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Sir/Mam, I doing BCA, 5th semester from Indra Gandhi national open university. Can I get valid for a job in the field of Information Technology? At least what is the maximum age for IT sector? Can you please guide me with the details? Thank you!

Yes, you are eligible to get a job in IT sector being a 30 years old BCA candidate. There is no maximum age limit to apply for jobs in IT sector. To get a job in IT sector, you should have good subject knowledge, programming skills and Communication skills. Since, you are pursuing BCA 5th semester, after completion of your BCA course, you are eligible to apply for jobs in IT sector.

In private sectors there will be no any age limit criteria for getting job. a candidate must have good technical knowledge to get a good job.
Academic gap should not be more than 2 years. Mainly, most of the companies will not allow that candidate which have more than 2 years of academic gap.
A candidate must have minimum 55% of marks in throughout academics to get a good job in IT sector.

You are eligible for applying the jobs in information technology sector because there is no age limit for the IT sector jobs. The full details are mentioned below.

Eligibility criteria:
- The candidate should have done their graduation level degree or equivalent degree in related stream with minimum 60% from any recognized university.
- The minimum percentage varies based on the company. Some reputed companies ask 75% and few companies ask 50%. This varies from company to company.
- There is no minimum and maximum age limit.
- There should no current backlogs. The minimum backlogs varies based on the company.
- Study gaps are accepted if they could a particular valid reason for it, this rule changes from company to company.