networking field

I have another 18 months until I am discharged from the military but thought I'd get some input from IT professionals to point me in the right direction so I can be successful in the networking field of IT.

I have over 10 years of experience working with computers (support & network issues for family & friends), but unfortunately, lack the professional working experience sought out by most (if not all) hiring managers.

Information about me:

A major change has taken place behind the scenes at Xing, the business networking company based in Hamburg, Germany.  Burda Media is now the primary shareholder due to a transaction that saw it purchase a lot of stock from Cinco Capital GmbH.

Burda bought a whopping 1,323,041 shares for €36.50 each (which works out to about $72.3 million).  It controls a 25.1 percent stake in Xing as a result.  This wasn't any sort of hostile takeover, though.

Hello everyone, I will be graduating from College in may.I would like to know if anyone can offer me any advice or routes to take.I have a multimedia/web development background, but would like to enter the networking field.

I've been told to apply for tech desk jobs and work my way up.I'm sure there are many people on this site who can provide much assistance.Feel free to...

Thank you,

Tech#1