The one thing that makes me feel bad about my career choice is that on monster.com there aren’t many hits for job opening in my field. There was only one good job offering I found in the local area. Which isn’t a real big deal for me, I have always imagined myself leaving Mississippi after I graduate. There is currently a job opening for a I.T. Database Administrator for Pine Belt Medical in Hattiesburg: http://jobview.monster.com/getjob.aspx?JobID=83693282&tjt=database&where=39401%2c+Hattiesburg%2c+MS&lid=776685&rad=20&rad_units=miles&tm=60&AVSDM=&pg=1&seq=1&fseo=1&isjs=2&re=1000
This job requires at least just basic hands on maintenance of computer related systems and network infrastructure. Which is a skill I picked up and toned a long time ago, especially in a Microsoft Window’s environment. “Working knowledge of software installation also necessary.” Is just second nature to me at this stage in my life. I believe the only thing that would prevent me from getting this job be my lack of work experience. I only have about half a year experience in an actual technology based work field.
Even though I would love this job because of it’s location and pay, a guy of my experience would not stand much of a chance getting this job. I did how ever find another job listing that would better suite my newbie experience. http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?IPath=ILKGV&ff=21&APath=2.21.21.0.0&job_did=J3G5YK5VN4WZND5F7P6
http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?IPath=ILKGV&ff=21&APath=2.21.21.0.0&job_did=J3G5ZS6Y2YDTND3N7XT
http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?IPath=ILKGV&ff=21&APath=2.21.21.0.0&job_did=J8D8B96Y9H7KKBX82MM
These job links all are from careerbuilder or monter.com, they all require at least two years of on the job experience in the computer field. I fill that this will be my biggest hurtle to get over. It seems that all the jobs listed on these job finding sites require years of experience before they will even consider hiring you. The only real chance I have is to really play on the fact that I have spent most of my live living and breathing computers. I research new computer hardware for fun, and code programs in my spare time. I really want to turn my passion for computers into a successful career. Each on of these jobs each require years of experience with computer software, programming, and database administration. If I could ever get into the interview stage I could really play on my personal experience with computer hardware and software. The only thing I would have to improve on is my database stills. SQL is a simple concept but I am fairly new to the language itself. I can write simple query statements, but I know I need a little more experience before I can be efficient with it.
My skills include knowledge of Visual Basic and C++ and C programming languages. I have experience troubleshooting problems with Win XP, Vista, Mac OSX, and Debian based Linux systems. I have many years of experience with computer hardware. Such as installing and configuring new hardware. I have also had job experience in network administration, and client relations. This is the one thing I will really need to play on. I was an Assistance Network Administrator for a county contractor. I really enjoyed my job except for all the driving I had to do for it. My boss for that job was way better than my current boss.
The job that I would pursue is the Computer Technician for Henry Schein Dental. Even though this position only requires a two year degree, it would help me get the experience I need to get jobs more related to my degree. I would first form my cover letter especially for Henry Schein Dental. I would call their office and find out who is in charge of hiring so I would know who do address the letter to. I would call attention to how their company is helping the nothing part of the state with their dental care and how I would like to be apart of their company.
My resume would emphasize my computer knowledge and really heavily describe my last job with the county contractor. I would list all the computer languages I know as well as the operation systems I have working experience in, which is all the major ones. My resume would not focus so much on experience because for now it is not my strongest suite. I would emphasize my only work experience and try to play on that, but would mainly focus on my computer knowledge rather. Another strategy I can take is to emphasis my four year degree and extracurricular activities sense most of the applicants would likely have a two year degree. Play on how my extra training would be beneficial to their company and a great asset. Hopefully this would be successful in my future attempts for employement
Friday, October 16, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Assignment 4
To: T. Leoni, Manager, Personnel Department
From: Donald Pryzblo, Manager, Data Processing Department
Subject: INCORRECT PAYROLL CHECKS
I have been reviewing the “errors” in the computer files. I feel that your assumption that my department is at fault is incorrect. My department correctly copied the time tickets that your clerks prepared. I feel the error happened in your department and my people should not be blamed for an error they did not cause. I do not feel your recommendation for my department to compare the copied time sheet to the original entries is not our responsibility. I am offended that you feel that this is my departments fault, and that I had to review over your department’s work to find the error. It also offends me that you were quick to assume that it was my fault before reviewing over the error. I feel that this error can be easily correctly by asking your department to review their work carefully before giving it to out department. Thank you for your time, and please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Respectfully
Donald Pryzblo
Manager, Data Processing Department
The first thing I did with this email is to tone down the anger that this person seems to have. Even though the anger may be justified, but a person receiving an angry email may not be so willing to accommodate the person who wrote the email. Besides, an email of this manner is not good conduct for a professional level. I did not modify the first sentence because I feel it sets the mood of the email, but in a tactful manner. However, the second sentence is very straight forward; it plainly states that the reader is a fault. I feel that this is not a great move. The reader might stop reading the whole email because this one sentence. The reader might get offended or feel that this is just going to be an email that will be filled with finger pointing, and the e-mail’s purpose fails to get through. I reworded the sentence to read more tactful, but still have the same meaning as the original. Most of the sentences the follows were reworded for the same reasons. The part of the email that talked about how it was not my department’s responsibility to proofread their work, it presented some difficulty to reword this part in a tactful way. This is a very important part of this email; I had to revise this part in a way that it is both tactful but yet still sends the message that I feel that this is your fault and your responsibility to do your job, not mine. Because that I made this e-mail more tactful I also felt that it dumb down the message the writer felt offended by being blamed for an error that he felt that wasn’t his fault. So I added a couple of sentences that stated in a tactful manner that the writer felt offended by the readers accusation of guilt, but at a professional level.
