Hubby who changed career from accounting to IT, got a job last year. He met his employer somewhere and they started talking and eventually he got offered a job.
The company is Telecommunication but his boss said the company is in the process of creating IT team as new systems in telecommunication are totally IT based. and he needs someone who is studying/near completion of IT course and CCNA and know cisco switches etc and hubby met the criteria. Hubby needed a job as well.
so hubby accepted the offer, completed his IT certificate in networking and is in the process of doing CCNA. and also started his Dip in networking. the completion of dip will give him credit for half of the subjects at university as well.
his employer have registered him for some other courses as well. they are paying for these courses. BUT his employers have not created IT TEAM yet. and the work hubby’s does is mostly telecommunication.
Now after 4 months, there is no sign of IT team and the CO is investing heavily on hubby. Hubby is annoyed about it now and doesnt know what to do.
Should he move on and find a job that is actual in IT, or wait and see if they create IT team. Hubby is concerned about the money they are spending on him as if he leaves than its its heavy cost to the company. at the same time he is earning money but than wats point of doing all courses in networking if work is not IT related.
we are totally confused.
Advice is needed from everyone who is in IT or IT realted Field.
I think the misconception here is that by an IT role, you are implying working on the system side and not on the network or telecommunication side. ( Please correct me if I'm wrong here)
Telecom / Networking consitute an integral part of " an actual IT job" - so rest assured, your husband is working in areas that are relevant to his field and will greatly help him understand how things work and contribute to his technical advancement.
Personally, I feel your husband is a fortunate man if his employer has invested so heavily on building his skills and quitting in these circumstances will be extremely ill-advised.
My advice would be to continue building expertise in the networking area and gradually familiarize himself on the system side and take on the essential courses for system administration. If the employer gradually starts investing on the system side, great! And if they don't and your husband decides to move into the system side, he'll already have networking experience under his belt. This way your husband will have exposure to both the system and the network side - in IT, that's premium experience....
As for the team - YOUR HUSBAND IS THE TEAM - Welcome to IT :)
P.S. Personally, I'd advise your husband to acquire a CCIE level competence as CCNA's are a dime a dozen these days.
Completely agreed with Solar .. I think employers do not just invest in someone out of the blue and without considering their own returns on Investment. If they are doing all this to support your husband , it means they have a plan for him ..
I think there is a lack of communication between the manager and your husband .. perhaps your husband needs to talk to them a bit more openly to know the company's longer term plans and how they see him growing in the firm.
As far as technical expertise is concerned , why dont you ask hubby to do a bit more research in the market , you guys can do a little exercise , contact an IT recruitment agency in your area and get them to take a look at his CV and the type of opportunities that he might get ... then compare those opps with what his actual role is , once you know in clear terms what expectations to have , it will help your husband ask the right questions when he speaks to his manager ...
all the best though , Solar has made some very very strong points , I hope it all helps clear out the situation for you and your husband
I was hired by second largest software company in the world. For six months I had nothing to do so they told me to go and take any training I wanted I did and they paid for it all. All that training came very handy when finally after 6 months they formed the team they planned to and rest is history.
So hang in there , do not be impatient. The boss is not stupid to put his money into a guy and not take advantage of it.
I think the misconception here is that by an IT role, you are implying working on the system side and not on the network or telecommunication side. ( Please correct me if I'm wrong here)
Telecom / Networking consitute an integral part of " an actual IT job" - so rest assured, your husband is working in areas that are relevant to his field and will greatly help him understand how things work and contribute to his technical advancement.
Personally, I feel your husband is a fortunate man if his employer has invested so heavily on building his skills and quitting in these circumstances will be extremely ill-advised.
My advice would be to continue building expertise in the networking area and gradually familiarize himself on the system side and take on the essential courses for system administration. If the employer gradually starts investing on the system side, great! And if they don't and your husband decides to move into the system side, he'll already have networking experience under his belt. This way your husband will have exposure to both the system and the network side - in IT, that's premium experience....
As for the team - YOUR HUSBAND IS THE TEAM - Welcome to IT :)
P.S. Personally, I'd advise your husband to acquire a CCIE level competence as CCNA's are a dime a dozen these days.
At the moment the work he is doing is mostly Provisioning. and most of their IT work is outsourced at the moment. and the company has enroll hubby into wiring/cabling course and also training course for LG telephone systems. hubby says there isnt much of networking at this workplace but he wants to do networking.
HE will continue his studies. his diploma will finish in nov 12 and than he will start University as he will already have completed half by than. and will continue other CISCO courses.
Completely agreed with Solar .. I think employers do not just invest in someone out of the blue and without considering their own returns on Investment. If they are doing all this to support your husband , it means they have a plan for him ..
I think there is a lack of communication between the manager and your husband .. perhaps your husband needs to talk to them a bit more openly to know the company's longer term plans and how they see him growing in the firm.
As far as technical expertise is concerned , why dont you ask hubby to do a bit more research in the market , you guys can do a little exercise , contact an IT recruitment agency in your area and get them to take a look at his CV and the type of opportunities that he might get ... then compare those opps with what his actual role is , once you know in clear terms what expectations to have , it will help your husband ask the right questions when he speaks to his manager ...
all the best though , Solar has made some very very strong points , I hope it all helps clear out the situation for you and your husband
I was hired by second largest software company in the world. For six months I had nothing to do so they told me to go and take any training I wanted I did and they paid for it all. All that training came very handy when finally after 6 months they formed the team they planned to and rest is history.
So hang in there , do not be impatient. The boss is not stupid to put his money into a guy and not take advantage of it.
i told hubby that the company wont be spending money if they are not expecting anything in return and also as the main boss has said they will be having big IT team than they will. Wait and see and learn. at the moment hubby is too much busy in courses he is undertaking so he plans not to say anything till june but plans to stay will end of the year at least.
main thing is hubby doesn't want to make wrong decisions as he has already completed accounting studies than didnt continue in that field.
