Here are some quick tips for New York's Silicon Alley, but they apply to other regions of the country, too. Get high-tech experience. It's like hiring good athletes. Even school experience counts. If you don't have Internet experience, get some while you're still in school.
International experience helps.
If you have overseas experience or language skills, play them up on your resume. Silicon Alley is a small industry, and everyone's interconnected. Go to career fairs. Work alumni connections. People with lots of contacts are the people who do well on Silicon Alley, he says.