My Contract Is Up! Where can I go?
April 4, 2007 8:50 AM Subscribe
For the past 7 months I've been working at a major pharmaceutical as an IT contractor. My contract is up end of April, but where *can* I go from here?
During my time at this company I've been a PeopleSoft account admin as well as a Remedy change control account admin. I'll post soem excerpts from my resume below to give you an idea of my experience:
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IS professional recognized for experience in design, development and delivery of cost-effective, high-performance technology and communication solutions to meet challenging business demands. Qualified with experience in managing projects and information systems. Highly motivated and dependable with proven skills in problem solving, customer relationship management and organization.
Education
Syracuse University, School Of Information Studies, Syracuse, NY
Bachelor of Science in Information Management and Technology/Management
Major GPA: 3.7
Professional Experience
Systems Administrator/Change Control Consultant – Merck Pharmaceuticals (08/06-Present)
-Managed Merckury Application Support Helpdesk
-Managed Remedy Application Support Helpdesk
-Involved with Change Control Request lifecycle
-PeopleSoft Administrator
-Collaborated with other support groups to resolve larger corporation-wide issues
Systems Operations Consultant – Intellisync (02/05-03/06)
-Managed daily operations of the OAI System Environment
-Managed sales reps’ device/PC synchronization between offline databases with online
-Developed, tested and deployed file packages, publications, patches and registry edits to user field
-Liaison between Pfizer and Intellisync package testing and requirements
-Collaborated with Pfizer for a 12,000+ user 2005 Field Force Reorganization rollout
-Responsible for Betsy, Pedagogue, CECLink, OAI-Sync and Stork helpdesk management
-Managed New Hire Training Class configuration rollouts
-Developed documentation for all daily operations adhering to Sarbanes Oxley standards
-VBScript, Java, SQL, and C++ process development
-Responsible for user migration and database management
LAN/Networking Group Contractor – American International Group
(06/02 – 10/04)
-Responsible for the management, training and direction of additional summer interns.
-Hardware Decommission Project Manager-Decommissioned PCs and servers. Documented all inventory, improved inventory record accuracy, and worked with third party vendor for equipment recycle
-Answered help-desk calls – provided solutions for an average 30 calls per hour
-Provided solutions to technical issues in the LAN/Networking environment
-Managed the Server BTU consumption projects
-Managed user migration processes
Intern Work-Study Employee – A&S Computer Services Group Syracuse University (03/03 – 05/04)
-Responsible for the imaging of workstations and laptops
-Managed Arts and Sciences technical support helpdesk
-Base hardware/software installer for group
-Worked on design of IP, network and system architecture design
-Virus removal development and cleansing
Skills
Windows XP/NT/2000/95/98
Oracle, SQL Server, SQL Anywhere, TOAD
Rational (installation)
C++-Programming, Visual Basic, HTML, XML, VB Script, Java, BASIC, SQL
MS Office, Project, Visio,
TCP/IP, Networking, Windows Server admin
Multiple help desk software suites
Help Desk management experience
Project Management experience
PeopleSoft application experience
Remedy application experience
Project management
Systems design and analysis
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Ideally I would love to find a full-time job, but I'm having a really difficult time of that. I live in New Jersey so there's no shortage of tech companies and pharmaceuticals but I'm not an excellent programmer so that side has always been out for me. I have been thinking about going the network engineer route and preparing for the Cisco CCNP/CCNA, Network+, PMP and assorted Windows certifications.
-As an IT/Management major with my past experience what kinds of jobs am I eligible for?
-What career paths can I go down? What are the steps?
-I have been considering going back for my masters, but that brings up the question of what to get my masters IN? (Tell me what you've gotten yours in and why you chose that route)
I've read What Color Is My Parachute and I'm still pretty lost on figuring out specifically what direction I should move in within my career. I'd love to get into project management but there is no clear defined path really or "intro" job into that. I've managed projects of my own and small teams before but nothing where I was required to come up with cost analysis or manage a budget. It was more here's the problem, meet the deadline situations.
Any advice you can offer would be most appreciated as I'm back on the job hunt full force again and feeling very lost this time around.
