A job seeker will almost certainly come across such a potential employer requirement as PC knowledge. It happens that we are talking about a high level of computer skills - programming, three-dimensional modeling, work in accounting programs.
But most often, elementary user skills are needed: the ability to check mail, type text, make a request in a search engine, enter numbers in a finished table. In any case, computer literacy is the first qualifying stage on the way to earning.
Where else do you need PC knowledge
Job search is not the only reason to master a computer. For many users, this is the opportunity to communicate, sometimes the only one. Mail correspondence, video telephony, social networks, instant messengers just save people who are forced to stay at home or in the hospital.
The need to express oneself, to engage in hobbies, to find fans and like-minded people on the Internet is easily realized. Closed and lonely people share their poems, images, videos and understand that their work and ideas are interesting and in demand.
Computer literacy is also an opportunity to save time when making an appointment with a doctor or paying:
- utilities;
- courses and training programs;
- products, manufactured goods, tickets, etc.
Finally, the Internet provides invaluable access to almost any information. This is a rare opportunity to receive information that is not in the official media, analyze it and draw your own conclusions that are not imposed on anyone.
Where to begin
One of the most affordable ways to learn something is to go online and find the data you need there. A person who does not know the basics of computer literacy needs help with this. The easiest way is to turn to someone you know for her. Skills to learn first:
- how to turn on (turn off) the computer;
- how to click the mouse (once or twice);
- how to open the Internet and use a search engine.
Everything that the mentor has shown must be recorded in detail. Novice users, especially those of retirement age, quickly forget this first lesson. Further, a person is able to work on his own, making the necessary requests and discovering useful websites for himself.
If there is nobody to help
Unable to contact friends or relatives, you can go to computer literacy courses. They are in any city. You can find such courses by following the advertisement:
- in newspaper ads;
- in a running line or television commercials.
In 2015, Dmitry Medvedev signed a document according to which a special social program begins. People who have retired and are not working can receive free assistance in learning to work on a personal computer. Many cities have free courses for those wishing to learn PC. Computer literacy training for retirees is funded by the Pension Fund.
To find out if there are such courses in your city, you can contact:
- social security authorities;
- to the offices of the Pension Fund;
- to the library.
People working in these structures do not have to have information about the opportunity to learn. But you need to ask - there will always be indifferent citizens who are ready to make a request from their work computer and help.
What you need to know about your PC
Computer literacy for beginners involves the development of the following skills:
- Using the Start Menu. It is necessary to "walk" through the menu items, and in the future, and configure it as convenient.
- Acquaintance with the program "My Computer". Moving in the internal memory of the computer allows you to make sure that it is most likely divided into two parts: the system drive C and the second drive, D, where you should save the downloaded games and movies. At the same time, external memory is being mastered, that is, disks and flash drives.
- Understanding what a file is and why folders are needed. Create folders and organize information. Here you will already need the skill of using the right mouse button to create and delete files and folders.
- Typing and saving texts. Better to start in the simplest built-in Notepad. Next, Microsoft Word is gradually being mastered.
- Work with Excel. Tabular placement of information is used very often. It’s good to master the simplest arithmetic calculations in tables.
Where to start Internet exploration
- Browser. On all Windows, Internet Explorer is installed by default. It’s worth starting to work with him. When the user stops being afraid of communicating with the Explorer, you can download another browser. Often, the system itself recommends which one.
- Download. You need to find, download and install the missing programs, for example, to view or listen to files. For many beginners, downloading is the main thing that requires computer literacy: these are music, photos, videos that you can keep at home.
- Post office. To register on many resources you need a mailbox.
- Registration in Odnoklassniki. Most people who have just started to master a computer are already mature. The older age group is most fully represented just in Odnoklassniki. Having mastered registration and search, it will be easy to penetrate other social networks.
Upward movement
Further it will be useful to master more complex things:
- Computer cleaning. Unnecessary files, like garbage, must be periodically deleted. Otherwise, the system slows down. The procedure should be carried out at least once a month.
- Recovery. The system crashes at times. Before you call the installer, you can try to perform the recovery yourself.
- Mastering Skype. To expand the possibilities of communication, you need to register in the program and configure it.
- Using Torrent. Installing the program gives you access to transferring films and computer toys to your computer.
Using Torrent, you need to consider an important thing - computer literacy and computer culture should ideally coincide. We must not forget about ethics and copyright. By downloading a pirated program, the user also distributes it through Torrent (this is the way his system works), automatically becoming an intruder.
No limit
Next, you can master the work in the cloud, the 1C program, creating fantastically beautiful images in Photoshop, editing short films, etc.
Many people, having felt confidence in the Internet space, create their blogs. A person almost always has something to say, and there are people who will find this information useful.
Sites are, as a rule, the next evolutionary stage of the "growing up" of users following a blog. They are made not only for pleasure, but also for earning - at least for advertising.
Computer literacy is always self-development. First, what others offer is mastered and used, then something of their own is created. The knowledge necessary to work on a PC in an area that is interesting and in demand is accumulated and turns the user from a “teapot” into a creator and a professional.