Wtd : IT service desk engineer SW London

this is entry level so graduate or 1 years helpdesk experience with a good understanding of Networking concepts and Active Directory, CCNA and MCTS desirable.
email for futher details pauldotmyhillatavante-group.com

I think I’ve got one spare. £27.84 posted PPG?

Can I have a quick test ride ride of this job as I am not sure if the pay packet is the right size?

If you find someone with Cisco and Microsoft qualifications who wants to work for an entry level salary, please let me know where you get them from.

I thought that may be asking too much 🙂
paying up to 25K btw

There is a six form college that will get you a CCNA somewhere in Kent I think. Maybe aimed at that?

For another £5K Ill take it. Got 10 years system admin experience behind me!

paying up to 25K btw

You know, this isn’t a dig so much as a general moan, but I really wish recruiters would advertise salaries as “starting from” rather than “up to.” You’re basically saying “we’ll pay you the minimum we can get away with, but whatever that is, we guarantee it won’t be more than £25k.” Ten bob a month is up to £25k.

At least you give an idea though, I guess. I grow tired of adverts that list salary as “negotiable” or “competitive.” If you can’t be up front with me, I don’t want to work for you.

I grow tired of adverts that list salary as “negotiable” or “competitive.”

to that I’d add “dependant upon experience”.

to that I’d add “dependant upon experience”.

Good point. And if your experience is sufficient to warrant the ceiling of the salary, you’re overqualified.

i’m not a recruiter, its just we need another engineer where I work and there seem to be a few IT types on here so though I would give someone here the opportunity to apply directly for a role and probably get it based on how you come accross rather than srictly whats on your CV, something of a rarity these days.

I was mostly serious, whats the company/role details?

You’re basing it on how people come across, and you thought STW was a good place to ask?

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I was mostly serious, whats the company/role details?

And, are you prepared to split your “introduce a new staff member” bonus?

Woah there, helpdesk staff with decent technical knowledge? Pfft crap idea, next you’ll be wanting the 3rd line support people to leave their ivory towers.

If I can get out of this hell hole then Ill gladly split the finders fee!

I meant the OP. Some companies give a kickback to existing staff who find successful new recruits. Our place gives about a grand IIRC.

Just so we’re clear, I’m only teasing, not having a pop)

helpdesk staff with decent technical knowledge

knowing where the on-off switch is on a variety of devices?

We get £250 if someone is recruited AND sticks around a year. Needless to say not many people get £250.

tbf first line support offering 25k isn’t to bad but first line support wanting ccna mcts is asking a bit much, plus if you have those you are going to be wanting more then first line role.

If it’s of any beenfit, there’s an excellent French deli just up the road from their offices that does superb sarnies! Brie, salami et cornichons…. Le Nom, le nom, le nom.

lol I get nothing for this just though it might be nice to have another cyclist in the office

Ill try again. Drop me a mail with the details of the role. Could well be interested!

“Is it plugged in?”

helpdesk staff with decent technical knowledge

knowing where the on-off switch is on a variety of devices?

Able to read scripts. Access to Google.

Access to Google

Whoah there; they’re looking for helpdeskers, not architects 🙂

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Sorry, what was I thinking.

Able to read

for that salary?

*hollow laughter*

Loads of colleges and university’s in the UK are now connected to Cisco’s learning network so finding CCENT or CCNA level candidates should be relatively easy in that there London. Not sure about the MS stuff.

I would say that the salary isn’t bad for an entry level job (even in London). A good way to build up experience and get a feel for different areas of IT.

Might be worth mentioning if it’s a technical service desk role or a helpdesk role. I see so many service desks nowadays who just log tickets and pass them through to a team to investigate. My mum could do that.

treaclesponge, my email is in op, i cant see yours in profile tho

I grow tired of adverts that list salary as “negotiable” or “competitive.”

to that I’d add “dependant upon experience”.

That would be 95% of adverts in Spain, then. Bloody irritating!

treaclesponge, my email is in op, i cant see yours in profile tho

Mailed you! 🙂

nothing yet, give me your email address

MCTS is a bit vague, MCTS in what tech strand?
I have MCTS in Configuration Manager and Operations Manager. Neither of which would be much use on a first line helpdesk, well not much aside from to get both of those I have know Win client and server back to front. I’m sure you get my point though a .net MCTS usually can’t map a drive on their own.. 😉

Give the guy a break, maybe he is actually doing a nice thing and trying to help a fellow cyclist get a job!

Given the amount of joblesstrackworld posts in the last few months I say well done OP.

MCTS is a bit vague, MCTS in what tech strand?

I don’t think it matters. It’s a “desirable” skill.

In my experience of job advertisements, “desirable” translates either as “here are some words Marketing heard once and thought they sounded cool” or “here’s what we want but aren’t prepared to pay for.”

judging by lack of resposes demand must exceed supply ATM and you IT guys must be doing well 🙂
just to recap..entry level helpdesk role in small young UK office of well established Australian IT company , lots of opportunity to progress

Any opportunity to visit head office?

TBF, I think most people ‘in IT’ here aren’t entry level any more, and we’re scattered across the country (and beyond), which is possibly why you haven’t had a stampede.

Teasing aside, if someone had offered me £25k as an IT graduate I’d have torn their arm off (though there is London weighting to consider, ofc). My first job in IT was a helpdesk role, it was in 1992 and my starting salary was £7,500.

Yeah it sounds a decent role/salary to me, about £7k more than we start helpdesk people on (although they are only call loggers…).

Passed this to a mate yesterday. He emailed you…