What is the best advice to give to recent computer science grad, having no internships or past experience in this field?

What IT training courses are good to begin a career in the IT field of Canada?

• Hello all. I am a new Permanent Resident of Canada and am presently residing in Toronto. I plan to get my Masters degree in Computer Science but classes doesn't begin until September next year. While I wait for my classes to begin, I want get some experience in the field of IT in Canada. Note that I only have a little experience in IT in my home country. Hence I believe that it would probably be a good idea to get into some IT training course (such as vendor certification courses like MCP, CCNA, SAP, etc) to apply for a job. I would like some suggestions what would be a relatively short IT certification course (note that I would prefer a short course as I don't have time to enroll in a year long program since my post-grad studies will begin Sep-2011) for getting a job quickly in the Canadian market at present. And also, what would be a good training institute? There are many training institutes over here in Toronto and everyone advertises that their course is most likely to get me a job. I would appreciate it if anyone can provide me any suggestions and advice in this regard. Thanks.

• Answer:

  The university of Waterloo is building a state of the art facility that will be the absolute best in Canada if not the world. Check it out or go to the website. I saw it for myself and it's huge!