To all employers/HR: Would you hire me? Why/Why not?

[Fluffydoo]

Hi I would just like to know what my market value is.... I know it is a bit pretentious to be posting stuff like this in the boards and I apologize but I can't help it, sorry :(

I would like to ask employers out there what my market value is in their respective industries/fields. Would you hire me in your company if I were to apply in it? It's a stupid question given that I will only give my educational attainments for your basis. :\

Here are my credentials:
BS Physics (2.5 QPI ateneo)
BS Computer Engineering (3.0 QPI ateneo)
Minor Japanese Studies (3.1 QPI ateneo)

M.S. Energy Engineering (1.5 QPI up)

[council]

What type of job are you looking for?

[Fluffydoo]

Hey there council, thanks for posting :)

I'd want a job in the energy sector if possible. I would like to leave the field of IT. :) Would you know how much people of my credentials often get as starting salaries (only if it is okay)

thanks!

[council]

Not much around these parts.

Maybe you could get a PhD at MIT then move from there.

[Fluffydoo]

Not much around these parts.

Maybe you could get a PhD at MIT then move from there.

:( sniff....

[council]

Check out the paths taken by Luis Sarmenta and/or Sacha Chua (from ADMU also).

[GOLDEN_BOY]

council, are you an HR?

How about BS Computer Engineering graduate with distinction award. I really want to work in a company who are serious to train me and mold me into high level software developer. I currently working in a manufacturing company as an IT stuff, maintaining their database and developing program and at the same time doing a freelance project. If someone out there is willing to give me the opportunity, they won't pick the wrong trainee. Im strongly motivated.

[Fluffydoo]

council, are you an HR?

How about BS Computer Engineering graduate with distinction award. I really want to work in a company who are serious to train me and mold me into high level software developer. I currently working in a manufacturing company as an IT stuff, maintaining their database and developing program and at the same time doing a freelance project. If someone out there is willing to give me the opportunity, they won't pick the wrong trainee. Im strongly motivated.

Hey there Golden_boy,

I'm not from HR, but i think I know a fair share of the IT world. Most IT companies in makati and ortigas (HP, Lawson, Azeus, Ect.,Misys) send their employees to training. They are usually the multinational companies. They give out bonds to compensate for the expensive trainings though, but if the trainings are well-conducted you'd learn a lot.

My experience with trainings though is, I think you are just in them for the formal certification. I find that I learn better by reading e-books, tutorials, and stuff ripped from torrents. I had an oracle training once, it cost my company 40k+ and bonded me for 6+ months but honestly the instructor was just reading off a book! :P Bad if you ask me.

If you want to get trainings in IT, ask your current employer to have you sent to those formal trainings because from what you are saying, you seem to do all the IT stuff in your company and that is awesome.

[Fluffydoo]

Check out the paths taken by Luis Sarmenta and/or Sacha Chua (from ADMU also).

Gosh council, I don't know. :(
here are my issues:
1) I do not have the funds to get to those schools
2) My grades are not high enough to get me any scholarships abroad


so there....

[GOLDEN_BOY]

Hey there Golden_boy,

I'm not from HR, but i think I know a fair share of the IT world. Most IT companies in makati and ortigas (HP, Lawson, Azeus, Ect.,Misys) send their employees to training. They are usually the multinational companies. They give out bonds to compensate for the expensive trainings though, but if the trainings are well-conducted you'd learn a lot.

My experience with trainings though is, I think you are just in them for the formal certification. I find that I learn better by reading e-books, tutorials, and stuff ripped from torrents. I had an oracle training once, it cost my company 40k+ and bonded me for 6+ months but honestly the instructor was just reading off a book! :P Bad if you ask me.

If you want to get trainings in IT, ask your current employer to have you sent to those formal trainings because from what you are saying, you seem to do all the IT stuff in your company and that is awesome.


I think you are right but I want to work in an IT company and undergo training so i can compare how much i've learned by myself and the training provided by the IT instructor because i think i still have a lot more things to know. How i wish i will be working in IT company with seniors.

[Fluffydoo]

I think you are right but I want to work in an IT company and undergo training so i can compare how much i've learned by myself and the training provided by the IT instructor because i think i still have a lot more things to know. How i wish i will be working in IT company with seniors.

Ok here are my suggestions:

1) Try HP, Cannon, IBM, Azeus. They give out good trainings.

2) Try to give them a reason to hire you (you're an all-around guy, which means you will have more uses for them). This is important because IT companies are downsizing these days (read the other threads) and they want their employees to be able to do more than just one part of IT (so emphasize on your completeness! :) )

If you are the complete IT person that I picture you to be (Database +Server side scripting+Client side/Application side development+Process knowledge+communication skills+leadership),
then these companies will happily lay off 4 probees to bring you in.

3) If you only want the trainings so that you can compare yourself with the instructors, then i say don't get those trainings. You can get information on what they teach in trainings off the internet. These trainings come with bonds and limitations and it is not wise to just take trainings for curiosity's sake.

4) Know what trainings you want. Para magspecialize ka na rin. :)

Hmm... I think you still have a chance to get a job amidst the global recession :) good luck dude!

[GOLDEN_BOY]

Thank for the advice dude. I appreciate that very much. But you know what, I don't think im that complete IT person you picture out since I just graduated this march 2008 and I know there's still lot more things to learn. Although i have been done programming for 2 years since i start accepting freelance project during college and I learn all those stuffs by my self since i learned the basic from my instructors in college. In my current job, im working under senior IT staff but no formal training yet and I can't be certified. How i wish, i will have a good start in an IT company where i will be trained and molded into top caliber software engineer. :). with the current global crisis nowaday, employers are selecting only the best to be trained. As for the title of this thread, TO ALL EMPLOYERS/HR: WOULD YOU HIRE ME? WHY?

[Fluffydoo]

TO ALL EMPLOYERS/HR: WOULD YOU HIRE ME? WHY?

Haha... nahihirapan kasi ako... yung kurso ko nung colehiyo, walang tumatanggap sa pilipinas. :( Puro IT lang kasi dito or manufacturing....
So mejo naaawa na ako sa sarili ko...

[i_love_blue]

^ Don't feel bad, Fluffydoo :) My present job is faaaaar from the course I took in College, although almost the same industry rin naman. And all I can say, I'm very very very happy where I am now.

Good luck and I know there's a right job tailored-fit for you. :)

[msaber69]

you still have a lot to learn:naughty: ganyan din ako nun fresh grad ako, di ko pa kilala ang pex nun, :rotflmao: experience is the best teacher *okay*

[kaningbrown]

Enlighten me here. How long did it take you to get two BS degrees, a masteral and a sidecourse in foreign languages? Is this a result of the so-called interdisciplinary studies program?

[rabbaddal]

Enlighten me here. How long did it take you to get two BS degrees, a masteral and a sidecourse in foreign languages? Is this a result of the so-called interdisciplinary studies program?

Just on the BS portion: In Ateneo where TS is from, the BS Physics and BS Computer Engineering degrees are (were?) merged into one double major program lasting 5 years. The student completes physics in the 4th year and computer engineering in the 5th year.

[rabbaddal]

Hey there council, thanks for posting :)

I'd want a job in the energy sector if possible. I would like to leave the field of IT. :) Would you know how much people of my credentials often get as starting salaries (only if it is okay)

thanks!

Try Aboitiz Equity Ventures. They own Subic Enerzone.