IT Industry Hopeful

[Jazzie]

A very pleasant, presentable and mature 19 year old lad I know is looking for unpaid work experience, 2 days a week in the IT Industry. Can be anything, e.g. networking, admin, technician (hardware) etc. He is currently completing his IT (Networking) Diploma at TAFE, and carries his own insurance. Any one who may be able to help, or know of some one who may be able to help, please private message me. All replies will be appreciated and answered, and constructive advice is welcomed.

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[midfielder]

Not sure if this helps but my number 3 son has the same qualification and sounds one year ahead of the lad you are talking about (my son is 20).

We spent some time together putting together a Resume ... given he has little experience he faced the problem of no experience please give me a start...

What I did was laid out his work ready skills and broke it down into areas seen on most Job Descriptions ... like team player ...communications skills etc...

I used his experience as a football player as used to working in a team, in class they did project work ... For communications skills we used assignments when he had to do a class presentation... that he blogged and was a leader in some online games...

We showed he did have experience and academic qualifications, said he was keen to get a start and was wanting to do his Advanced Diploma at night and work during the day..

Then sent it off to an employer ... within a week he had an interview and 4 days latter he had a job... 3 days  per week during TAFE times and 4 days when TAFE is not. They have signed him until Christmas and pay $ 21.00 per hour...

So my advise is prepare an excellent resume and don't be afraid to use non work activities to illustrate work skills and work ready...