Applying for IT jobs, no experience, previous jobs were office jobs: Relevant?

Yes, as an IT manager who also does sit on our interview panel, when we interview for entry level positions, we know that a candidate may or may not have previous experience in IT. With this in mind, we actually find out what soft skills a prospective candidate may have tht will benefit our dept/organisation, these skills include:

1. Participation in a team
2. Ability to teach
3. Service
4. Leading a team
5. Negotiation
6. Unite a team amidst cultural differences
7. Motivation
8. Decision-making skills
9. Problem-solving skills
10. Etiquette

It depends on how you lay out your CV, imo. I don't put any descriptions under my work history, I put my experiences in my cover letter, a brief summary in the Current Role portion of my CV and list (in bullit point form) my key skills and responsibilities.

-Ken

 

Depends what was said mate. I once spoke to a guy who referred to IP addresses as numbers.

 

Me personally, no. Technical skills can always be learnt and especially for an entry level position, I would not expect a candidate to be that technically aware anyway. But each interviewer is different. I'm following the example set by the IT Manager who gave me my break many moons ago

To be honest no. It's the luck of the draw on who gets called 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc... Unless a candidate specific requests to be number X due to lack of time, etc. For example, I called in at one of the interviews I was going for and stated that I couldn't get time off and didn't want to call in sick, could I have the first interviewee postion. They were kind enough to commodate me.

-Ken