IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)

[Tr0yTV]

I'm still in the same situation. It's been 2 months since I passed the A+ 901 exam & the Career Navigator/Program Service Coordinator woman still ain't sent me a voucher for the 902 exam. She replied to my email a couple days ago saying I might as well go ahead & pay for the voucher myself because she don't know when she gonna have the voucher ready.


I might as well start reaching out to the recruiters since I already have Google IT Support cert, a couple MTA certs, & the A+ 901 exam.under my belt. This 2-month wait for each of the A+ vouchers, really fukked up my plans. Back in early April, I wanted to knockout the Net+ by mid-June. I thought I'd have Sec+ by now.

Never wait for a cert to apply to jobs. You get jobs off knowledge, not certs. The issue is your resume. Add a skills section. Add the objectives (protocols you learned) from the google cert to that section. Apply to every position (especially jr security analyst or jr sysadmin); even if you don't meet the experience requirement. Create another resume for service desk. Apply to everything.

Post a sanitized resume if you want feedback.

 

[Dat Migo]

Got put in a leadership program by my director. Hopefully, it leads to some executive position down the road.

 

[Lord_nikon]

Can you brehs give me your thoughts and advice on my situation and should I move to another state that is more diverse in IT?

Basically I can't get hired any more off of experience, certification, education, customer service and charisma. 97-99% of my interviews are inconsequential behavioral questions. Right now I can't even get a tier 1 help desk position.

Basically my interviews go like this HR reaction/phone interview hiring manager reaction/phone interview onsite interview/ faces


right now I'm in Tennessee, 15+ years in IT with fortune 500 companies, basic certs , right now I am working tier 2 and tier 3/jr admin support.


To me it feel like corporate department segregation.

 

[David_TheMan]

Can you brehs give me your thoughts and advice on my situation and should I move to another state that is more diverse in IT?

Basically I can't get hired any more off of experience, certification, education, customer service and charisma. 97-99% of my interviews are inconsequential behavioral questions. Right now I can't even get a tier 1 help desk position.

Basically my interviews go like this HR reaction/phone interview hiring manager reaction/phone interview onsite interview/ faces


right now I'm in Tennessee, 15+ years in IT with fortune 500 companies, basic certs , right now I am working tier 2 and tier 3/jr admin support.


To me it feel like corporate department segregation.

Try to look at the contracting game in Huntsville, AL and in Oak Ridge, TN. A lot of government sector jobs there and if you can get on and get a Sec clearance, it will really open up a lot more doors for you regionally.

 

[Lord_nikon]

Try to look at the contracting game in Huntsville, AL and in Oak Ridge, TN. A lot of government sector jobs there and if you can get on and get a Sec clearance, it will really open up a lot more doors for you regionally.

Yeah that's my down fall I'm disqualified for government service I have people and relative in Texas and Florida tho

I may have to get out this IT shyt and go into medical or something

 

[David_TheMan]

Yeah that's my down fall I'm disqualified for government service

Well what certs do you have, have you tried looking at higher level certs or upping your formal education to get more advanced jobs?

 

[Lord_nikon]

Well what certs do you have, have you tried looking at higher level certs or upping your formal education to get more advanced jobs?

net+ A+ apple, juniper certifications, MTA networking , MCTS etc, that's problems , I get lots of call backs dudes be on that I want to get some cloud certification but hell I can't get a basic entry job these days


My career goal is to work for self, I just trying to work and save...... this corporate IT shyt isn't for me,

 

[David_TheMan]

net+ A+ apple, juniper certifications, MTA networking , MCTS etc, that's problems , I get lots of call backs dudes be on that I want to get some cloud certification but hell I can't get a basic entry job these days


My career goal is to work for self, I just trying to work and save...... this corporate IT shyt isn't for me,

You shouldn't even be applying to entry level jobs, you are over qualified.
If you do want entry, change you resume to remove half the shyt you have and look like an ideal candidate for an entry position.

What specialization are you looking at?

 

[Lord_nikon]

You shouldn't even be applying to entry level jobs, you are over qualified.
If you do want entry, change you resume to remove half the shyt you have and look like an ideal candidate for an entry position.

What specialization are you looking at?

Okay I will try that, basically here there are more mid level temporary position than permanent entry level, right now I need something permanent.

Before the layoff some years ago, my specialization was in server administration. Data center admin


right now i'm doing IT support, I really want get back into servers and get some wmware cloud certs

 

[David_TheMan]

Okay I will try that, basically here there are more mid level temporary position than permanent entry level, right now I need something permanent.

Before the layoff some years ago, my specialization was in server administration. Data center admin


right now i'm doing IT support, I really want get back into servers and get some wmware cloud certs

Yeah try to tailor your resume for specific jobs.
So for advance IT support jobs have one, for server jobs have one tailored specifically for that.
That helped me a lot.

 

[Lord_nikon]

Yeah try to tailor your resume for specific jobs.
So for advance IT support jobs have one, for server jobs have one tailored specifically for that.
That helped me a lot.

Okay

Question are you changing your job title and deleting skills and duties?-
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Never mind I got it ,,, thanks

 

[StretfordRed]

This OSCP ting is pretty smooth so far.

Some tough parts like programming a buffer overflow in C.

But besides that, easy going.

Not started the labs yet. Just the course work

 

[satam55]

Never wait for a cert to apply to jobs. You get jobs off knowledge, not certs. The issue is your resume. Add a skills section. Add the objectives (protocols you learned) from the google cert to that section. Apply to every position (especially jr security analyst or jr sysadmin); even if you don't meet the experience requirement. Create another resume for service desk. Apply to everything.

Post a sanitized resume if you want feedback.

Anybody got a good IT resume template?

 

[JT-Money]

Anybody got a good IT resume template?

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[Mirin4rmfar]

Word of advice..look at people's recommendation letter before they send it out. I asked the same people I asked to send me a recommendation later for the last graduate program I applied to and they were fukking wack...at low level schools, it would pass but at top schools. You aren't getting in with that lol.