Starting a career in Software or IT (Information Technology) Industry (PART I)

When we dream about starting our career in software/IT industry, we think of landing up in a programming or development role. Some of us start learning programming languages like Java, JSP, EJB, .Net. VB etc and some pursue certifications like SCJP (Sun Certified Java Programmer), MCSD (Microsoft Certified Software Developer), SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer) etc. many of us speculate about forthcoming so called “ Hot Technologies) and make effort to learn the skills required for this new technology. After all this hard work and effort which consumes significant amount of time and money, we start applying for a suitable job for a programmer or developer position. Resume is circulated among friends, friends of friends & relatives networks. Resume in all the famous job search portals like naukri.com, dice.com or monster.com is posted and regularly updated. The regular updating is done to ensure that our resumes stay in top in all the employer searches. Only very few of us are fortunate enough to get interview calls and finally make it to the desired job. What happens to others? Why do the rest of us not receive any interview call? Is there anything wrong with our resume?

Any Guesses….?

I would leave the readers here so that they can think and sharpen their brain muscles till the time I come with the second part of this article. My promise to all of us is that we will enjoy and learn from these series of articles.

(Hint: This article has nothing to do with “Good Resume Building” or “How to write impressive resume” or “How to effectively post our resumes to Job search site/portals”)

-Vikas Kaushik
TechAhead Software