Download or read book Getting an IT Help Desk Job For Dummies written by Tyler Regas and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-04-13 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stand out in one of IT's fastest growing job markets If you're looking for a job in IT, the help desk is the heart and soul of most IT operations, and an excellent starting point for a promising career. With the help of Getting an IT Help Desk Job For Dummies, you'll gain the knowledge and know-how to cut through the confusion of navigating the Information Technology job market. IT can be intimidating to hopeful-yet-inexperienced job candidates, but this guide will help you find and land the job of your dreams. Through easy-to-follow explanations, authoritative information, and a bit of humor, Getting an IT Help Desk Job For Dummies serves as your thorough and approachable guide to maximizing your competitive edge in this booming market. The IT job market has continued to expand as technology matures and deepens its roots in business operations. This is good news for you! However, it makes it that much harder to get a job in IT, as recent grads and other professionals are practically stampeding to get their feet in the door of this rapidly expanding industry. Luckily, Getting an IT Help Desk Job For Dummies gives you an advantage by providing expert instruction on how to score an interview and secure a job offer, the skills needed to obtain and maintain an IT position, and authoritative information on how to establish a career path in the IT field. Explore careers in the IT Help Desk field and establish the path you want to follow Plan for post-education certifications and training to make yourself more marketable Get expert guidance for creating a winning resume and cover letter Prepare for your IT Help Desk interview Loaded with simple, straight-forward advice, Getting an IT Help Desk Job For Dummies is your all-in-one guide to starting your IT career on the right foot!

Download or read book How to Manage the IT Help Desk written by Noel Bruton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you overworked, unappreciated and under-resourced? This book understands you, and provides years and years of User Support experience packed into one volume. The 'How To' book that every IT department needs, it will help turn your helpdesk into a company asset. How to be successful at probably the most stressful job in IT This book offers tools for measuring productivity and features ten key steps for successful support, while User Support successes and failures are revealed in true life case studies. This book gives you techniques for: *Justifying staff and other expenditure * Gaining senior management support * Getting the users on your side * Running a motivated and productive team * Designing and managing services and service levels The second edition of this popular book brings updates to several of the author's ideas, strategies and techniques with new material on: * Customer Relationship Management - definition and the role of the helpdesk * E-Support and the Internet * Contrasting the Call Center and the Helpdesk * first, second and third line support * Operational Level Agreements * Strategies for backlog management * Telephone technologies in user support In addition there is: * A new Template for a Service Level Agreement * An Improved cost justification model for the Internal Helpdesk * A New cost justification model for the External Helpdesk

Download or read book Effective Help Desk Specialist Skills written by Darril Gibson and published by Pearson IT Certification. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All of today’s help desk support skills, in one easy-to-understand book The perfect beginner’s guide: No help desk or support experience necessary Covers both “soft” personal skills and “hard” technical skills Explains the changing role of help desk professionals in the modern support center Today, everyone depends on technology–and practically everyone needs help to use it well. Organizations deliver that assistance through help desks. This guide brings together all the knowledge you need to succeed in any help desk or technical support role, prepare for promotion, and succeed with the support-related parts of other IT jobs. Leading technology instructor Darril Gibson tours the modern help desk, explains what modern support professionals really do, and fully covers both of the skill sets you’ll need: technical and personal. In clear and simple language, he discusses everything from troubleshooting specific problems to working with difficult users. You’ll even learn how to manage a help desk, so it works better and delivers more value. Coverage includes: • How the modern help desk has evolved • Understanding your users’ needs, goals, and attitudes • Walking through the typical help desk call • Communicating well: listening actively and asking better questions • Improving interactions and handling difficult situations • Developing positive attitudes, and “owning” the problem • Managing your time and stress • Supporting computers, networks, smartphones, and tablets • Finding the technical product knowledge you need • Protecting the security of your users, information, and devices • Defining, diagnosing, and solving problems, step by step • Writing it up: from incident reports to documentation • Working in teams to meet the goals of the business • Using ITIL to improve the services you provide • Calculating help desk costs, benefits, value, and performance • Taking control of your support career Powerful features make it easier to learn about help desk careers! • Clear introductions describe the big ideas and show how they fit with what you’ve already learned • Specific chapter objectives tell you exactly what you need to learn • Key Terms lists help you identify important terms and a complete Glossary helps you understand them • Author’s Notes and On The Side features help you go deeper into the topic if you want to • Chapter Review tools and activities help you make sure you’ve learned the material Exclusive Mind Mapping activities! • Organize important ideas visually–in your mind, in your words • Learn more, remember more • Understand how different ideas fit together

