's from one of the top 10 engineering grad schools. And got straigt into QA industry after grad school - before that had software engineer expereinces. What I have hired and am looking for is somebody who can code & test and we pay much more than most of the non-it jobs posted in this site. All depends on what company and how high level the company expects.. but the candidate in this info is barely a QA analyst to me which I don't need in my team. you'd better not apply as a QA engineer if you only meet this description written here. Junior or intern QA analyst might work for you.