Try looking for IT jobs in non IT companies, first and foremost. Finance, for one, is spending tons of money right now for SOX compliance.
Are jobs getting offshored or outsourced? Yeah, but try to focus on areas that are hard to be done off site - network management / design, systems analysis, etc.
In any case, if you have the drive, you should be able to impress anyone. We all know this IT stuff can be learned - employers look for leadership, ability to work within a team, and those who take initiative.
I will be interning at a major financial company in downtown Manhattan this summer in their core tech group. I am going into it with the idea that I am definitely going to land that job before I return to school as a senior.
A little about my background: IT major at a pretty top university. Only holding about a 3.39 GPA at the moment, but I've gone out and got a bunch of good real world experience - working for my school's student computing support department (and got a promotion to a management role), did some independent web development, etc. As previously stated, you may not know everything, but you need to show your drive to work and learn.
Hopefully, I'll be returning to this thread (or make a new one), if I get that job offer at the end of the summer.
