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How to Land an Entry Level IT Job

Landing your first IT job can be a major challenge. Use our proven job hunting system to land your first IT job. We've helped thousands of people just like you do it!
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Skill level

Beginner

Hours to complete

9

Projects

1

Prerequisites

None
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Your Guided Learning Pathway

In this 5 hour course your instructor will take you from jobless to your first job offer.
Step 1
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Advanced Job Hunting Principles

You can’t get a job without experience, but you can’t get experience without a job.

With our IT job coaching program, you can avoid this chicken-and-egg issue. We share the strategies you need to use to get your phone ringing with job offers.

Job Offers

IT job hunting must be treated like any other project.

Spend time planning, researching, and then executing your plan. If you are emailing your resume and waiting for the phone to ring with job offers, then good luck!

Use our proven strategies and tackle it the right way.

Get Job Ready

This course prepares you for your first IT job role and shows you how to beat the competition.

The best IT jobs don’t even get advertised; learn how to use your network of friends and family to help recommend you.

Perform your best in job and technical interviews, and then negotiate an excellent salary.

What it covers

This course helps you to land your first IT job.
  • Setting goals
  • Market yourself
  • Interview skills
  • Company research
  • Interview technique

Benefits of the course

Taking this short course gets you:
  • Provable strategies
  • A sold plan for job applications
  • No more send resume and pray
  • A daily action plan for success

Target audience

This course is ideal for:
  • People with no IT job experience
  • The newly certified in IT
  • Graduating students

Prerequisites

While there are no mandatory prerequisites, we recommend having:
  • Any IT certification
  • Access to PC and the internet
  • 2 hours per day free
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Your Instructor

Paul Browning

Paul worked as a police officer in the UK for 12 years before making a move into the IT world. He worked for several large companies providing network support before starting his own IT consulting business. In 2004, Paul started teaching IT certifications online.

He's the author of over 20 IT books and has passed his CCNA, CCNP, A+, Network+, and MCSE+I.

Curriculum

Module 1 Foundation
Unit 1 Welcome
Unit 2 Attitude
Unit 3 Attitude Part 2
Unit 4 Goals
Unit 5 Goals Part 2
Unit 6 Planning
Module 2 Job Hunting
Unit 1 Packaging Yourself
Unit 2 Grooming
Unit 3 Resume Tips
Unit 4 Job Hunting
Unit 5 Getting Experience
Module 3 Planning
Unit 1 Doing Your Homework
Unit 2 Plan and Prepare
Module 4 Interviews
Unit 1 Technical Interviews
Unit 2 Interview Skills
Unit 3 The Follow Up
Unit 4 Negotiating
Unit 5 On Rejection
Module 5 Career Progression
Unit 1 Starting Work
Unit 2 Keep Learning
Unit 3 Moving On

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  • End-of-course certificates
  • Forum supported by experts
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  • Unlimited IT certification courses
  • Video lessons
  • Exam brain training drills and lessons
  • End-of-lesson exams
  • Instructor-led hands-on labs
  • End-of-course certificates
  • Forum supported by experts
  • Exam Prep PBQs - Value $297
  • Discounts on products and websites
  • Live Linux VMs 24/7
  • Live Cisco rack access 24/7
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