Help Needed. Guppies in the UK/ EU IT Sector

Ahsan111 · Oct 21st, 2009, 08:37 AM

Hi.

I am one of the relatively newer members here. I would like to seek advice from guppies working in the IT / Software sectors in the UK or the EU.

I have recently completed my masters in software engineering from Uni of Bradford with a distinction, and now looking for work. I have 2 years of good work experience in Pakistan and one research paper that is due to be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science journal.

I would appreciate any guidance in this regard from the guppie community since it is a bit depressing when u are not even getting calls for an interview.

Regards
Ahsan

Shak killS · Oct 22nd, 2009, 06:42 AM

hi, your best bet is to go for only graduate jobs and go directly to big names and then the medium to small companies. its hard for grads when market is full of High skilled IIT indian "experienced" with balooned CVs who are willing to go for very less pay as well. companies who has graduate recruitment drives do not tend to hire experienced one at all for grad posts.
so Target, IBM, Accenture, Microsoft, Google, Logica, Centrica, Ericsson Services, Deollite, Oracle, Computer Associate first

then go for the companies that are big but not in IT as main business sector like, GSK, BSKYB, all telecom companies, etc

then only target any other small ones for job experience.

make your CV clear and concise, list your core skills on the first page.

any question just ask!

Mostar95 · Oct 22nd, 2009, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Shak killS

. its hard for grads when market is full of High skilled IIT indian "experienced" with balooned CVs who are willing to go for very less pay as well. !

One of our clients closed his business due to this.

Ahsan111 · Oct 28th, 2009, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shak killS

hi, your best bet is to go for only graduate jobs and go directly to big names and then the medium to small companies. its hard for grads when market is full of High skilled IIT indian "experienced" with balooned CVs who are willing to go for very less pay as well. companies who has graduate recruitment drives do not tend to hire experienced one at all for grad posts.
so Target, IBM, Accenture, Microsoft, Google, Logica, Centrica, Ericsson Services, Deollite, Oracle, Computer Associate first

then go for the companies that are big but not in IT as main business sector like, GSK, BSKYB, all telecom companies, etc

then only target any other small ones for job experience.

make your CV clear and concise, list your core skills on the first page.

any question just ask!

do u mind if i send u ur cv for some feedback. though i've done wht u've mentioned, I'm not getting anywhere with it. would definitely appreciate some feedback.

Lucid Chaotic · Oct 28th, 2009, 12:38 PM

Ahsan, have you looked at opportunities through the KTP program?
KTP - Accelerating Business Innovation

Shak killS · Oct 29th, 2009, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Ahsan111

do u mind if i send u ur cv for some feedback. though i've done wht u've mentioned, I'm not getting anywhere with it. would definitely appreciate some feedback.

no problem email me at libra007@gmail.com