From: Donald Pryzblo, Manager, Data Processing Department
Subject: INCORRECT PAYROLL CHECKS
I have been reviewing the “errors” in the computer files. I feel that your assumption that my department is at fault is incorrect. My department correctly copied the time tickets that your clerks prepared. I feel the error happened in your department and my people should not be blamed for an error they did not cause. I do not feel your recommendation for my department to compare the copied time sheet to the original entries is not our responsibility. I am offended that you feel that this is my departments fault, and that I had to review over your department’s work to find the error. It also offends me that you were quick to assume that it was my fault before reviewing over the error. I feel that this error can be easily correctly by asking your department to review their work carefully before giving it to out department. Thank you for your time, and please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Respectfully
Donald Pryzblo
Manager, Data Processing Department
The first thing I did with this email is to tone down the anger that this person seems to have. Even though the anger may be justified, but a person receiving an angry email may not be so willing to accommodate the person who wrote the email. Besides, an email of this manner is not good conduct for a professional level. I did not modify the first sentence because I feel it sets the mood of the email, but in a tactful manner. However, the second sentence is very straight forward; it plainly states that the reader is a fault. I feel that this is not a great move. The reader might stop reading the whole email because this one sentence. The reader might get offended or feel that this is just going to be an email that will be filled with finger pointing, and the e-mail’s purpose fails to get through. I reworded the sentence to read more tactful, but still have the same meaning as the original. Most of the sentences the follows were reworded for the same reasons. The part of the email that talked about how it was not my department’s responsibility to proofread their work, it presented some difficulty to reword this part in a tactful way. This is a very important part of this email; I had to revise this part in a way that it is both tactful but yet still sends the message that I feel that this is your fault and your responsibility to do your job, not mine. Because that I made this e-mail more tactful I also felt that it dumb down the message the writer felt offended by being blamed for an error that he felt that wasn’t his fault. So I added a couple of sentences that stated in a tactful manner that the writer felt offended by the readers accusation of guilt, but at a professional level.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Assignment 3
As you already know Information Technology is my major so for this blog assignment I have looked at some of other University's IT department's brochure to see have they handle recruiting people into their program. My first stop is Ole Miss's Information Technology department's brochure.
http://www.cs.olemiss.edu/
This is a very well planed brochure. This website has links to course outlines and degree plans. It also gives an explanation of the whole department's purpose complete with a welcome letter and teacher description. It is not much to look at, but it gives a very good description of Ole Miss' IT program.
Now every nerd dreams of going to MIT, so I thought it would be cool to look up their IT program there. Apparently they don't have a specific IT department online brochure. The closest I could find is the whole School of Computer science website:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-00Fall-2008/CourseHome/index.htm
It is a cool site that offers the option to view online lectures. However it is disappointing that I could not find a IT department website that was not an from the actual IT department that deals with MIT's on site network. And of course USM's IT department's website is just like Ole Miss', not much to look at but gets the job done. http://www.itc.usm.edu/online/
The worst site I came across was the UTEP IT department's IT page.
http://www.cs.utep.edu/grad/mit/
This is just sad, it is a welcome statement and a print of of two documents and the link to the old web site that use to be run by another department. This website has all the information that a future student needs. It is just sad that the new department doesn't update the site to fit their needs.
The remaining part of this blog entry will focus on the answering of the Defining Your Communication’s Objectives document.
