I was an EDI analyst at Agere Systems (a spinoff of Lucent) for 5 years. They laid me off in 2002 and through networking I got myself an interview at JNJ, who was interviewing for an EDI analyst position. They had 5 internal candidates for the EDI spot at JNJ, plus me - and I was the only person who had any EDI experience whatever.
I got the job. Now, that was back in '02 and early '03. The landscape has changed rather dramatically in the last 3 years so I am not saying that you can just expect jobs to fall from the sky. Like most IT jobs these days, they are going to a consultant type hired gun model. If you want to be the most valuable candidate your best bet is to not only be an EDI expert but ensure that you have as much knowledge of the business as you can gather. Make sure that you can propose IT solutions to business issues, and not just be a technologist for technology's sake. Hang out here and participate and you'll get a pretty good insight of how it will be to work with EDI for a career. Having a message board devoted to the discipline is almost as good as job shadowing. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of sleevetrick Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 2:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EDI-L] Confused!! :( hi every1, i have been workin on several PRogrammin langs now.. but i have been offered a job in EDI.. how is EDI as a career..( ,might sound dumb) does it have any future .. cause i havent heard much abt EDI myself nor my buddies.. please help me on this Cheers Prav [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Home is just a click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/OIFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Access the list online at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L RSS feed is: http://rss.groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/rss Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
