How to get (freshers)programmer job

In this post, I will try to give concrete steps to get a programmer jobs and I assume you have already decided to pursue a programming job in IT and have fairly a good idea on which technology to look into.

1. Get Lets C by Yashavant Kanetkar and do all example and excises in the book.This will give solid foundation for programming concepts
2. Learn OOPs concepts using C++ (I am not sure which book is good for OOPS)
3. Brush up your aptitude skills by picking a good book on this topic
4. Now you can concrete on your chosen technology to study or join a training institute for that purpose
5. you can brush your programming skills by go through Programming Pearls  
6. Develop a dummy application 

Some advises while looking for jobs

• It is going to be tough and staying positive is critical to your job searching
• You require greater communication skills than you what you think you have
• Get into a daily routine of studying for at-least 5 hours 
• Avoid TV watching ( This is biggest time waster of all time!!)
• Limit your internet browsing
• Attend interviews as many as possible
• Do not change technology domain too frequently
• Always be in your friends network who are also looking for a job
• Send your resume to everyone in the industry and follow up with them in case it is positive
• Tailor your resume to every job profile i.e. one resume for all jobs it does not work out
• Create your LinkedIn profile, Facebook and twitter profile 
• Create a list of companies you want to work
• From the list above, Add company and its employees to your Facebook and LinkedIn profile and tell them you are looking for a job (It is not shame and mostly does not work, Still you have to do it)
• Create you Naukri, Monster profile for every preferred cities i.e create different profile for your every preferred cities  
• Create google alerts for proper keywords
• It is important to give correct keywords in resume and  Naukri or Monster profiles
• Do not hesitate to attend interview for small companies /start up 

Learning Plan Specific to .NET Technology 

• Lean C#
• Learn JavaScript
• Follow the learning plan which i have already explained in the link