Let me start by listing my professional IT qualifications:
NVQ in IT Levels 1 and 2
NVQ in Installing and Supporting IT Systems Level 3
Now, this may not seem a lot, but together with the 6 years experience working with the IT Technicians in the IT department of West Kent College, and years of supporting private clients doing computer maintenance, this makes up for doing an MCSE or an MCP, and, this is bold, but I believe I know more than some people who have done MCSE’s know.
I am also disabled, which restricts me in a minor way (on the fitting hardware side) but am fine in other aspects of the job.
So I am fed up with the stories in the media about an ‘IT Skills Shortage’, when I believe I have got the skills and experience to do the job as well, if not better, than some of the people with higher qualifications.
When it comes down to doing an IT job, if you haven’t done it ‘hands-on’ yet, or if you haven’t learnt about it in an MCSE, you’re probably going to get blamed for maybe doing it wrongly.
So, having an MCSE or an MCP maybe means that you’ve got more knowledge than others, but nothing can beat experience, and at the end of the day, thats what employers (supposedly) look for.
So, if there really is an IT skills shortage, why arent I employed?
