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Joshua312 · 10-21-06, 09:28

Well figured I would update everyone on the situation

I am currently in my second year of college and I wanted to break out of the normal jobs that just pay the bills and get into something that would benefit my future. While I have had the pleasure of having some pretty interesting jobs where freedom/responsibility was important at my age it just wasn't what I wanted anymore. (Bartender at 17, set up for wedding events, cater cook outs for businesses)

Fast foward to now I am 19 years old and I wanted something new. My career services counselor told me to just hang tight because usually they don't start looking for jobs until Junior/Senior year. Well I didn't want to accept this so I went out on my own to look. I was determined to gain experience first hand as soon as possible.

I have been interviewing for the past 2 months...and finally found the dream job. I will be working side by side with the IT Administrator at a local company. The company is everything I was looking for...very professional, great people to work with, and rated one of Business Ethics Magazine's 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2006.

I asked a few questions in this thread about resources to learning and if anyone is interested I found these sites to have an abundance of information and books available to purchase.

support.microsoft.com
techrepublic.com
zdnet.com

Thanks again guys for all the help and suggestions!

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Joshua312 Beach Bum Detailer Joshua312 is offline Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: West Michigan Posts: 2,785	Well figured I would update everyone on the situation I am currently in my second year of college and I wanted to break out of the normal jobs that just pay the bills and get into something that would benefit my future. While I have had the pleasure of having some pretty interesting jobs where freedom/responsibility was important at my age it just wasn't what I wanted anymore. (Bartender at 17, set up for wedding events, cater cook outs for businesses) Fast foward to now I am 19 years old and I wanted something new. My career services counselor told me to just hang tight because usually they don't start looking for jobs until Junior/Senior year. Well I didn't want to accept this so I went out on my own to look. I was determined to gain experience first hand as soon as possible. I have been interviewing for the past 2 months...and finally found the dream job. I will be working side by side with the IT Administrator at a local company. The company is everything I was looking for...very professional, great people to work with, and rated one of Business Ethics Magazine's 100 Best Corporate Citizens of 2006. I asked a few questions in this thread about resources to learning and if anyone is interested I found these sites to have an abundance of information and books available to purchase. support.microsoft.com techrepublic.com zdnet.com Thanks again guys for all the help and suggestions! Last edited by Joshua312 : 10-22-06 at 03:19.