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Can you recommend any IT certifications that would look good on a resume?
Posted on 5/28/14 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 5/28/14 at 3:00 pm
I just graduated a few weeks ago with my bachelors in IT/Web Development from the University of Phoenix and I would like to become certified.
Can anyone recommend any certifications that would look glossy on a resume to employers? I am just trying to get my foot in the door to the corporate world and any advice you could give would be helpful. TIA!
Can anyone recommend any certifications that would look glossy on a resume to employers? I am just trying to get my foot in the door to the corporate world and any advice you could give would be helpful. TIA!
This post was edited on 5/28/14 at 5:47 pm
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Posted on 5/28/14 at 3:05 pm to JS87
For me certifications are a meh bonus, show them projects you have done. Whether it is on the side or for money, nothing better IMO than example work.
ETA: This is if you are pursuing a web development job.
ETA: This is if you are pursuing a web development job.
This post was edited on 5/28/14 at 3:06 pm
Posted on 5/28/14 at 3:08 pm to JS87
get certifications to prove you are profecient at something, not to get your foot in the door. if you're a "test passer" you'll get found out pretty quickly
Posted on 5/28/14 at 3:11 pm to JS87
I have A+ its pretty useless 
Start with something like S+ or Net+ then move from there.
Start with something like S+ or Net+ then move from there.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 3:22 pm to StraightCashHomey21
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Start with something like S+ or Net+ then move from there.
also fairly useless but I guess better than nothing. a good place to start at least like you said
Posted on 5/28/14 at 3:45 pm to gmrkr5
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get certifications to prove you are profecient at something, not to get your foot in the door. if you're a "test passer" you'll get found out pretty quickly
This.
90% of certifications mean that you can pass a test, not that you know what the hell you're doing.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 4:09 pm to gmrkr5
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if you're a "test passer" you'll get found out pretty quickly
My counterpart has his CCNA....He excused himself the last time we had a network issue..
ETA: He also finds it insulting that I want to verify his cert...
This post was edited on 5/28/14 at 4:10 pm
Posted on 5/28/14 at 4:19 pm to StraightCashHomey21
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I have A+ its pretty useless
You say that, but it got my foot in the door at my first and only IT job, and 14 years later I am still here as the Sr Network Admin.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 4:53 pm to GrammarKnotsi
Posted on 5/28/14 at 5:02 pm to SG_Geaux
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You say that, but it got my foot in the door at my first and only IT job, and 14 years later I am still here as the Sr Network Admin.
14 years ago A+ Certs meant more than they do now.
We had a gal in a call center I worked at that interviewed and claimed an A+ Cert (I wasn't management, so I have no idea if they verified it or not). On her first day she called a Team Lead over to help her with her keyboard, her number pad on the side wasn't working.
He told her to hit her Num Lock button. Her response was "my what?"
This is also the same person who was overheard troubleshooting a dialup customer's error 691 by walking them through putting an init string in the modem. (for the youngsters that never had to troubleshoot dialup, error 691 is an authentication error, ie: username or password is wrong).
This post was edited on 5/28/14 at 5:03 pm
Posted on 5/28/14 at 5:18 pm to Bard
Know a guy with every compia cert you can get damn near that couldn't IT himself out of a wet paper sack with a hammer. Only cert they have that's worth shite is Linux+ and that's only because they hooked up with LPI
This post was edited on 5/28/14 at 5:20 pm
Posted on 5/28/14 at 6:09 pm to JS87
Depends on what you want to do in IT I suppose. An entry level cert like an A+, Net+, etc. certainly isn't going to hurt no matter what area you want to focus on.
Be sure to focus on truly learning the material though and not just passing the test. The material learned will probably prove just as useful, if not more, than the certification itself (seems like that should be common sense, but it isn't for everyone...)
Be sure to focus on truly learning the material though and not just passing the test. The material learned will probably prove just as useful, if not more, than the certification itself (seems like that should be common sense, but it isn't for everyone...)
Posted on 5/28/14 at 6:12 pm to gmrkr5
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You may verify an individual’s certification status with his or her name and unique CCIE number.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 6:13 pm to GrammarKnotsi
Well there you go, verify away
Posted on 5/28/14 at 6:15 pm to gmrkr5
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Well there you go, verify away
The insult is that I ask for the number so I can..
Posted on 5/28/14 at 6:18 pm to GrammarKnotsi
That link may only allow you to verify a CCIE certification, not any of Cisco's other certs.
Posted on 5/28/14 at 6:18 pm to JS87
Which languages do you work with?
Posted on 5/28/14 at 6:29 pm to LSUDropout
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That link may only allow you to verify a CCIE certification, not any of Cisco's other certs.
Its all the same..I have to have his permission
Posted on 5/28/14 at 6:47 pm to GrammarKnotsi
Ah maybe your right my bad... I was thinking GIAC because I verified one recently
Posted on 5/28/14 at 7:34 pm to MrSmith
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Which languages do you work with?
Java and .NET
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