Struggling to find employment

[all-self-taught]

Looking to gain experience?

Check out my post here: Good Way to Get Experience

[arctwain]

I think your problem is location, location, location. That is all.

[username1001]

@astv99

I recommend taking out your Education section. While being self-taught certainly has merit, in the corporate world most people would probably laugh at you. Don’t mention education if you don’t have a college degree (a 2-year degree at minimum)—and specifically mentioning that you’re self-taught from MOOCs on the Internet could actually hurt you more than not saying anything.

If asked about education, what should one say?

[astv99]

@username1001

If asked about education, what should one say?

If you mean during a phone or in-person interview, and also that you’re completely self-taught, then be honest, of course. But on a resume (and assuming you’re in the US), generally you should omit education if you don’t have a college degree, as I already mentioned.

[Dav1605]

Wow, looking at this thread made me really motivated to keep going with my learning path more than other stories that I have read here and on Medium.

No only @Anthonyf323 fixed all his issues and made a excelent portfolio, but he seems he actually got a job and he is doing really good.

[Ducky]

Nice portfolio (other than the blinding white sections (glad I have a dark theme plugin )

Noticed he’s in Charlotte too… I don’t know if Anthony reads the forums anymore… I’m in the Charlotte area also and am job searching also (Web Development, Software Engineering, QA Testing, and even Mainframe…). Any openings at your current job?

On another note… for anyone currently looking here’s a pretty nice app for tracking your job search. I use it though personally there’s a few things I’d add… but this guy created it on his own, is free (donations welcome) so I can’t complain.

https://jobhound.io/

(I’m not the author- just a user).

[Anthonyf323]

Haven’t been on here in a while, but came across this and had to reply. If you’re in Charlotte I’d highly recommend going through a recruitment agency like TEKsystems. They landed me a contract a year ago that led to a full time conversion.

The biggest companies here are the banks and most don’t hire directly. The best chance of getting in is through a contractor position

[Ducky]

Thanks Anthony…

Yep… I’ve applied through a few recruitment/contracting companies like TEKSystem and SystemTec (one of my former employers- awesome one). Most of my past jobs were contract positions lol. Interesting that the banks don’t hire directly when I’ve seen a bunch of job postings on their own sites…Hmm…