Telecommunication Jobs

Working with a Telecommunications Job

According to Worldwide Learn, the telecommunications market is growing—at least by 7% through 2012. The largest amount of growth will be in the wireless facet.

Telecommunications jobs take you everywhere from phone lines to broadband, desktops to cell phones. You don't even have to be the biggest tech geek out there to get a job in the field. Here are a few job titles you may find when you search for a job in telecommunications:

• Sales executive
• Billing coordinator
• System analyst
• Developer
• Telecom architect
• Corporate controller

Each one will have a different level of education and experience needed depending upon the difficulty of the job. There's no rule that says you have to have four years of college under your belt before being hired by a telecommunications company. You could be a sales executive while still a college student. To be a developer, however, you'll need a great deal of expertise.

Educational and Experience Requirements

You can get into telecommunications with no degree and zero to two years of experience if you're willing to start at the bottom and work your way up. You can get your foot in the door much more easily with just a bachelor's degree and the same amount of experience. To work in management and above, you'll need to have quite a few years of experience and a college degree. In most cases, the highest degree absolutely required is a bachelor's.

Find Your Job

Searching for a job online is the newest way to score the career you've been dreaming of. Post a resume and do less footwork.

Just Telephony Jobs allows you to post a resume, complete a quick job search based on location, date posted, and ten sort by salary, relevance, or location.

Broadband Careers allows you to submit your resume and search for jobs based on keywords. You can even go there for the latest in telecommunications news.

Other Online Spots to Check

Don't forget some of the well-known and not as specialized job search engines:

• Hot Jobs
• Monster
• Career Builder
• Jobs.net

These types of websites for job seekers often have a telecommunications jobs option in their drop-down menus to make searching simple.

Potential Employers

Don't forget to check out specific telecommunication company's websites for job listings, too. If you're looking for a telecommunications job, here are a few potential employers:

• Verizon
• AT&T
• Ericsson
• T-Mobile
• Ajilon Communications
• Premise
• Amirit Technologies, Inc.

Salary Talk

Just like the possible positions clumped under "telecommunications jobs," the salary you can expect when you get into the field or you get a new position within your telecommunications company will vary greatly. Here are a few sample salaries from Salary.com:

• Telecommunications Rates Analyst I: The median salary for this position is $43,429. What do you have to do to earn that amount? You'll be working with rating schedules and schedule tables. You'll be creating them, updating them, and scrutinizing them. You'll need to be creative and flexible to enjoy this job, as well as have a solid understanding of the subject matter.
• Engineer V: The median salary here is $102,980. That's quite a hefty amount of money to make in a year; so what do you have to do to earn it? First, there's a good bit of education and experience required, a bachelor's degree and eight to ten years of experience. It's your responsibility as an engineer to create the new technical systems and/or products. You'll be, at this point, considered an expert in the field.
• Voice Analyst I: As the name suggests, you'll be working with your company's voice communication system. The median salary for the United States in this position is $42,902. This one may or may not require a degree, but it doesn't require much experience. Your tasks will include troubleshooting all components of the hardware and software, improving upon existing systems (or at least making suggestions), and become the "go-to" person for voice communication equipment.
• Top Quality Control Executive: The median base salary here for the United States is $143,838. With this position, you oversee everything the company does when it comes to quality. You're in charge of testing the product, meeting all standards, and recalls. You will need a substantial amount of experience in the field for this position, and usually a college education.

You can see just from these four job titles within telecommunication jobs that the salary range is vast and depends heavily upon your years of experience and level of expertise.

A Final Word

Telecommunications jobs cover so many areas, from those that require little college education and technical experience to those that require at least a bachelor's degree in a field as particular as engineering, plus several years of experience. If telecommunications is the job that pulls you in, you should have very little trouble getting your foot in the door. Your salary may not be in the $100,000 range starting out, but the field seems to offer relatively generous compensation for the amount of education and experience necessary.