re: Taking my Networks+ In 2 weeks. Advice? UPDATE

ISC is good stuff, but hard. My brother has a CISSP and works in infosec for a bank. He said it was insanely hard. Correct me if I get the details wrong but with ISC just passing an exam only makes you an Associate of ISC. You’re only granted the certification with experience. I haven’t looked into it very deeply though.


Job hunting is weird. I got my first help desk job with no certs. Senior HR director of a company was a customer of mine one day. Liked me a ton. Gave me her card, got me the job.

My current job is stranger. I posted on my local town’s sub reddit, right after getting my CCNA asking about jobs.

A month later the hiring manager messaged me,asking if I was still looking. I interviewed late in the week, had an offer by Monday.


General rules of thumb. Apply for everything, even if you feel under qualified. Make your resume concise, and relevant. Don’t fluff it. Work with good recruiting companies. Positions on indeed, etc. have so many applicants you get lost. A good recruiter will get your resume in front of a hiring manager.

Work contract if you have to. 6 months or so and then you now have “experience”.

Read over resume questions on the ITcareerQuestions sub reddit.

Watch resume and interview videos on YouTube by CBTnuggets.