But First...Are You Experienced? Las Vegas NV

Posted by : Molly Joss

If you're just starting out in your IT career, you read lines like these in help-wanted ads and you wince. You sigh. You might even weep a little. You might send your résumé in anyway, but you don't hold out much hope.

Never do you read an IT help-wanted ad that says no experience necessary. Yet, logic dictates that everybody starts somewhere, and when they start, they have no experience. You wonder how they got started and why no one seems willing to take a chance on newbies. You wonder why no one seems willing to take a chance on you.

There is hope. Companies still need good people and people still need good jobs. You may need to re-think your approach to your job search and adjust your expectations, but even in today's tougher job market you can find an IT job.

The whys of experience

Employers want to hire people with experience because they run companies, not training facilities. They only have a limited number of staff positions per department, and they want to hire someone who can be productive the first day. This is particularly true today, with so many companies cutting back on staff and trying to get more work done with fewer people.

"On-the-job experience is the priority now," says Katherine Spencer Lee, executive director of RHI Consulting, an IT recruitment and placement firm based in Menlo Park, Calif.

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