If I had to write a brochure for USM's IT department I would write a brief description of our department and provide certification that one would be able to obtain once complete with our program. What prompts me to write is the face that I would like more students to bring their attention to the IT field and the opportunity it offers. The desired outcome is that potential students would call and inquire information about our program here a Southern Miss. The outcome the our reader would most likey desire is that he/she is provide enough information about our program to make a decision. Our primary readers are potential college students. The relationship would be one of a teacher student one. We must assume that our readers are not very familiar with our program and we must provide as much information to that reader without overwhelming them.
I have learned a lot from this assignment. I learned that one must provide just the right amount of information. You must provide enough so the reader can make a decision based on the information, but not too much that the reader is overwhelmed by it, or just doesn't read it at all.
http://www.cs.olemiss.edu/
This is a very well planed brochure. This website has links to course outlines and degree plans. It also gives an explanation of the whole department's purpose complete with a welcome letter and teacher description. It is not much to look at, but it gives a very good description of Ole Miss' IT program.
Now every nerd dreams of going to MIT, so I thought it would be cool to look up their IT program there. Apparently they don't have a specific IT department online brochure. The closest I could find is the whole School of Computer science website:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-00Fall-2008/CourseHome/index.htm
It is a cool site that offers the option to view online lectures. However it is disappointing that I could not find a IT department website that was not an from the actual IT department that deals with MIT's on site network. And of course USM's IT department's website is just like Ole Miss', not much to look at but gets the job done. http://www.itc.usm.edu/online/
The worst site I came across was the UTEP IT department's IT page.
http://www.cs.utep.edu/grad/mit/
This is just sad, it is a welcome statement and a print of of two documents and the link to the old web site that use to be run by another department. This website has all the information that a future student needs. It is just sad that the new department doesn't update the site to fit their needs.
The remaining part of this blog entry will focus on the answering of the Defining Your Communication’s Objectives document.
If I had to write a brochure for USM's IT department I would write a brief description of our department and provide certification that one would be able to obtain once complete with our program. What prompts me to write is the face that I would like more students to bring their attention to the IT field and the opportunity it offers. The desired outcome is that potential students would call and inquire information about our program here a Southern Miss. The outcome the our reader would most likey desire is that he/she is provide enough information about our program to make a decision. Our primary readers are potential college students. The relationship would be one of a teacher student one. We must assume that our readers are not very familiar with our program and we must provide as much information to that reader without overwhelming them.
I have learned a lot from this assignment. I learned that one must provide just the right amount of information. You must provide enough so the reader can make a decision based on the information, but not too much that the reader is overwhelmed by it, or just doesn't read it at all.
Been Sick
Being sick sucks. Not only do I feel awful and am coughing a lot, but thanks to the medicine I am on, I am sleeping 18 hours a day. May cause drowsiness sucks.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Assignment 2
In my major of Information Technology I took a class called small system maintenance. We were assigned readings from our book, Managing and Maintaining Your PC 5th edition. I choose this book because in my major I am not assign much reading material, and this class was the closest thing that matched the requirements of this assignment that came from my major. I really enjoyed the readings from this class because it was very technical and the information I took from these readings are irreplaceable.
The writer of this text is Jean Andrews. Jean Andrews has written several tech manuals and text books for Thomson Course Technology. The book was published by Thomson Course Technology. In this text he discusses the basic workings of a computer, common computer problems, and their solutions. The context this book was written in a way so that computer students can learn computer basics and problem solving skills while repairing them to get A+ certified. A+ certification is a certification offered by the CompTIA to prove the skill potential of technicians.
This text is very detailed in it's explanations and offers a table of footnotes so that readers can quicker look over chapters and go to the chapter that will benefit them the most. On top of that, this text also offers a “A+ core hardware Exam” table so that readers can so what the readers can see what they are expected to know for the exam and where they can find this information in the text.
The style this text is written in is in a technical style. The information is presented in a cut and dry style format, but easy to understand. At first it is really hard to sit down and actually read the contents of this text, but once one realizes that the information that this book can provide is worth the time it is extremely easy to read. As one progresses into the text, it starts to use more technical words and assumes that the reader is progressing in his/her computer knowledge along with the information that it provided.
Overall, how Jean Andrews presented the information in this text was outstanding. The text is very easy to navigate throw, with several tables to assist in navigation and with side notes on every page pointing out key information critical for the A+ exam. The only improvement this text really needs is to some how present the information in a none bland manner. However, I honestly do not see how that is possible with the kind of information this text presents. If it wasn't for this book I probably wouldn't know as much about computers as I do today. There is so much one must know about computers to be a computer guru, and this book sums up the basics pretty well. If you could make the time to read this book you would not regret it. I would also recommend this to someone who has never touch a computer in his/her life.
