{"id":11176,"date":"2022-08-04T12:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T10:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosh.de\/?p=11176"},"modified":"2022-10-21T09:16:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T07:16:43","slug":"from-social-work-to-it-how-career-changers-can-get-started-in-the-tech-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosh.de\/en\/from-social-work-to-it-how-career-changers-can-get-started-in-the-tech-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"From social work to IT: How career changers can get started in the tech industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

Due to the long-term shortage of skilled workers in the technology sector, lateral entrants interested in technology will have good opportunities to gain a foothold in the IT industry in 2022. The fact that highly qualified IT skills can now only be found among industry professionals with a degree or IT training no longer corresponds to reality. In our digital age, many young people have already grown up with computers, smartphones or tablets. This also increases interest in IT professions. There are countless self-learning courses on the Internet or on video portals.<\/p>\n

One can acquire the knowledge of how websites are created, apps are developed or programming languages work in a very short time. There are even numerous offers for the classic IT job of system administrator. But does that automatically mean that an IT career is possible with self-acquired knowledge and experience from private projects? The answer lies somewhere in between: A certain basic foundation should already be in place. There are many government retraining opportunities and learning opportunities for career changers. What does that mean exactly? In most cases, training or study is a prerequisite – but not always. Career changers are welcome in certain positions in the IT industry. This includes, for example, the service desk employee in the area of IT support or junior positions as key account manager.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Interested parties have the possibility to create a good starting basis for the later application by so-called micro-certificates on training courses and courses. It is not uncommon for job changers to initially stay in their old job and take parallel courses of study, evening classes or retraining in order to later apply for a job in the IT industry. It is therefore quite common that a different professional path was initially taken.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

The most popular IT occupations include:<\/h2>\n