Hi Guys
This is especially for the guys who work in a small company with one or two years of experience or even guys work for more than 5-6 years and still not able to get into a good position or good pay package.
I write ths bcas even i started my career with a manufacturing industry and moved to service oriented industry and after a long ie almost after 8-9 year i was able to get into an MNC company. An MNC where you can enjoy all the employee benefits, fat pay package, transportation and value for your efforts..etc...et.c..
I have heard people complaining that I have good skill set, talent and hard working but my present organisation is not recognising those talents, and when I start searching for jobs the recruiter did not short list me. whats the reason? Those guys even curse their fate for that.
They rate themselves as unlucky.
To those guys I have some advices. I am not an expert consultant who will help you to make your resume effectively or brush up your soft skills with some sample questions, not at all.
Based on my experience and the way I have prepared my resume, did the certifications and attended interviews and moreover approached things in a positive way, I am giving some tips.
Before we go further let me tell me something about me: I am basically a UNIX professional and I am into UNIX admininstartion, mainly into solaris and Storage. So if guys from other fields expect to get something out of this and get disappointed I am sorry for that.
Moreover I am not a good writer so if any mistakes in english or tips not in order, my apologies now itself.
1.First main thing in your career think that why you need to leave a company, the reason should be very strong. Because there are lot of opportunities to grow vertically in a company. If money is the main reason or career growth then you have to take a decision of moving.
2.Find out you own strengths i.e area , whether you are strong in technical troubleshooting or projects or sales/marketing. Then you have to identify your expertise in the specific domain.
whether it is Windows, UNIX, Networking or security kind of.
3. Based on the experience you have in that specified domain you have to do some kind of certification. ex. MCSE if you are interested and good in windows. SCSA if in Solaris, RHCE if in Linux, HP-CSA if HP-UX, IBM AIX.etc.
4. If your current organisation is good having good projects where you can learn what you are interested in which will help you grow in future then ask your management to shift you to that project.(this is a bit difficult but it happens with lot of efforts, you will get it if you are lucky enough)
5. Learn enough atleast you are confortable to write and clear that certification. Or you are so brilliant enough to assume and grasp things just by learning only the theory and you dont need any handson then you are ready for the "search" fast. But you need to have lot of confidence for that.
6. In meanwhile you have to brush up your communication the so called soft skills, since nowadays almost all the projects are offshored from US, UK and australia we need to communicated with foreign clients always. Thats the reason MNCs expect communication skills as mandatory. But you dont need to be a "public speaker" or a sales executive for that.
you should be able to convey your management (manager) or a team that what you are working on or what went wrong when you were trying to do something. All just very basic things.
or on the other hand if you have very good communication skills then you can try for voice based support centres, where easily you get into an MNC and paid well also.(If you really enjoy the job)
7.Next thing is to make you resume very attractive so that it get "hit" in naukri when HR guys search for a "keyword" hope you guys following whatever I write. (If you have any queries on this pls write to me to:jskcbe@gmail.com.)There are several important tips to be given on how to write a Resume. I can give you only a few from my point of view.
a. Give your contact numbers clearly.
b. If you have more expereince (5yrs) pls summarise initally on which company you worked how many year kind of details.
c. Your objective
d. then your certifications
e.Skill sets, Hardware, Software and tools you have handled. Very important you should be able to explain about whatever you have mentioned in your CV.
d. Then your experience and all project details on whatever projects you have worked on and how long and what have you achieved in that etc..
apart from this your qualification and personal details as you must be aware of.
ok I will continue writing this if i get proper support.
If you are interested and want me to continue on this pls write to me...
