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By Author: Adam Boulton
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The computer career options have undergone some major dramatic changes in the past ten years. An extremely rapid growth was experienced prior to the dot com bust. Then it was followed by the leveling off period with respect to the computer jobs. There is a great demand for computer professionals even today. We can say that there is no field without the influence of information technology. Even, students who are graduating form the science and arts streams have to equip themselves with computer knowledge. For example, geological sciences make use of spatial technology for which computer skills and applications are very much needed. Like wise the global positioning system technology is used by law enforcement agencies. It can also be used to track movements of vehicles, locating earth's resources, movement of flight across the nation etc. The same way, computer technology has also got into the jobs of accountants. Computer jobs are mainly used for reducing time spent on operations and hence such computer skills are very high in demand.

Starting a career in computers can be difficult as many computer jobs call ...
... for experience. Hence when starting a career in computer jobs, less importance has to be given to the salary aspect. The more the hands on experience you gain the more the salary earned at a later stage. Sometimes such first time computer job can provide the individual with lot of exposure to the systems side, making him to work on different operating systems, different applications, etc. Qualifications and certifications can be very crucial in landing up on the computer jobs. Almost all the candidates, irrespective of their degrees go through a formal training in computers, making it very tough to have an edge over others. Certifications received from the developers of the computer applications will be considered as an edge over others when searching for a computer job.

While searching for computer jobs, it is good to study in a school or college, which offers job placement assistance. It does not stop with that. The student undergoing a computer course should excel in his studies to get noticed by their trainers, who might have known people in the computer industry and might recommend in getting the first computer job. Also the student should take initiative in asking for placement assistance by getting interviews in reputed companies for good computer jobs.
Adam Boulton regularly contributes informative articles to web guides on career - http://www.positionadvice.info and http://www.careerservicesguide.info

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