Job at google

Liamu2

My ambition is to work somewhere like google i know its a long shot but i an dream

I was in fas today looking for a pc repair course but she said there was unreal waiting lists and my best bet was to go to college.

She told me i qualify for back to education scheme where you keep social welfare payment and go to college.

Im looking for a good course that would give me a good wage really tbh . I enjoy working with computers i think i rather the hardware side and building my own computers or even something related to gaming.

I was wondering could you help me figure out what i could do and where i could do it with my situation thanks

Liamu2

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NullZer0

Do something you love and you'll never work a day in your life ;-)

From what I know (based on information that is available to the public), the skillset available at Google is very very broad. Everything from Coders to Datacentre specialists.

I think the first thing that you need to do is figure out EXACTLY what you like.
Its worth looking at a Degree course in computer science if you have no experience / knowledge at the moment.

The approach will be different for everyone!

Liamu2

I like the hardware side of computers . I built my own pc last year which I liked. Can you get a good job from doing that?

I'm in wicklow so I would like somewhere that I could travel to everyday and come home..what's the best colleges to go for pc stuff

wobbles-grogan

My recommendation would be to do an electronic engineering / electronic & computer engineering / computer science course.

I did mine in NUI Galway and got a job fairly easily out of it.

Your never going to know exactly what you like before you do some work in it, thats why your better off doing a course like EE or ECE, which have a fairly broad range of subjects, and therefore you get a good idea of what you like doing.

And dont expect to walk into a job with a huge big wage straight away! Theres a ladder to climb and all that

Royale with Cheese

There's a 3 month desktop support internship google offer. I think it's more on the hardware side of things. I was offered the chance to apply for it once but I didn't go for it, 2 telephone interviews and 2 face to face interviews just for a 3 month intership. That's the way of things with google.

That was after I'd gone a 1 year Graduate Diploma in IT in DCU.

Liamu2

http://www.scd.ie/PC_Maintenance__Technical_Support/Default.286.html

I was looking at this course. It's hard to know where it could lead me but there is work experience which I think is essential. What's the average weekly wage for a job with this kind of qualification.

Well I think I want to be able to fix laptops and pcs when I'm finished. I see a demand for that kind of thing around my area.
I think I'm going to a careers thing soon set up by fas. Hopefully that should help

wobbles-grogan

I dont know about that course you posted, but with a level 8 BEng or BSc, If you are on a full time contract with a reasonable company, you should be on a minimum of 28k +- 2k starting off.

Google is very difficult get into aparantly. I've heard horror stories of people doing 12 and 13 interviews only to get turned down.

But, dont let that scare. The worlds a big place with lots of companies. Theres lots of alternatives to google for work aswell.

Computers are a big scary thing when you start learning the internals of them and how they work, but they are very interesting and well worth the effort to get into. Maybe thats just me....

I dont know about your personal circumstances, if you have the time or can commit 3-4 years to college, but if you can, i'd certainly recommend you doing a Level 7 or 8 course in one of the IT's or universities. Theres apparantly a good one in athlone IT.

Liamu2

I think I'm going through the back to education scheme but I'm on qualifax.ie, but not sure what courses I'm eligible for .

It's on this page somewhere but its kinda confusing but I know I do qualify for that scheme http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social_welfare/social_welfare_payments/back_to_education/back_to_education_allowance.html

wobbles-grogan

In the Study Options section

Third-level option

You can attend a third-level course of education at any university, third-level college or institution, provided that the course is a full-time day course of study and is approved by one of the following:

• Department of Education and Skills for Higher Education Grant purposes
• VEC Scholarship Scheme
• Third Level Maintenance Grant Scheme for Trainees
• Higher Education and Training Awards Council (HETAC) recognition

I'd say that means you can go to a lot of the IT's or Universities in the country. Im not 100% on that so dont quote me on it!

Liamu2

Yeh i just wasnt sure what qualification to search under , if I could do one of those nfq 6 and 7 courses or was it only fetac

eh2010

How do I go about getting a job at Google in Dublin?

Cuddlesworth

Apply for one.

http://www.jobs.ie/Google/

RacoonQueen

eh2010 wrote: »

How do I go about getting a job at Google in Dublin?

Google tend to have very few english speaking jobs. The majority of what they and other major US companies advertise are multilingual - the competition for their english speaking jobs is huge.

I had a lecturer who did a stint at google and hated it. Said their staff turnover is huge as there is little chance of progression there for people who start at or towards the bottom. Maybe just his experience and take on things but seemingly they tend to hire in senior roles rather than give people the chance to prove themselves and earn promotion. He would have been in development (I think) so maybe different for other areas.

Why do you want to work at google specifically?