i have read many post to the jobs thread and all seem to indicate that to get a job requires putting your destiny and job satisfaction in the hands of a future employer or recruiter that you must pursue via massive email campaigns and/or shotgun faxes attacks. if i was hiring, i would look for passion, desire, general intelligence, a willingness to learn coupled with an ability to learn on one's own, and a minimum of knowledge in the specific industry that you are pursuing. this knowledge might be self taught, and could be represented by certifications or publications, among other things. certifications can be attained by oneself, and being published might mean only contributing to a trade magazine or an internal publication. even a complete write-up of a home network might exhibit one's knowledge of the career path that one is pursuing. but the most important thing that would compel me to hire someone would be their desire to work with and use the technology that they say they want to work with, and to use their skills in my employ. and this would mean they would be compelled and driven to get a job at all costs. example: if you get a job that pays loads yet is unfulfilling and empty, the money loses it's value. you dot get what you pay for. on the other hand, if you get a job that allows you to learn something new every day, allows you to play with the newest technology, and lets you pursue the interests that you wanted to pursue before you got the job, then the value of your paycheck skyrockets. and if you love what you do, you will excel at it, and employers will realize this with more responsibility, and, subsequently, more pay. if you are hungry, go to where the food is. choose a company that you believe would be a place that you would want to work at without pay, or with minimal pay. then, actually show up and give your resume to someone in the department that you want to work in, be it admin, security, web design, whatever. show a desire to work there and express your passion and willingness to learn and do whatever it takes to fulfill your own destiny. choose your job, and your own path, and the money will become secondary. if you are doing what you love, everything else, jobwise, becomes moot. eddy
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