I’m just not sure where to get started with everything I guess. I’ve been in a few different IT related jobs since some time in 2007, have my A+ and Net+ certifications, along with an expired CCNA that I earned the day before graduating high school. I’ve done IT work in the Army since joining in 2006, but I just can’t seem to find a break in the work force.
I started as a PC tech at a local store where we repaired and sold PCs. It was a really small shop and pretty much everyone was both a tech and a sales person. Then I got an internship at a local hospital on their desktop support team, which led to my current position, working third shift as an “Operations Specialist,” which more or less boils down to me running a few reports every night and making sure that nothing blows up in the company’s server room. I’ve been in this position for a little over a year now, but that’s not so much my problem. It’s more that I just can’t seem to get anyone to bite and give me a shot to progress and expand in my career. I’d really like to get into a networking position, being that it’s where I started my education AND it’s what I really enjoy in the broad field of IT.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I could be doing to try and make myself seem more marketable? I’m just tired of working a job I hate with hours that don’t play nice with being a single father, but I’m really hoping to stay within the IT field and improve my living situation, rather than make it worse taking a job that I might enjoy more, but get paid less (which isn’t a lot to begin with.)
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Sorry if this should have gone somewhere else, haven’t really been here or posted anything before. Guess I’m just a bit frustrated and hoping for some ideas to spark something.