During my time at this company I've been a PeopleSoft account admin as well as a Remedy change control account admin. I'll post soem excerpts from my resume below to give you an idea of my experience:
-----------------------------------------------------
IS professional recognized for experience in design, development and delivery of cost-effective, high-performance technology and communication solutions to meet challenging business demands. Qualified with experience in managing projects and information systems. Highly motivated and dependable with proven skills in problem solving, customer relationship management and organization.
Education
Syracuse University, School Of Information Studies, Syracuse, NY
Bachelor of Science in Information Management and Technology/Management
Major GPA: 3.7
Professional Experience
Systems Administrator/Change Control Consultant – Merck Pharmaceuticals (08/06-Present)
-Managed Merckury Application Support Helpdesk
-Managed Remedy Application Support Helpdesk
-Involved with Change Control Request lifecycle
-PeopleSoft Administrator
-Collaborated with other support groups to resolve larger corporation-wide issues
Systems Operations Consultant – Intellisync (02/05-03/06)
-Managed daily operations of the OAI System Environment
-Managed sales reps’ device/PC synchronization between offline databases with online
-Developed, tested and deployed file packages, publications, patches and registry edits to user field
-Liaison between Pfizer and Intellisync package testing and requirements
-Collaborated with Pfizer for a 12,000+ user 2005 Field Force Reorganization rollout
-Responsible for Betsy, Pedagogue, CECLink, OAI-Sync and Stork helpdesk management
-Managed New Hire Training Class configuration rollouts
-Developed documentation for all daily operations adhering to Sarbanes Oxley standards
-VBScript, Java, SQL, and C++ process development
-Responsible for user migration and database management
LAN/Networking Group Contractor – American International Group
(06/02 – 10/04)
-Responsible for the management, training and direction of additional summer interns.
-Hardware Decommission Project Manager-Decommissioned PCs and servers. Documented all inventory, improved inventory record accuracy, and worked with third party vendor for equipment recycle
-Answered help-desk calls – provided solutions for an average 30 calls per hour
-Provided solutions to technical issues in the LAN/Networking environment
-Managed the Server BTU consumption projects
-Managed user migration processes
Intern Work-Study Employee – A&S Computer Services Group Syracuse University (03/03 – 05/04)
-Responsible for the imaging of workstations and laptops
-Managed Arts and Sciences technical support helpdesk
-Base hardware/software installer for group
-Worked on design of IP, network and system architecture design
-Virus removal development and cleansing
Skills
Windows XP/NT/2000/95/98
Oracle, SQL Server, SQL Anywhere, TOAD
Rational (installation)
C++-Programming, Visual Basic, HTML, XML, VB Script, Java, BASIC, SQL
MS Office, Project, Visio,
TCP/IP, Networking, Windows Server admin
Multiple help desk software suites
Help Desk management experience
Project Management experience
PeopleSoft application experience
Remedy application experience
Project management
Systems design and analysis
----------------------------------------------------
Ideally I would love to find a full-time job, but I'm having a really difficult time of that. I live in New Jersey so there's no shortage of tech companies and pharmaceuticals but I'm not an excellent programmer so that side has always been out for me. I have been thinking about going the network engineer route and preparing for the Cisco CCNP/CCNA, Network+, PMP and assorted Windows certifications.
-As an IT/Management major with my past experience what kinds of jobs am I eligible for?
-What career paths can I go down? What are the steps?
-I have been considering going back for my masters, but that brings up the question of what to get my masters IN? (Tell me what you've gotten yours in and why you chose that route)
I've read What Color Is My Parachute and I'm still pretty lost on figuring out specifically what direction I should move in within my career. I'd love to get into project management but there is no clear defined path really or "intro" job into that. I've managed projects of my own and small teams before but nothing where I was required to come up with cost analysis or manage a budget. It was more here's the problem, meet the deadline situations.
Any advice you can offer would be most appreciated as I'm back on the job hunt full force again and feeling very lost this time around.
This post was deleted for the following reason: PetiePal, you basically asked this three months ago.
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