Download or read book PC Desktop Technician Desktop Support Specialist It Service Desk Technician Help Desk Analyst Just in Time Revision Guide for Success at Any Ict S written by Kumar and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2016-12-03 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's for these job interviews: IT Support Specialist IT Service Desk Technician PC Support/Technical Support/IT Support IT Service Desk Technician Desktop Support Specialist Why this book: It will help you to convey powerful and useful information about various aspects of IT Support Specialist job to the employer successfully. It gives readers the most important practical job related information for supporting various aspects of ICT (Information & Communication Technology): ICT infrastructure Support (e.g. desktops, laptops, printers, scanners, connectivity, software, e-mail, etc.) Desktop Support (hardware, software, OS, peripherals) Troubleshooting PC hardware and software problems Non Technical/ Personal/ HR interview Try to be in parking lot an hour before the interview and use this time to read over this E-book. It has been well written to make it a very quick read. Practicing with this interview questions and answers in the mirror will help with your replies to questions and pass with flying colors. It also covers non-technical, HR and Personnel questions in brief. Good Luck, Kumar

Download or read book How to Start a Business Analyst Career written by Laura Brandenburg and published by . This book was released on 2015-01-02 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You may be wondering if business analysis is the right career choice, debating if you have what it takes to be successful as a business analyst, or looking for tips to maximize your business analysis opportunities. With the average salary for a business analyst in the United States reaching above $90,000 per year, more talented, experienced professionals are pursuing business analysis careers than ever before. But the path is not clear cut. No degree will guarantee you will start in a business analyst role. What's more, few junior-level business analyst jobs exist. Yet every year professionals with experience in other occupations move directly into mid-level and even senior-level business analyst roles. My promise to you is that this book will help you find your best path forward into a business analyst career. More than that, you will know exactly what to do next to expand your business analysis opportunities.

Download or read book Introduction to Help Desk Concepts and Skills written by Susan Sanderson and published by McGraw-Hill/Irwin. This book was released on 2003-09-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook is intended for students studying for AS degrees in computer information systems or information technology, or for secondary programs teaching vocational/technical programs, with varying degrees of computer knowledge who are training for jobs in desktop support and help desks.

