New to the IT Field

I suggest you join some local organizations where you can meet the hiring managers. Your local Chamber of Commerce is a good one, also groups such as IEEE and ICCA. Since your focus has been on database administration, look for local groups of db professionals in your area.

This is a hard time in IT right now. There are Jobs but they are filling up with people knocked out of other jobs due to the economy. My best advice is to keep at it, do not get discouraged and do not give up. You will find something but it most likely will not be what you are trying for. You may have to spend sometime at a help desk or in someone's development center before you land the "dream" job. This is a field of practicle experience, the more you have the better off you will be. Itis hard to step out of college and into IT. You need to get some time under your belt and more offers will come. Relax, don't sweat it out too much you'll be fine. Also, listen to oldefar, Networking Is key, it is not always what you know but whoyou know that will launch any career. Good luck!
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..or check out some contractors. I know it sounds crazy, but here's the systems I've had the joy of administering in the last couple years: A mobile satellite communications node. Basically a air conditioned Humvee with a big dish antenna on a trailer on the back. No one new how to really use it...they just gave it to me and said "make it work". Dual-band, two Cisco 2600's handled each side, and a fat old MUX. Got to administer a classified network, in field conditions. It breaks my heart to see all this equipment in a TENT, covered with garbage bags so the rain doesn't get to it, but you do what you gotta do. There is a VMS system the military uses heavily as part of it's operations, as well as various UNIX boxes. Doing these jobs really tests your geek mettle, and your fieldcraft. I've had to do some really crazy things to get stuff running with, at times, the minimum amount of resources. It's an interesting job, but will give you experience in multiple platforms, and open you up toa whole new job sector...and right now, the gov is a secure bet. Just an idea....