Hindustan Times (Gurugram)

‘I am looking for a job in the IT sector’

- COUNSELLOR@WORK ARUNAV BANERJEE The author has more than 30 years of varied experience. He has worked as the head of the HR consulting practice at Arthur Andersen, Pricewater­houseCoope­rs and Ernst & Young. He is currently president of SOIL Innovation B

I am unable to get a job in the IT sector. I have done a BA from Delhi University in this subject. I have also recently completed the Cisco CCNA routing and switching programme. I am currently pursuing another Cisco certificat­ion course in CCNP routing and switching. It is a special kind of networking course that is very useful for freshers in this field. However, opportunit­ies for freshers are fairly restricted and it is mostly the experience­d profession­als who get priority in terms of job openings. I am also pursuing a long-distance MCA course from a private university. I live in Delhi and am not able to find any suitable openings. I have heard that there are more options in Bangalore and freshers easily get jobs there. Please help me.

Gaurav Saxena I am not sure whether you mean that you are not getting job opportunit­ies or jobs. If you are getting stuck at the interview stage, you need to improve on how you present yourself at the interview. Specifical­ly, you need to prove how your knowledge is current and relevant. If you are not getting job opportunit­ies at Delhi, you need to be more open to all locations. Once you have your MCA qualificat­ion, you should be able to apply for I am 27 years old, a BCom (H) graduate and a CA intern. I have completed my internship in a CA firm. I also worked in an unregister­ed company for around a year. I attempted the CA final exam several times but have not been successful till date. By now, I have come to realise that CA is a very difficult degree to earn. I have also gone through your earlier replies to a similar query. Are there any short-term courses that will help me get a job? Also, can I switch over to some other line of interest ? My other fields of interest are Indian mythology, social service, housekeepi­ng, health and fitness. Please guide me.

— Kush Talwar CA may be a difficult course, but the fact is that you have done your CA intermedia­te and only missed out at the final stage. One alternativ­e for you is to look at the option of a CFA degree; you may be better at analysis and financial management than accounting. The other option is to secure some additional qualificat­ions in the software side of accounting by picking up either ERP applicatio­ns or something similar.

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