Brad...
You might try looking at the situation from another perspective. You've
spent all that time working toward a bachelor's. Have you considered
combining that education and your desire to work with EDI? Any monkey can
work with the client/operational area and be told what to do with the data,
but, IMHO, the best EDI people are those who know the business they are
tasked with supporting. In my case, I learned all about healthcare
operations by starting in the mailroom and promoting to other areas. In
time, I migrated toward the EDI thing and have always enjoyed it's
challenges (Which were always easier with the business knowledge
foundation).
In todays world, you may find that there is a whole lot of EDI in a given
industry than you might at first, expect. Any decent size business in any
industry could be using EDI in their HR area, Accounts Payable/Receivable,
IRS reporting and any number of functions that help support their business,
both externally and internally.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bradley A. Linboom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 9:08 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: New to the EDI profession...HELP!
Thank you in advance to any who take the time to respond to my post. I got
into EDI by accident...through a temp agency who needed someone who knew
computers, and in my area I was the only one (smaller towns will do that I
guess). After 4 months in a company who used GENTRAN: Server for NT,
without an EDI Co-ordinator and with the help of a Sterling Commerce
consultant, I was able to get a decent grasp on what I was doing...including
mapping of 800 series documents X12 standards. I have kept up since then as
much as possible, (it was a full-time summer job) and am interested in
getting back into it now that I have my bachelor's degree (unrelated field).
My question is thus: Is there anything I can do to get into the field? Most
of the jobs I see require 3+ years experience, well, how do I get in and get
that experience?
Thank you for any help you can give!
Bradley A. Linboom
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