For more information on CompTIA and the A+ certification program you can visit: http://www.comptia.org/certifications/listed/a.aspx
The writer of this text is Jean Andrews. Jean Andrews has written several tech manuals and text books for Thomson Course Technology. The book was published by Thomson Course Technology. In this text he discusses the basic workings of a computer, common computer problems, and their solutions. The context this book was written in a way so that computer students can learn computer basics and problem solving skills while repairing them to get A+ certified. A+ certification is a certification offered by the CompTIA to prove the skill potential of technicians.
This text is very detailed in it's explanations and offers a table of footnotes so that readers can quicker look over chapters and go to the chapter that will benefit them the most. On top of that, this text also offers a “A+ core hardware Exam” table so that readers can so what the readers can see what they are expected to know for the exam and where they can find this information in the text.
The style this text is written in is in a technical style. The information is presented in a cut and dry style format, but easy to understand. At first it is really hard to sit down and actually read the contents of this text, but once one realizes that the information that this book can provide is worth the time it is extremely easy to read. As one progresses into the text, it starts to use more technical words and assumes that the reader is progressing in his/her computer knowledge along with the information that it provided.
Overall, how Jean Andrews presented the information in this text was outstanding. The text is very easy to navigate throw, with several tables to assist in navigation and with side notes on every page pointing out key information critical for the A+ exam. The only improvement this text really needs is to some how present the information in a none bland manner. However, I honestly do not see how that is possible with the kind of information this text presents. If it wasn't for this book I probably wouldn't know as much about computers as I do today. There is so much one must know about computers to be a computer guru, and this book sums up the basics pretty well. If you could make the time to read this book you would not regret it. I would also recommend this to someone who has never touch a computer in his/her life.
For more information on CompTIA and the A+ certification program you can visit: http://www.comptia.org/certifications/listed/a.aspx
Monday, August 31, 2009
Assignment 1
My name is William Turnage, my friends either call me Will or my nick name “Sanchez” I got this nickname because my mother is Mexican and my friends just get a kick out of that fact. I am currently a 5th year student here at the University of Southern Mississippi. I came to Southern after attending Co/Lin for two years, the one thing I miss about Co/Lin is the marching band, and some days I regret not joining the band here. My major is Information Technology, and I really enjoy the subject. I hope to one day be a Network Administrator for a company. Until then I work in the basement of Mississippi Hall as a desk assistant for the Resident's Hall Association.
I have already taken one of my major's cap stone courses, in the class I had to right several reports, having to deal with IT research and/or project scenarios. It was a fun but stressful class that pushed my writing skills to the breaking point. The two years I was at Co/Lin I wrote for the school's newspaper and managed the paper's website. I wrote computer fix it/ tips articles which was good experience but I did not really enjoy all the deadlines and I'm glade I no longer have to worry with it anymore.
When I was in junior high I made a great friend named Rachelle. After jr high she moved away and this was a time before my community got the Internet so the only means that I could communicate with her was via mail. We wrote several letters to each other however after a while just being pen pals became impersonal and eventually the letters stopped. This is a great example of writing failing. We were once great friends, but as a child I needed more than letters. Today there is instant messaging and social websites that could prevent a friendship like the one I had grow cold.
This is a class I am forced to take, and as long as I'm stuck in here I might as well take something from this class. The one thing I hope to take from this class is how to write a great resume that will one day land me a great job. This is it for my first blog post.
I have already taken one of my major's cap stone courses, in the class I had to right several reports, having to deal with IT research and/or project scenarios. It was a fun but stressful class that pushed my writing skills to the breaking point. The two years I was at Co/Lin I wrote for the school's newspaper and managed the paper's website. I wrote computer fix it/ tips articles which was good experience but I did not really enjoy all the deadlines and I'm glade I no longer have to worry with it anymore.
When I was in junior high I made a great friend named Rachelle. After jr high she moved away and this was a time before my community got the Internet so the only means that I could communicate with her was via mail. We wrote several letters to each other however after a while just being pen pals became impersonal and eventually the letters stopped. This is a great example of writing failing. We were once great friends, but as a child I needed more than letters. Today there is instant messaging and social websites that could prevent a friendship like the one I had grow cold.
This is a class I am forced to take, and as long as I'm stuck in here I might as well take something from this class. The one thing I hope to take from this class is how to write a great resume that will one day land me a great job. This is it for my first blog post.
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