IT Employment
I know there is debate on whether certifications are worth the paper they're printed on, but I've got a chance to take some training and I wanted to know what basic IT certifications are best viewed by the IT community in general. Is A+ still the way to go or has something better come along?
Thanks,
Wendy
by tig2
To me, the consensus is that they both have their place.
If you are hands on support, the A+ is always a good baseline. If you are experienced in hands on support, you will find it amazingly simple. If you are Network Administration, Network+ is still a good one. The Cisco certs are also good.
My question to you is what are you doing now, what do you want to BE doing? That should guide your decisions when looking at training.
If you have to opportunity to take ANY training, TAKE IT! It will never hurt you.
Good luck!
I interviewed two people recently, the certified gave me a "how to" to get to the answer, the experience just gave me a straight answer, both are correct though.
Just wondering, if you hired someone lately, how much of your decision to hire was based on certification(s) and how much was for experience?
by labrat636
by hendry_betts
Certs are gateways. They are hiring discriminators and firing incriminators. They only serve to call attention to skills you may have.
Like others have said, if given the opportunity to get a cert... get it... it's obviously important to your company.
If you are hunting, take a survey of the jobs that you are seeking and find a common consensus of certs they want. Then go for the top one(s). This will put you through the idiot in HR who can only see what paper you are pushing not your real value.
Still, in IT, the best way to get hired is to know someone on the inside. Blind application only gets you as far as the HR flunky who doesn't know how the PC works..
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