how can i get a new career thats not security?
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you need to provide more detail.  do you have a degree?  do you have interest in some other path?  How long have you been doing security and why don't you like it?
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The good bit is that you have experience. I would get some certs too as some of those hiring like to see them whether you think it really indicates ability or not. So the usual A+,network+, MCP,MCSA.MCSE etc and whatever your specialism is (mine was citrix). If you could get some documented project management experience then that would give more opportunity to "shop around" in terms of pastures new. There is, apparently another skills shortage in some areas of IT.Obviously IT is another profession where ageism also plays a part.
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you have so many skills you don't even know you have. do a confidence building course and the job center might have a course to go on that will help you find out what you would be good at,or that you'd like to have a go at. these days empoyers want people with a bit of life experence,with common sence and who are good at milti-tasking.do an IT course you can obviously use a pc,brush up your skills and get a certificate or two. you dont know where it will lead. also if oyu have to go on a adult learning course they are't that bad, not like school.you'll meat people like you who are wanting to get a chance of a carreer,and who are just starting out.\ngood luck too you i hope you realise your potential, and find the carrer you will enjoy and that will bring you into your full being.
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Don't look for a job. Offer your services as a finance advisor at a price or retainership. There are large number of companies looking for such people. Send letters to corporates giving details of your experience and achievements as well as stating what you can do for them. Also advertise yourself in the classified sections for some time. ones you have got one or two clients then your network automaticaly will start increasing from word of mouth.
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Take a Free Career Test\nFind out what career\nis right for you.\nwww.LiveCareer.com
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Well...how pro-active do you consider yourself? it depends a lot! but I'd say check all systems around, check servers status, browse some IT webpages in order to learn more, take a break, go back and keep looking around for new updates, make a list of current software installed on yor servers and PC's on the network then take a chat with someone there at office, NOT CHAT, and so make good friends around that way they'll ask you lots of questions that you'll be able to respond! Combine all this activities all days and or invent new ones, those are just samples, then you'll see how fun is your job!  Bye!
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what kind of work do you want to do? are you looknig at more Network Admin work? or want to be a Network operations engineer? I would recommend getting in Netowrk Security, its a really hot and growing field right now with demand in alomst all industries using computers.
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Become and expert in a current technology and go into consulting.  For example, if you knew Ajax inside and out right now, nobody would care if you got past the 4th grade.\n\nAll these Certification programs are a scam.  It's not what you can display on your wall.  It's what you KNOW and what can DO in this industry.
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look at careerbuilder.com\nmonster.com\nand for posting, answer, ask\nfor free\nhttp://www.mylot.com/?ref=1angeldee
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Unfortunately its not easy without experience. The IT industry is a fast pased market with a lot of competition. A lot of US corporations outsource IT work to overseas contractors. Nobody wants to hire a non-experienced software administrator. You must get you foot in the door at a much smaller scale. Do your research and find out whats the best 5 companies you would like to work for. Then find out what positions they have open. These can be positions in the mail room or a clerical positions. Just get your foot in the door.\n\nMotivational story:\nI studied criminal justice. Unsure of what area I want to succeed in I joined a small local security company. I was a security officer for 2 weeks. I learned how to patrol and conduct the duties of a security officer. A position became available in the main office for a security dispatcher. I applied for it at I got the job after only 2 weeks in the field. After 2 months the Operations Manager quit  and I was offered the position. I was in charge of interviewing, hiring, training. I was the field supervisors supervisor. I was very dedicated to the job. Always on time. Stayed extra when I had to. Learning so much and after six months I learned of a position as a Director of Security at a residential management company. I applied and was intervied. I was 21 years old and I was up against retired cops, Other Security Directors. I thought I was through. We were al given a task. "Bring me a proposal as to how you would run the security division of this site". It was a Friday and we had to turn in the proposal on Monday. I put alot of energy into that proposal. I went above and beyond the expectations. I would not have been able to do that with just the college experience. I went from $250 a week to $540 in 7 months. Im now at $67k a year. This is nothing compared to what I would be earning if I had a software engineer degree. \n\nYou have an awesome degree buddy. You should have been networking with people during you college years. You should have been meeting people. You should on online forums related to your field . Never brag about what you know or what you do. Let people know you need help securing an entry level position in a software development firm.\n\nGood Luck
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Go back to school and get another type of job.
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ask the bosses to give u a test and prove to them tht ur knowledge, even without a degree is great
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You can try applying in a hotel.  There usually is an IT dept. there and you'll get a chance to meet a lot of new people in the job
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i used to have 9-5 jobs in the advertising/public relations industry, so even if it is a 9-5 job, everyday is so different (because of the nature of the business) that it didn't feel like it was 9-5.\n\nmaybe you can explore a new job in a different field or industry.  if you don' tlike monotony try the media, events planning, tv or theater or concert work, etc.\n\nor maybe you need a total change of careers, too.  salespeople get to go around a lot and are not tied to a desk.\n\nhowever, if you don't want to necessarily leave your job, what you can do is explore your city after work.  i usually try to enroll in a workshop or go to a lecture or watch a play or attend a museum exhibit whenever i can.\n\ncheck out your local newspaper or if your city has one of those free newspapers that lists the events in your community, grab one and scan it for events that interest you.\n\nyou could try learning how to ballroom dance, take improv lessons from a theater group, go to musuem or art exhibit openings (free cheese and wine, hehehe), take a new course at a local community college, etc etc.\n\nyou get to meet new people this way and they can inspire you or expose you to new things that might interest you.\n\ngood luck.
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Play games,do 'fun' stuff with the computer.Identify with it as a fun object rather than as a boring work machine..\n\nIf u cant do that switch careers OR dont go near a computer until u start missing it.
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get on to some job sites like monestor.com there u will find the right way.
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Look at security for your masters with networking as a bachelors and security as a masters you will defenly get in the FBI.  Here is a VERY good place where the goverment and large companys go to train.  they now offer a master course  http://www.sans.edu   If you want training here and there go to sans.org and get some certs.