CLASSES & JOBS

Attending computer trade schools can help you build a career in the computer systems industry. Just remember that there are many different variations of jobs within the IT field so keep your options open when submitting your resumes to companies.

Your interest might have you doing work with computer networks or network security but with a degree in IT systems you’ll be qualified to do any of the jobs that fall within that field.

Also if you have prior experience in the computer service industry, you might want to focus on using that experience combined with your degree to give you an advantage in a particular field of information systems such as software development.

Take a look at some of the modules that they will be offering you if you decide to attend a trade school for computers:

1. web design
2. computer networks
3. PC maintainance
4. software development
5. network securities

At ITT Tech each of these classes were offered along with more indepth subtopic classes for each of these modules. The job I actually got however was for PC maintainance even though I would have liked to get a job in website development. I probably got the PC maintainance job because I worked as an intern fixing computer motherboards for a company while I was attending ITT Tech.

So when you attend a specific computer trade school keep in mind that there will be many avenues that you can head off in. All matters on what job that you are interviewing for.

Assuming that the jobs that you submit your own resume to are jobs that line up with what you like. The degree will help you solidify your chances of getting the position and any experience will help that much more.

Once you get into that first position depending on what it is you want to start
looking to go for computer certifications that is related to your job. This will further enhance your knowledge and skill set and make you more valuable down the road if you should be up for promotion or find a different job altogether.

As you can see, you want to present a complete package when you start to submit resumes and go on interviews for various companies. You never know which companies will call and what type of jobs they will ask you to do. It’s always better to be diversified to cover as much as your skills and education can help.

You do this because it’s not just about going to a computer trade school and then getting a job in the computer field. Sometimes you have to go the extra mile and list some experience even if it’s small projects like this one.