Download or read book MCDST Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician Study Guide written by Bill Ferguson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006-02-20 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's the book you need to prepare for Microsoft's new MCDST exams—70-271: Supporting Users and Troubleshooting a Microsoft XP Operating System; and 70-272: Supporting Users and Troubleshooting Desktop Applications on a Microsoft Windows XP Operating System. This two-in-one Study Guide was developed to meet the exacting requirements of today's certification candidates. In addition to the consistent and accessible instructional approach that earned Sybex the "Best Study Guide" designation in the 2003 CertCities Readers Choice Awards, this book provides: In-depth coverage of all exam topics Practical information on supporting users and troubleshooting applications Hundreds of challenging review questions Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a test engine and electronic flashcards Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including: Exam 70-271: Installing a Windows Desktop Operating System Managing and Troubleshooting Access to Resources Configuring and Troubleshooting Hardware Devices and Drivers Configuring and Troubleshooting the Desktop and User Environments Troubleshooting Network Protocols and Services Exam 70-272: Configuring and Troubleshooting Applications Resolving Issues Related to Usability Resolving Issues Related to Application Customization Configuring and Troubleshooting Connectivity for Applications Configuring Application Security Note:CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Download or read book The PC and Gadget Help Desk written by Mark Edward Soper and published by Que Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-04 with total page 697 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Do-It-Yourself Guide To Troubleshooting and Repairing Your EASY, comprehensive technology troubleshooter! PCs, smartphones, tablets, networks, cameras, home theater and more—all in one book! We all use technology—and we all have problems with it. Don’t get frustrated... and don’t waste money on costly repair or support calls! Solve the problems yourself, with the one guide that makes it easy: The PC and Gadget Help Desk. Using clear pictures, handy “symptom tables,” and easy-to-use flowcharts, Mark Edward Soper walks you step-by-step through identifying, solving, and preventinghundreds of today’s most aggravating tech problems. Soper covers all your major platforms: iPhones, iPads, Android devices, Windows systems, and more. He even helps you fix the weird problems that happen when you use them together! Regain lost Internet access and fix broken Wi-Fi connections Solve problems with viewing and sharing media or other files Track down power problems wherever they arise Troubleshoot printing problems and print from smartphones or tablets Fix missing video or audio on your HDTV or home theater system Get syncing working right on your Apple or Android device Improve your PC’s 3D gaming performance Identify and replace flaky memory chips Prevent overheating that can damage your equipment Solve common problems with digital cameras and DV camcorders Troubleshoot iOS or Android antennas, updates, screens, and connectivity Get FaceTime working right on your iPhone or iPad Troubleshoot eReaders and display your eBooks on additional devices Sensibly decide whether to upgrade, repair, or replace Mark Edward Soper has spent 30 years as an instructor and corporate trainer, helping thousands of people work more happily with personal technology. He is the author of PC Help Desk in a Book, and is the co-author of Leo Laporte’s PC Help Desk, as well as more than 25 other books on Windows, digital imaging, networking, the Internet, IT certification, and computer troubleshooting. Soper is a CompTIA A+ Certified computer technician and Microsoft Certified Professional. BONUS ONLINE VIDEOS: Includes access to free, studio-quality how-to videos that make troubleshooting and repair even easier!

Download or read book Implementing Service and Support Management Processes written by Carrie Higday-Kalmanowitz and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2005-03-11 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to provide practical process guide for technical support centres. It is based on the ITAL processes covered in 'Service Support' (ISBN 011330952X) and 'Service Delivery' (ISBN 0113309503) but also includes additional processes as well as a Balanced Scorecard Service Model. Processes covered in the book are: Financial and Operations Management; Knowledge Management; Configuration Management; Change Management; Release Management; Incident Management; Problem Management; Service Level Management; Capacity and Workforce Management; Availability Management; IT Service Continuity Management; and Customer Satisfaction Measurement.

Download or read book A Guide to Customer Service Skills for the Help Desk Professional written by Donna Knapp and published by Course Technology. This book was released on 2004-11 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed look at the "soft" skills needed to succeed as help desk professional will provide students with proven customer support techniques for the workplace.

Download or read book A Guide to Computer User Support for Help Desk and Support Specialists written by Fred Beisse and published by Cengage Learning. This book was released on 2009-09-16 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A GUIDE TO COMPUTER USER SUPPORT FOR HELP DESK AND SUPPORT SPECIALISTS, FOURTH EDITION focuses on key information and skills for user support professionals, including troubleshooting and problem solving, successful communication with clients, determining a client's specific needs, and training end users. For those considering entering the field, alternate career paths for user-support workers are described. This text continues many of the successful features of previous editions, including Tips, On The Web pointers, Check Your Understanding self-tests, discussion questions, hands-on activities, and case projects. With balanced coverage of both people skills and technical skills, this book is an excellent resource for those in or preparing for the technical-support field. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Download or read book The IT Support Handbook written by Mike Halsey and published by Apress. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become a more effective tech professional by learning how to provide the most useful IT support for your users. You'll learn how to efficiently and effectively deal with any type of problem, including operating systems, software, and hardware. IT support is often complex, time-consuming, and expensive, but it doesn't have to be with the right processes in place. Whether you're an individual, part of an IT support team, or managing staff supporting PC users in their homes, The IT Support Handbook will help you understand the right way to approach, troubleshoot, and isolate problems so they can be handled efficiently, with least disruption and cost to your business. You'll make yourself popular with your colleagues, and keep your customers and users happy and productive. What You'll LearnManage reporting, and keep a record of issues that occur Provide effective remote support for users away from home or working in another office Use error and system reporting in Windows to obtain high-quality, relevant information Spot patterns in user behavior that may be causing difficult-to-diagnose problems Be familiar with best practices to make you a better support professional Who This Book Is For IT professionals, IT support (on-site and remote), and system administrators who manage support teams. No prior knowledge is required.

