joetheblow

Join Date 12/2001

Question: What Certification Is Best To Get

I'm getting A+ but what is next after that?

In about 5-6 months I will have gotten around 500 hours of hands on work thanks to a non-profit organization in the Bronx NY for free.

Great right?

So basically I will be able to do Help Desk level one somewhere hopefully and get my foot in the door after trying for almost 3 years (also, since they are funded by many companies who need entry level techs, the hiring rate for the program hovers around 80%... although I am not sure what that means as far as how long they were looking for work).

So I am left wondering, if I want to get paid more than 30,000 a year, what certification should I get next? What experiences should I be looking for?

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What do you like to do?

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Island Dog

Join Date 06/2003

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Depends on what you want to do.

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/default.asp

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ZubaZ

Join Date 11/2001

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Where do you want to work? Research their business and get certification that they need.

And for what it's worth, the certs give you an edge over an equal, but they are not a job winner in themselves.

Build a resume (and interview story/spiel/skills) around how you have saved X amount of Y (time, money, processes, etc) and how you have provided good customer service.

Lot's of peopel have (or can get)technical skills. It's the other stuff that differentiats a winner.

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well... I sort of want to get into systems administrator and network configurations. I am also into network security.

But what I really seem to want to get into also is working with applications (not making them so much, mind you, just working with them). I see that all the time in the want ads online. They always want some speciallist in some appliation(s).

Anyway, thanks guys for the replys. I'll look into Cisco yrag.

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Definately look into what you will need to do for a specific job and company. There are a bunch of certs out there, but not every company weighs them equally.

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As I learn more, I am getting the feeling that I should start out with my A+ and Network+ certs and maybe get a security cert later (because I want to get into network security)

The other certs I guess will be whatever the company wants that I am hired for.

The school I am going to is really a godsend. Did I tell you you can get MAC (old refirbished ones) for 50 bucks? Authorized dealer to boot (same with PC's and Microsoft)

They rebuild, recycle and train. They sell refurbished computers back to the community (the poorest community distric in the US) and other stuff!

THIS IS MY CHANCE!!!

Anyway, does anypne think the certs that I am thinking about are good start certs (IE A+, Network+ and Security)?

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