A wise man once said, "It is not true that great men never fail; the truth
is that great men do not let failure stop them." You are starting a career
in a great field with a lot of opportunity, never sell yourself short. I am
not sure which direction you want to go in, but I suppose that you want to
work with routers. If that is what you want to do then I suggest that you
market yourself that way, and make sure that you know different
technologies.
Try going to a local tech. school or college and talk to a guidance
counselor, or instructor, and fire away with questions about the industry
and marketing yourself.
This is your career. This is what you want to do. This is what you are. So
you have to think and act that way. Don't look at yourself as a driver, or
parking attendant; look at yourself as a network administrator, and do
research.
For a little while, call up different job postings and ask them what they
are looking for in a candidate (ie. skills). Then when you have called up
several recruiters, compare the skill sets that they are looking for and
then focus on them, and highlight them in your resume. After that, study
them until you know it, and until it makes you sick. Consider this, if you
had these same certifications, let's say 5 yrs. ago, where do you think you
would be now??... So now, look ahead, not to the immediate future, but long
term. This is your career.
You have an advantage that a lot of people in the field do not have, and
that is YOU are certified, which defintely gives you a great advantage. But
with that, you also have a handicap, and that is you don't work with the
technology everyday. That's why you must, MUST continue to study and make
sure that you know the technology well enough to be able to prove that you
have the skills it takes to perfrom the job.
Look at it this way. Let's say that your looking for a tradesman (any
field). You hired a guy who is certified, but with little experience, and
his performance is poor. What would you do if another guy came along with
the same skills and experience?..... That's the position the employers are
in. To overcome that you have to gain enough knowledge so that you will be
able to hit the ground running from day one.
So keep your head up, and focus not only on passing the exams, but on
KNOWING the material.
T. Knox
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Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2000 4:44 PM
Subject: Paper Vs hands on
> Let's talk about this for a minute or two, just to clear something that
has
> been inside of me for a while, since i joined this group about a year ago
I
> hear lots of you say
> " get experience", like it is somenthing you just go to the grocery store
and
> buy it, if it was like that, i would gather as much money as i could, to
buy
> the most i can.
> Take me for example, I have been parking cars for 7 years now at $
7.50
> an hour,
> In 1997, because i wanted to improve my way of life, i started buying and
> studying books, first I got my A+ cert, Then my MCP, right now i only need
2
> electives to have the MCSE, then i got my Network+, then my CCNA, from the
> ccnp i passed the acrc and the cit, I bought all the cisco books for the
> ccnp, the ccda,ccdp,ccie, i even took the ccie written , of course i
failed,
> but it is a good experience, and i think the acrc is a harder exam, but
the
> ccie is a more broader exam.
> going back to the main topic, I started studying because nobody would
> hire me because i do not have neither the knowledge nor the experience
that i
> needed, now I have, not all the knowledge but some, as far as the A+ goes
i
> feel confident, i have asembled and sold over a few years maybe 100
> computers, as far as my troubleshooting skills i feel more than good, as
far
> as the rest goes, i have a small network at home, not with routers,
because i
> cannot afford them, i have 4 workstations and 2 servers, so i practice a
lot.
> Since i joined this group i hear you people talking about getting
> experience, about paper Vs hands on, AT first nobody hires you because you
do
> not have the knowledge or the experience, then somehow you manage to get
some
> knowledge,
> but then again, this time nobody hires you because you do not have the
> experience, and you people talk about it , the so much appreciated
experience
> , like it is so easy
> to get
> I have posted my resume all over, willing to start with anything, but
> whoever calls, the first question is, Where have you worked before?, how
long
> have your worked in the industry?, as soon as I tell them my experience is
> with a small network i have at home, they think for a minute or two, thet
> said i call you back, but they never do.
> I have spent Ks of dollars, and i am convinced that it is not worth ,
to
> keep spending more in the sense of trying to get a better life, it is
almost
> impossible; in the sense of getting knowledge is a good thing to do, but
up
> to certain limits.
>
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