Similar to retail, two big questions an employer has when hiring a low level IT wagie are is this person crazy and will they actually show up to the job. So really try give off an aura that answers no and yes to those questions.

Second I'm not Indian

physical repair shop

Enjoy minimum wage forever

i remember when i got my comptia a+

i sent out a ton of applications, got a single interview, and they never called back after the interview

CompTIA kind of sucks, most people don't care about it. I guess it's a good resume filler.

Everyone wants to go into security

Avoid help desk

Try to do server shit

Network and phones are kind of easy and pay well but pulling cable sucks.

I wish I'd gotten into some sort of earth science, and I've been gradually coordinating my suicide. I don't think this has bearing on your question, but I know one of the days I look back on as where I could have done things differently was where you are now.

But, if you wanna know, help desk and what you're talking about are elevated wagie jobs, so approach with that mindset. Not lazily like a BIPOC, I mean more relaxed as in worrying less about your certs as much as you need to focus on giving a good interview. You may be surprised at what r-slurs you are competing against in tier 1. A lot of the time it has entirely untechy people who were employed in other departments who got familiar with the organization's systems on the user-side.

You'll want to find somewhere with a real enterprise environment - not like geek squad or mall fix it, a big company or org (government and schools/universities can be great l) where you can interact with all the other tech teams and different systems. If they mention internal advancement in the interview or anything like a mentorship program, that's a green flag.

Finding a hands on technical support job will dig you into more experience than help desk, because you're less likely to just be stuck changing passwords and never getting to interact with anyone. Work from home is a scam for the unambitious. You may have to settle on help desk, and you may have to settle on WeFix apple store, but focus on that direction - getting into that enterprise environment and working with other teams is key.

Any certs are good to have as long as you give a good interview, can answer basic tech questions, can demonstrate being able to explain things, and focus on your ability to learn and current continuing education. "I'm finishing pluralsight/udemy/LinkedIn learning course about this blah blah." Most tier 1 positions, the manager cares about hiring someone who will show up to work and isn't a turbo sperg rather than the best of the best of the best tech guy (hence my wagie analogy). They also want a great balance of letting them know you are willing to ask questions BUT WON'T need to be micromanaged. Make sure to highlight your willingness to ask questions (cause tier 1 IT r-slurs tend to be know it alls who frick shit up they should have just asked about) but that you're very independent (because managers are terrified of someone asking too many questions.) That's a super gay balance and is HR prancing bullshit, but it's important/useful. You'll probably never get the balance right for each individual interviewer, so don't stress too much about it, but, still very useful.

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You should use LinkedIn. It's very useful. The market is terrible right now and I'm unable to get back in at entry level.

The problem with certifications is that they don't move the needle where it matters:

• if resumes are aggressively screened, it's not as good as a real degree, or even 1 year of experience

• if the interviewer is fishing for competence, 2 questions will tell him more than the cert

You're basically paying for the illusion of the tested material being somehow universal to the industry but that's not really true anymore. They can signal that you're capable of learning but mostly they mark you as a rube if the cert wasn't required for your role.

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@lain Sorry to single you out but I remember you said you worked retail before getting into IT?

Do you have any resume tips to share like how to make wagie jobs seem like they gave you relevant IT skills?

It's been so long, I couldn't tell you how to get an entry-level job. But if you're wondering what certs to chase, look up the job ads for the jobs you're aiming for after you break out of the "need experience" loop. A lot of them say straight up what certs are required and "nice to have". If you can get your entry-level job to pay for them, that's an added bonus. And start networking. Not like the jeets do, just randomly adding people on LinkedIn "sar please add I am veddy interested in technoology sar", but actually connecting with people. That can mean joining some local tech group, or finding friends-of-friends/family who are in the industry, or even joining online projects where you're not just a random git commit for a bugfix. Be cool to your coworkers. Literally every jump forward I made in my career and every job that I was happy to get and sad to leave was thanks to a friend who put in a good word for me, and every job that has made me fricking miserable was from a LinkedIn or Indeed or whatever else posting. People will remember if you're cool to them and reasonably competent and will have your back because of it.

Like you probably know by now, this shit's all made up. Go get an interview.

How do people feel about comptia certifications anyway?

They're bullshit but certain ones like security+ are a requirement for certain clearance jobs.

With a basic A+ and nothing else on your resume you're qualified to work at geek squad.

CCNA

Just go get a degree. Youll reach a ceiling pretty quickly without one where 95% of your applications will just get automatically filtered by the hr roasties when you try to climb anywhere above help desk.

I don't know how the hiring landscape is anymore for IT. I've been out of the game for a while, but the A+ certainly doesn't hurt. I had the A+ to help me get a foot in the door. I skipped the tech support step and went to 2nd tier desktop admin work. I highly suggest it if you can get in. You learn some really great technical troubleshooting skills and can get your hands on network equipment to get some experience. I really liked that job.

Cheers and good luck! Good on you for being ambitious.

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