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1.1
How is the IT field?
""Market
is good or bad, we should get a good job"",
we are in need of a good job which should be pertinent to our
qualification. Always fresher should keep this mentality. Market is really
very good. We need not worry about market status. Keep on trying till you
get a good job. Do fight with your job hunting. Surely you will win.
1.2
Do we need to study any mainframe/ testing/ .NET, etc?
For fresher, absolutely no need
for computer courses. More practice in Quantitative analysis , C , C++ is more than sufficient
to clear the software test papers also the recruiters do not expect
professional experience from the fresh graduates.
A good guidance is hundred times better than a computer course.
If you are graduated before 2004 and if you feel that you don’t have
sufficient knowledge in any of the software languages, try to join some
computer courses like testing/ mainframe/ .NET, meanwhile u can try
similar projects at your lab or home so that you can include it as a work
experience even though you are not employed anywhere. This is a tip given
by the expertise because in many of the interviews, the candidate will not
be asked about the work experience rather he will be asked technically.
1.3
Some of the easy ways to get call from the mnc’s
There are some Yahoo Groups which
provide fresher job vacancies and also about the latest trends and scope
for the fresher in IT Field. Here are some of the groups which provide
fresher information.
If possible please create
a new id so that u can get just about job information and also use the
same id when you participate in job forums which are conducted online
nowadays.
One more point, Every
Wednesday, follow "Economic Times or Times of India"(Bangalore openings) and
"The Hindu"(Chennai openings) without fail.
There you can find more opportunities. Try to get past one year Economic
Times and Hindu papers from library. Collect all the jobs related ids.
(Including experience also)
Apply to all the ids. You will
be regularly getting interview calls from companies.
1.4
How do we prepare resume?
Freshers: Companies like
Infosys, TCS and Wipro expects your percentage from 10th
onwards, so it is better include all your curriculum (10th, 12th,
all Degree) percentage in your resume. Resumes should be scanable it
should be simple and easy to get information within a single look. It
should not contain unwanted information.
Experience: You resume should
have the following details, apart from the basic details.
1.
Company name
2.
Project name
3.
Project duration
4.
Client
5.
Team size
6.
Role
7.
Project description
8.
Activities (We have to mention our project activities)
9.
Platform
You can get sample resume formats from section
6 of this document. If you want sample
MS-Word format resume, contact any of our NEST Career Guidance member.
1.5
How do we apply?
If you get any
openings specific to your skill set, follow as indicted in the
advertisement.
If you
are applying for multiple companies, without advertisements or for
positions not specific to your skill sets,
1.
Prepare a generalized cover letter, ASCII format resume (plain text
format resume) and Word format resume
2.
Paste your covering letter followed by the plaintext resume in the
compose box of your mail
3.
Attach your word format resume.
4.
Subject should be like, “Resume for Software Engineer (C, C++,
JAVA and VC++)”
5.
Type your id in “TO’
field and bulk of ids in “BCC” field, do apply.
1.6
What are the books we have to prepare before we go for test/
interview?
Aptitude:
Arithmetic
Reasoning - R.S.Agarwal
Barron's GRE
Guide.
Shakuntala Devi,
George summer puzzle books
Technical
Books:
For freshers, C
and C++ is enough to get a job.
Let us C, C++,
Exploring C - YASHAVANT P. KANETKAR
Turbo C++ -
Robert lafore (A very good guide to get basic idea about C++ and OOPS)
Complete
Reference – C, C++
1.7
Am I suitable for IT field?
Anyone who has completed a graduation from an affiliated university
is suitable for IT field. IT field does not expect any specialization from
your graduation but it expect good problem solving, logical thinking and
good communication skills. This can be achieved along with your curriculum
subjects by spending an hour per day. R.S. Agarwal is good subject
oriented book for preparing aptitude. Any MBA entrance book is suitable to
prepare logical reasoning etc. In fact anyone who is not technically
strong but having logical thinking skills is very much suitable for this
field. It does not mean that technical people are not suitable.
1.8
Employee reference for MNC’s
If anyone need reference to attend written test or interview or
forwarding resume kindly contact any of our career guidance team members.
Our career guidance team maintains the spool of reference and provides you
when the need arises.
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