Hi Tony,
What is your commercial experience history? A strong possibility for not successfully obtaining a J2EE job is commercial experience. You could have all the certifications in the world but if you have no commercial experience - then they have insignificant value to a employee! You are probably thinking how do the hell do you get experience when you can't get a job to obtain experince with
java?!?
To get experience, I strongly recommend doing IT consultancy for a local charity organisation. It is overseen by many people to obtain experience. Majority of charities will take you with open arms. Charities have to refer to commercial IT business for their IT systems, so they are charged rates that they can not afford within their tight budget. A lot of charities are wanting web-based information systems as they are not always in one location and can access it 24/7. Most charities are lookin for web-based Project Management Systems; which is what I am developing for a local charity at the moment (J2EE/MySQL/XHTML) for my disseration.
Once you have designed and implemented the system, you can include it to your portfolio to present to employees. The most important and essential part of the system is documentation. The documentation is to show the interviewer how you was presentated a hypothetical problem and how you solved it.
Good luck.
Originally posted by Tony Walters:
Can anyone offer any suggestions on what would help me get a job! I've just completed SCWCD, but little work on the horizon. Should I consider other certifications? Getting a little disheartened by it all.