IT Jobs You Can Get Without Experience!

 Yo. In this episode, I'm gonna tell you three IT jobs that I bet you didn't know you could apply for. These jobs don't require a lot of experience, and you'll gain most of your skills and knowledge on the job. So stay tuned. Don't forget to click, like and subscribe, and click that notification bell.

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Welcome to Debt Free and it. My name is Mike. This podcast is for anyone's who's look who's looking to get in the IT field, whether you are looking for a career change or you're just interested in the technology. So if you know someone that this may interest, please like or share it with 'em. So the first job I'm gonna go over that I bet you didn't know you could apply for without No IT experience is a help desk analyst.

So in this role, most jobs are gonna provide that on the job training. You're usually taking calls in this role. So usually anywhere from 50 to a hundred or more calls a day. Uh, some skills needed is usually a customer service background, so someone with good customer service usually works out well for this role.

Uh, problem solving skills and the ability to work under pressure. So you need to be able to solve basic problems such as, uh, troubleshooting, uh, basic troubleshooting, uh, maybe uh, reset pass, password reset. Um, also, uh, some minor software issues, just depending on the enterprise that you're at. Then also you need the ability to work under pressure because most of the time if something goes down or something big happens or something happens in it, or a system goes down, usually you're gonna get the bulk of the calls from the, um, end users that's having issues from that, from the result of that, uh, piece of equipment going down.

There are times where you will get bombarded with calls so you need to be able to work good under pressure. This role is also, like I said, it provides that good foundation to help you advance your IT career. So going from this role, I've seen most people go from, sorry about that. I've seen most people go from a IT help desk to maybe a, um, desktop support, which is where my path, I went from help desk to.

Then to networking. So like I said, it can, you can transition into a lot of different upper fields from this role also. And then it helps you to learn a lot of what other departments do because you're usually the one that's sending the other departments their tickets. So like I said, it's a good overall role, but like I said, if you don't like talking on the phones, then this may not be the job for you, but moving on the next job that you can apply for that.

I bet you didn't. Is a PC technician or a desktop technician. So most of these jobs, like I said, is gonna provide their on the job training. You may need to have some sort of experience with PC knowledge, uh, PC hardware repair, that's good. But I have seen people without that experience land role also.

Uh, but if you do have that experience, then like I said, that's even better. Then also if you have, if you do have that experience with PC hardware, uh, taking it apart, putting it back together, building PCs, you may want to go ahead and get your a plus certification because this A plus certification aligns well with the desktop support position and PC technician positions.

So that a plus certification may be the, the deciding fact between you and another candidate that gets you hired. So if you're pretty good with PCs, you may want to go ahead and get that certifi. And as always, this role, it's also good for advancing your career. Usually I think it, uh, transfers well over to a server admin.

I've seen the, um, a lot of, uh, colleagues go from a desktop role and tr make a good transition to the server admin role and then move their way up to server engineer and so forth. So I think that's a good role. But like I said, a lot, both of these roles, I think it's very possible to get with no IT experience because a lot of it is customer service.

But if you, for the desktop role, if you do have a little PC knowledge, a little PC hardware repair, That is a plus also. So if you're finding value in this episode and you're listening via Apple Podcast or Spotify, please leave me a review. Let me know how I'm doing. If you have any questions, please leave those questions also.

So the last job I'm gonna go over that I bet you didn't know you could apply for without any IT experience is the computer operator. So if you're watching this episode, I did do another video that goes into the day of the life of, of a computer operator. So you may wanna watch this, that episode after you watch this one, but that computer operator role, like I said, that's another position that provides on the job training.

Um, a customer service background is a, a plus for that. Like I said, it's always good to have a good customer service background because in this role you're dealing with a lot of people. Also, you may be taking some help desk calls, and then also you're taking calls from your internal IT department. So, like I said, good customer service, that that always goes a long way.

And also this is a well-rounded position because you see y'all issues, you know, most of the time just like helpdesk you're gonna be getting the bulk of the issues that you have to then escalate to the appropriate departments. So having this role helps you to determine what you see yourself doing in the future.

So having this role is gonna let you know that, okay, I have to call the network team for these type issues. I have to call the security team for these issues. I have to call server for this issue and lets you. What position you think you might be a good fit in. And then it also lets you see what type of issues those teams are having.

That way you can reach out to the appropriate manager of de, depending on what team you want to go to, and then ask for some guidance on how to make that transition from your current role to that role. So, like I said, it's a way rounded position unless you see all issue. And then, like I said, it's a good role.

It lets you learn what each other team does. So like I said, it can help you decide on your next move. So like I said, if, if you are looking to get into it, I would strongly suggest looking at the computer operator role. Sometimes it's also called ops, so computer operations or computer ops, the help desk road, and also desktop and PC technicians.

And then as well, if you have some sort of. Uh, higher level cert, like a CCNA or security plus, you know, you can still reach out for those security analysts, network analysts, network technicians, those entry level roles pertaining to security or network. But like I said, sometimes without that real world experience, you may wanna, you may end up having to start a step back in order to move two steps forward.

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