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I've just been invited to interview for an ICT job in a local secondary school, anyone had any experience of that kind of job? How would it compare to working in IT with an actual company? Would skills learnt at the school be relevant to business?

 

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depends on the school
chances are you will be using windows XP, active directory, heavy group policy use, windows security, etc
as well as general hardware/software problems, so generally all very useful in the business world,
like i said, depends on the school and what there using, ive worked at ones using netware, and migrated them ;) and worked at some already on 2k

plenty of folks here work in schools i think, so you should get some input (i think Si, AJ, Greebo (who seems to of left this dimension)

 

damn id say its different in private schools, you have that many technical staff?
my mate has to work alone, on 20k, with about 800 pcs (increasing to 1200), 6 servers (increasing to 12), over 1000 users, managed switches everywhere finally, but not the l33t cisco stuff due to budget
he occasionaly gets help 2 times a week for 4 hours from an old retired guy who doesnt know anything newer than NT, LOL
hes stressin hard there

 

Sounds better than I thought. I was just a little worried that there wouldn't be much relevance to the business world! Looks like it's all good. Interview's on the 22nd, will let you know how it goes.

 

Good luck Gaz

 

Well the interview went well enough, me and 3 other candidates. Think i'm the only one currently taking any certs...
Sitting around waiting now, should find out this afternoon!

 

Fingers crossed, m8

 

Didn't get it. Ho hum...

 

Unlucky mate, never good to get a rejection from a job interview. Just look at it as experience, and there will be more along soon!

ANdy

 

Did you get any feedback Gaz?

Keep your chin up - I'm sure it will happen for you soon - just keep getting yourself out there.

 

It happens, Gaz. I've collected just about a ton of rejections. It's nothing personal. Keep plugging away. It'll happen.

 

Sorry to hear it Gaz, but your time will come m8.

Just added another rejection letter to my collection as well this week. Don't worry about it - like the Guys say, keep trying