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Getting into consulting |
| Message Name: |
One approach |
| Date Posted: |
07/06/2004 |
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i am based in the UK, England - Birmingham to be a little more precise.
Thanks for the reply, i understand what you are saying and realise i need a lot more experience.
The main reason for posting the topic was because i'm finding it difficult breaking into the software field due to my academic achievement (i.e have a 2:2 instead of 1st or 2:1) and i wanted some tips on how to get in the industry if your academic achievements are not up to scratch |
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Bob, I don't know what those U.K. education scores mean but I'll take your word for it that they're not too good. You should know that most of the posts on this site are U.S. related. I believe there is a similar U.K. site but I don't recall what that is.
Okay, if you have to disclose your score (Rather than a simple "I passed such-and-such.") you need to get whatever job "they" think you're capable of but as close to I.S. as possible. Once you've got your foot in the door, without being a nuisance, befriend a bunch of folk in the area you're truly interested in and demonstrate (if you can) that you have an affinity for that type of work. After a while, if you've been a good citizen in your existing job, you'll stand a chance of getting where you want to be when next a position opens up. I successfully did this many years ago. I'd been programming a old Univac machine and there was no future there so I took a job as an operator on an IBM mainframe. Beneath me, I thought at the time, but it gave me the "in" I wanted. Within a couple of months they wanted to promote me to a senior shift leader so I told them I really wanted to be in the programming area, which I had already scoped out. Of course being an operator it was easy for me to help out the programming staff as they came in for their machine time. Next thing I knew, I was down in London getting Assembler training at IBM and I've not looked back since. Yep, I'm a Brit too but I've been in the States for most of my working life.
Of course, don't overlook the possibility that you're not suited for the job you'd like to do! It happens.
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