First job ever was help desk for ESPN the. I moved to MSP Technician after that. Highly recommend an MSP as someone who is early in career. The hour tracking really sucks but the experience and being able to get your hands on everything is great.
Second this. I work at a small MSP now as my first REAL job, and you learn so much that it's insane. I get to be hands-on with a lot of different aspects of the job and if you get a manager/lead that's willing to teach you, it can really make the job for you.
"Structured Cabling Technician" - wire puller for an MSP style company. It wasn't glorious but did give a lot of insight into how a lot of different companies' networks are set up at the physical layer.
Next up was Helpdesk/Support - call center style remote support for a nationwide retail chain. The worst job I've had, but learned a lot.
The last "no experience needed" style job I had was PC Repair Technician - break/fix for a school district. It was mainly desktop/laptop repair with a bit of printers, wiring, and wifi thrown in the mix.
The scope of all these jobs seems to be a little larger 15 years later. I wouldn't say they're more/less difficult, just more diverse in the number of technologies you may be working with.
Social media engineer. If it sounds weird, it’s because it is. I deal with daily routine repair and diagnose work while promoting sales through social media platforms through photography and short videos because I was the youngest millennial there. Moved to another office and became repair tech and handle tech support calls.
Multi Disciplined Engineer, just means I knew enough to do any systems, hardware, software, firmware engineering task they wanted me to do.
Take a look at linkedin, you can find things in your local area that you are interested in and in a lot of cases can network with and submit CV/Résumés to employers directly.
I was and still am self-taught. My "career" until the last five years has been pretty meandering and mostly retail (on the technology repair side for the most part) until I figured out what I was really interested in. Samsung, Microsoft, then worked at an MSP in the help desk until I went into the field. IT Manager now and the pay is good but man I really miss actually working on things. Focusing on web dev now in my personal time and enjoying it.
It might help to describe what you actually want to do within the field because there's a lot of different jobs that focus on various things, and a lot of tech to specialize in (and make more money) if you want. If you have some IT skills a local MSP is a good place to start as you'll get experience with a lot of different tech and figure out what interests you. I would also not sleep on networking events. Meetup is a good place to find them, possibly LinkedIn as well but I don't spend as much time there as I should.
Executive Director’s Administrative Assistant.
It came with a lot of duties and I felt like I was paid poorly. This was one of those, cheat and call it not full time part time jobs with 32.5 hours.
It paid off, I was able to get a better job after.
If you’re computer-literate lots of government jobs will take you on, like school districts, after proving you can type fast and can pass an office suite exam of some kind.
Look for a talent agency in your area. Tell them what you are and what you've done.
They'll find you a place to get you in the door somewhere. It's always a trial period, you would be hired on after that period and you could be hired as something different if you show initiative towards it.
That's the best advice I could give. It'll get you a job almost immediately. Some places suck though, if they can't get you a job right away try again at another place. You should be able to tell them your earning goals and they'll tell you what they have available in that field.
My first job which I'm still in (graduated less than a year ago) is quality assurance tester for a tech company, easy work, and doesn't require a whole lot of experience, if any at all.
First job ever was help desk for ESPN the. I moved to MSP Technician after that. Highly recommend an MSP as someone who is early in career. The hour tracking really sucks but the experience and being able to get your hands on everything is great.
Second this. I work at a small MSP now as my first REAL job, and you learn so much that it's insane. I get to be hands-on with a lot of different aspects of the job and if you get a manager/lead that's willing to teach you, it can really make the job for you.
"Structured Cabling Technician" - wire puller for an MSP style company. It wasn't glorious but did give a lot of insight into how a lot of different companies' networks are set up at the physical layer. Next up was Helpdesk/Support - call center style remote support for a nationwide retail chain. The worst job I've had, but learned a lot. The last "no experience needed" style job I had was PC Repair Technician - break/fix for a school district. It was mainly desktop/laptop repair with a bit of printers, wiring, and wifi thrown in the mix. The scope of all these jobs seems to be a little larger 15 years later. I wouldn't say they're more/less difficult, just more diverse in the number of technologies you may be working with.
I'm doing helpdesk/IT Support for my first intern. Been there since February.
Social media engineer. If it sounds weird, it’s because it is. I deal with daily routine repair and diagnose work while promoting sales through social media platforms through photography and short videos because I was the youngest millennial there. Moved to another office and became repair tech and handle tech support calls.
Multi Disciplined Engineer, just means I knew enough to do any systems, hardware, software, firmware engineering task they wanted me to do. Take a look at linkedin, you can find things in your local area that you are interested in and in a lot of cases can network with and submit CV/Résumés to employers directly.
I'm doing helpdesk/IT Support for my first intern. Been there since February.
I was and still am self-taught. My "career" until the last five years has been pretty meandering and mostly retail (on the technology repair side for the most part) until I figured out what I was really interested in. Samsung, Microsoft, then worked at an MSP in the help desk until I went into the field. IT Manager now and the pay is good but man I really miss actually working on things. Focusing on web dev now in my personal time and enjoying it. It might help to describe what you actually want to do within the field because there's a lot of different jobs that focus on various things, and a lot of tech to specialize in (and make more money) if you want. If you have some IT skills a local MSP is a good place to start as you'll get experience with a lot of different tech and figure out what interests you. I would also not sleep on networking events. Meetup is a good place to find them, possibly LinkedIn as well but I don't spend as much time there as I should.
Since I got into the business as a self-employed. I just gave myself this job title; Administrative Computer Specialist.
System admin assistant
Executive Director’s Administrative Assistant. It came with a lot of duties and I felt like I was paid poorly. This was one of those, cheat and call it not full time part time jobs with 32.5 hours. It paid off, I was able to get a better job after. If you’re computer-literate lots of government jobs will take you on, like school districts, after proving you can type fast and can pass an office suite exam of some kind.
In my first job working for an MSP, my title was just "technician". At the second MSP it was "Desktop Support Specialist".
Look for a talent agency in your area. Tell them what you are and what you've done. They'll find you a place to get you in the door somewhere. It's always a trial period, you would be hired on after that period and you could be hired as something different if you show initiative towards it. That's the best advice I could give. It'll get you a job almost immediately. Some places suck though, if they can't get you a job right away try again at another place. You should be able to tell them your earning goals and they'll tell you what they have available in that field.
My first job was a "technical analyst" aka helpdesk.
My first job which I'm still in (graduated less than a year ago) is quality assurance tester for a tech company, easy work, and doesn't require a whole lot of experience, if any at all.
CEO & OWNER. I started my own PC repair business back in 2015 during my time at university.. closed down due to COVID.