Interview - Brushing up on IT Knowledge.

Mr_Toad

albionrovers wrote: »

For an IT post, Microsoft is expected and wouldn't even take up space on my CV ....

Hmm.......

I spend all day logged into servers running Linux or some flavour of Unix. My only contact with Microsoft these days is Outlook.

RobTang

gb12345 wrote: »

An IT job asking for IT skills will be looking for the programming/analysis/support skills relevant to that particular job.

Personally IT skills means you can use a computer, the internet and an office suite.

As a programmer I would never ever ever ever use the word IT in my skill set or CV. its too broad a description to mean anything.
I don't remember the last job description that had it in anywhere either.



Its just a very high level generic industry title, its like saying your in retail or finance; its means next to nothing you could be doing anything within that area


Although graduate / career starter positions are a bit different, generally they are not looking for any specific skill set but the general ability to learn quickly and general competence with common systems. They tend to try work out what you're good at then place you there.

gb12345

My CV has had a section in it for IT skills for the last 15 years - it keeps the skills I have obtained through experience separate from my soft skills and certificates/professional training. I chose to call that particular section IT skills as in my opinion that is what they are.

Granted, if you are a programmer whose experience is Java and you only ever apply for jobs as a Java programmer, then you don't need a separate section for skills, as your relevant sills will be obvious from your work experience.

I work as a general IT consultant though and split my time between testing, analysis and other things - so I need a section where I can specify my skills as it is not really appropriate to try and specify all the skills/tasks that I have gained/performed in 15 years to contracting against each of the many contracts that I have had. Plus it is far easier for an agency/employer to find relevant skills when they are all listed in one place.

closed

both the op's threads on this subject have wandered off into a different dimension.