Possible Career After Nannying: IT Work

I sometimes sit and wonder what I will do after my long stint working as a Nanny. I wonder if our dream project will ever be realised. If that doesn’t work out as planned another career option is definitely needed to help us stay afloat. The idea of not having anything to do with nasty parents seems interesting, even though the families I work for now are simply fabulous.

Whenever we go to the city, we see a great influx of imported workforce here to work in the IT industry. There obviously are plenty of jobs in this field, if we are brain draining skilled professionals from other countries to fill positions over here. So, IT could be an interesting career option that I should look into. Even if I never score a job, it doesn’t hurt to learn a thing or two about new technologies. We had major problems with our computer about three months ago. Instead of tackling the problems head on, I had a melt down and felt completely useless.

I only ever attended one basic computer training course and that was when I was still attending University many years ago. Before the training course began, all I wanted was to learn was some basic word processing skills to help me complete my assignments neatly. The trainer was so wonderful and supportive that I ended up completing the course feeling like I should ditch my dreams of becoming a teacher for a Computer Science degree so that I could one day work for Bill Gates. Looking back now, that seems mightily immature of me to be so overtly confident but looking at the IT industry now, it really was not a silly choice to move to at the time.

Cameron and I recently had a look at some IT training programmes available while surfing the internet. He was looking to learn more about networking and network security. Acquiring relevant certifications that are current to today’s needs could increase job opportunities and possible pay rise. I joined him to see if there was anything out there for me. Cameron half jokingly suggested that aside from the entry level programmes, the others were likely to be out of my league. I had a look anyhow. The Cisco certification Certified Entry Networking Technician is one such entry level course for people with less experience. Cameron on the other hand was looking at Professional Level Certifications. He is hoping that the extra training will give him an edge over other candidates when looking for jobs overseas.