Where do i start ??

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Hi there people this is my first post!

Im 24 years old and have a degree in computing studies.

My problem is i spent too much time at uni living it up and left it to late to get a decent degree mark. I ended up with a third. I am now stuck in a job i hate.

Im looking at doing the following a+, n+, prince2, itil and maybe ccna & mcse. ( I know what you guys are thinking im getting ahead of myself).

Just wanna know your thoughts where i should start and what you think about training companies such as joskos, advent, computeach, justit etc ........................

I have pretty good knowlegde when it comes to IT.

I havent ever bothered applying for a IT job as i know my third degree is a big negative.

Please help !!!!!!!!!

The time has come for me to get up and make things happen for myself in the IT World

 

i havent even tried to apply for jobs. i dont know where to start what agencies do u reccommend

 

We spend a great deal of time getting people into their first IT position and the biggest obsticle to overcome is experience. The key is to not set your sites too high initially and aim for jobs that do not pay that well but offer a wide experience base. We have found that schools/educational establishments make excellent springboards for those new to IT as a career as the experience gained is wide (lots of large server networks and loads of clients with varying requirements) yet the pay is not good enough to attract seasoned pros in IT. Many of our students normally can get a a foot in the door with schools or small operators after just one MCP.

It is also good to have a plan in terms of certification as to where you want to go and what field of IT you want to end up in and then study towards that goal slowly and steadily.

It is very much a chicken and egg situation but essentially get some basic key knowledge by working towards a certification, a client technology is quite good as although it is biased towards a desktop environment it covers some good background knowledge on server technologies to ease you in and make sure you get some gear to create lab scenarios, either VMWARE or some cheap ebay sourced hardware. All MSPress books carry 120 day evaluation copies of either client and server software. Oh and a good CV helps. If necessary get help with that as with a bad one you will not be able to get a foot in the door. With a degree on your CV that should help quite a bit. You just need to get some experience on there.