3 Jun
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Tips for getting work once your jobs in IT is outsourced.
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advice column?
I?m the IT helpdesk manager at a large hotel chain, but my department is
being outsourced and I?ll be made redundant. Despite 10 years? experience
I?m finding it really difficult to get another job. I just want a similar
role in the service desk sector.
Simon, via email
A recruiter tells me that large companies tend to flush out old IT systems and
?bring in the new? every three to five years. Whether it?s switching to a
more cost-effective payroll system, or redesigning the company intranet,
managers are used to transferring to new products frequently.
The same recruiter Hays IT tells me a candidate?s skill set in this sector
should echo this constant change. James Lloyd-Townshend, a managing director
at the recruitment agency, says employers want to see candidates who have
kept up-to-date with the latest skills, software packages and trends in the
industry.
If you?re serious about staying in the IT service desk sector, Simon, your
first task should be to check you have the skills that employers are after.
Because you have been at one hotel chain for the last 10 years, recruiters
will be scrutinising your CV to check that you have kept on top of the
ever-changing software packages. They will want to see you have a niche
range of skills suitable to their business needs today.
Your Microsoft accredited course as a desktop support technician suggests you
are open to developing your skills, which is a good start, Lloyd-Townshend
says.
But depending on whether you want to go down the project management or
software development route, you should gain some extra professional
qualifications to help you stand out from the crowd, according to
Lloyd-Townshend. The courses you take don?t have to be expensive or lengthy,
but they can help to show you are committed to developing your skills, he
says.
The good news, Simon, is that there are plenty of jobs out there,
Lloyd-Townshend says. But they may come in a shape and size that you?re not
quite used to. The jobs market has changed in last 10 years, and there are
no ?jobs for life? anymore especially in the fast-paced IT sector,
recruiters say.
The contracting market, for example, is far more buoyant at the moment than
permanent jobs. You may have to accept, Simon, that you might not ever get
the ?same old job you?ve always had?. On the plus side, contractors can
expect to earn one and half times more per year than permanent IT workers in
the same organisation.
Employers hiring contractors also look for more mature candidates,
Lloyd-Townshend says, as they ?tend to integrate with the business better?.
If you?re willing, I?ll put you in touch, as he can help you focus on which
jobs to apply for.
The charity Prime (www.prime.org.uk) specifically helps older workers get back
into work through self-employment. It?s worth speaking to one of their
advisers on how to ?go it alone? as a consultant.
Be warned though you could find yourself thinking about doing something
entirely different. Its (Paris: FR0010370163 ? news) website has plenty of examples of mature candidates
who have turned hobbies into paid work. From exercise clubs to cake shops,
about 45pc of people who contact Prime (Berlin: 48P.BE ? news) go ahead and set up their own
business.
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Article source: http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/Careers-advice-Turn-hobbies-tele-2537666877.html?x=0
Source: http://blogjobs.biz/jobs/2011/06/careers-advice-turn-hobbies-into-paid-jobs/
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