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On 12/7/2004 3:19 PM, Josh Battles wrote:
| "Gary Hedlin" <garyhedlin@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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|>Hey Walt & Mike (or anyone in IT)
|>
|>What do you think the job prospects are for someone with A+, Network+, and
|>MCSA certs with experience as a Technology advisor for Special Education
|>depts helping disabled students find & use different adaptive products??
|>
|>I have the certs, but my experience might not apply when I go for a
|
| typical
|
|>IT job.... That's the proverbial brick wall I gotta scale to get a job! :)
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| I can't speak for others, but my CompTIA certs didn't get me anything
when I
| was job searching. I've not heard of the MCSA, but if that's a typo
and you
| mean MCSE, that'll help your prospects. I know it helped mine. Cisco
certs
| are good to have as well.
This is going to sound really obvious, but certs will only help if the
job you are going after has relevant certs, and your prospective
employers care about them.
Having an MCSE won't do you much good if you want a VB.NET developer
position. MCAD won't help much if you want to be an Exchange admin.
There's also the issue of pay. Perception is people with certs will want
more money, whether the certs are relevant to the job or not. It's
cheaper to hire a non-certified person, then get him the $3000 in
training/exams to get certified. Similar to graduate degrees - a PhD
will have trouble landing a job because it's believed that they'll
demand more money, even if they'd be happy with the same salary someone
with just a BS has.
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