Download or read book Effective Help Desk Specialist Skills written by Darril Gibson and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2014 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is today's most complete, practical, and up-to-date guide to succeeding as a help desk professional. Leading technology instructor and consultant Darril Gibson thoroughly explains each of today's help desk support roles, and fully covers all essential skill sets, both technical and personal. Reflecting his extensive classroom and field experience, he presents exceptionally clear and relevant objectives and summaries, backed with realistic case studies, hands-on projects, exercises, and multiple-choice review questions.

Download or read book Windows 7 Desktop Support and Administration written by Darril Gibson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-07-02 with total page 701 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A manual for Windows 7 desktop technicians and administrators It is estimated that 90 percent of the world’s computers run Windows. Desktop technicians and administrators need this comprehensive manual to guide them through their daily work with Windows 7. While this Sybex guide is packed with information you’ll need to know for the MCITP certification exam, it is equally valuable in real-world situations you will encounter on the job. Covers troubleshooting, hardware and software applications, large-scale desktop environment management, and planning and configuring the desktop infrastructure using Windows 7 Provides plenty of relevant information for those seeking MCITP certification, including full coverage of the exam objectives for both Desktop Support Technician and Desktop Administrator exams Includes a CD with valuable study tools for the MCITP exams including video walkthroughs, flashcards, and two practice exams. Windows 7 Desktop Support and Administration provides knowledge that will be needed on certification exams and remains a valuable reference for support and administrative personnel on the job. Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

Download or read book Windows Server 2019 PowerShell All in One For Dummies written by Sara Perrott and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-04-11 with total page 977 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your one-stop reference for Windows Server 2019 and PowerShell know-how Windows Server 2019 & PowerShell All-in-One For Dummies offers a single reference to help you build and expand your knowledge of all things Windows Server, including the all-important PowerShell framework. Written by an information security pro and professor who trains aspiring system administrators, this book covers the broad range of topics a system administrator needs to know to run Windows Server 2019, including how to install, configure, and secure a system. This book includes coverage of: Installing & Setting Up Windows Server Configuring Windows Server 2019 Administering Windows Server 2019 Configuring Networking Managing Security Working with Windows PowerShell Installing and Administering Hyper-V Installing, Configuring, and Using Containers If you’re a budding or experienced system administrator looking to build or expand your knowledge of Windows Server, this book has you covered.

Download or read book Helpdesk Habits written by Mark Copeman and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Copeman is a serial entrepreneur and was co-founder of Customer Thermometer, the customer satisfaction tool. He has spent two decades developing customer relationships, building a helpdesk and working with 100's of customer service organisations across the world. During this time, he has discovered the single most important ingredient to delivering exceptional customer service - habit creation and embedding. Mark's formula for success will not only transform how you work, but will also make you a happier and more successful customer service professional. Through his unique framework, he shows you how to create and embed 50 new habits, transforming how you deliver customer service, whether by phone, email or chat. Learn the importance of harnessing habits Develop the right attitude towards your role Understand the importance of human customer service Learn how to communicate effectively See how tiny adjustments in phrasing can win the day Become skilled in empathy and rapport Be assured it's OK to have a personality Read and implement with your team today and turn your helpdesk into a feature, not an overhead.

Download or read book The Best NOC and Service Desk Operations BOOK EVER written by Erick Simpson and published by . This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth publication in MSP University's bestselling Managed Services series reveals how to build, staff, and maintain a NOC and Service Desk effectively and profitably, along with best practices and techniques to increase efficiencies and net profits for these critical service delivery business units.