Network-Telecom Career Part 1: Personality Traits

Personality traits of people who might make great Network-Telecom technicians. This is Part 1 in a multi-part series about creating a Career as a Network-Telecom technician.

This first video focuses on the personal qualities that make a great network-telecom technician. The lack of any one of these qualities does not disqualify a person from pursuing the field, it just may mean that's an area the candidate needs to pay closer attention to.

The Seven Personality Traits are:
1. Aptitude for Technology - do you have a "knack" for figuring-out and fixing technology gizmos. People who do well in this field are also people who happen to love computers, radios, network gear, and technology gadgets.

2. working alone - How you feel about working by yourself? Not all IT or Telecom jobs are solitary. But, field techs (and also top earners) tend to get sent out on assignments by themselves.

3. Customer service - this is a vital piece for any tech that wants to earn top dollar. It hard to find a skilled technician who is also good with people. The field has a reputation for attracting introverted personalities. However, your employer can't afford to send out a sales liaison every time you go to a customer location. So, you need to be just as much of a "people person" as you are a good technician.

4. Dealing with stress - Want to earn top dollar? Stress is just going to come with the territory. A career in Networking and telecom does not have to be non-stop stream of stressful events (if it is, find a new employer!). But, because you're being entrusted to work on components that are vital to a business function, some stress is inevitable form time to time.

5. Personal appearance - "you can't make a second first-impression". The clothes you choose, your grooming habbits, and the way you carry yourself have a big impact on your ability to garner the trust and cooperation of your customer or co-workers. Effective technicians also happen to look sharp too.

6. Willingness to learn - this is probably true for almost any profession if you want to stay competitive and relevant. Not continuing to learn is tantamount to moving backwards in your career.

7. Flexible schedule. - The nature of this business is that we are working on components so vital to business function that they often cannot be serviced during normal business hours. Moreover, when something breaks down, we need to stick with it until it is back up and running again.

[BVMUSICNJ]

Very helpful information.. I start working at a local casino's NOC as an entry level field tech midnight to 8am this week

[arbormac]

Fantastic video! I am in an unrelated industry but this applies to my business with minor tweaks or twerks if you're into that stuff. :)

[luvtechharleys]

Admit it, you were talking about me! ;-)...to a T. It was good to hear this affirmation of choice. Tx

[msdiamondpiggy]

My brother is in this career, he makes good money. I Dont Knows shit about networks and Computers component. But I'm about to go to school for telecommunications technician. Is it going to be super hard for me to understand since Im Clueless about it ? 😂🤣 the only technical skill I have is, hooking up a old school DVD player. And one time, I made me an antenna out of a fork

[TheMwowner]

v been working as a low voltage tech for the last 5 years. Its a horrible job. companies treat the techs horrible. Clients treat the techs horrible. You are the face of the company so you get to take all the heat. You break your back running around from jobsite to jobsite. if you work in the construction or plant part, there is a lot of heavy lifting continuously. Most cable technicians are immigrants that iv come across and are just the worst of the worst to deal with. Pretty much this is a dead end job. I don't advise. Also its a continuous nightmare at times trying to figure out what the exact issue is, fixing other technicians work is also horrible because people take short cuts especially contractors and then when you get there as an inhouse tech you have to basically re-do the whole job. Its a terrible field to pursue. I wish i never got stuck in this field, now i cant get out. Different positions vary, but i dont recommend it what so ever. Do yourself a favor, and get a medical degree and milk the patients, that's the real way to make a living. this telecom industry is horrible.

[phillipcamilleri]

I need to fix my Nintendo 64 so learning how to fix it will save me cents of the dollar

[litespan]

Worked 33 years for V——-N . First 32 years were great, unlimited overtime, new technologies every 6 months. Then they hired women and male supervisors straight out of college . . First offer to leave and everyone eligible left . Went to gold standard of service to worst than cable companies.

[bennettste]

I find printer issues are 15minute jobs or half a day of pulling your hair out.

[GegoXaren]

Protip:
In Sweden, don't dress like that... Wear carpenters trousers and a sweatshirt/zipped sweatshirt or T-Shirt with the company's text logo on it, instead. (or what clothes the company mandates).
If you dress like that, people will think you walked in of the street.
:-)

[msdiamondpiggy]

I'm wearing my leggings and a crop top on my job. That was a joke!