This is a good idea. You have to remember that the majority of people that
see your resume are non-technical people that are just matching acronymns
without any idea what they are. I had one recuiter look at my resume and
email back, "but do you have any experience with ISP". I explained what an
ISP was and that all the jobs on my resume were service providers. *sigh*

andy

On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Craig Columbus wrote:

> I've actually seen more than one post that said CCIE required, CCNA 
> preferred.  Go figure.
> In my experience, CCNP doesn't get a lot of play in HR departments.  HR 
> recognizes CCNA, but doesn't understand CCNP.
> I've also seen a fair number of recruiters/HR confuse CCNA with CNA.
> Bottom line?  I don't put any letters after my name, but I have a 
> certifications section on my resume where I list each certification, spell 
> it out, and put the date achieved...even an HR person should be able to see 
> that the CCNA = Cisco Certified Network Associate, and that it was earned 
> prior to my CCNP.
> 
> Craig
> 
> At 10:08 AM 1/26/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> >Robert,
> >You will find that some jobs advertised in a way that they are looking for
> >people who are CCNA or CCIE ( so where is CCNP ) . It seems that some
> >recruitment agency do not know the difference between CCIE and CCNA. I will
> >put it the CCNA somewhere in your resume just to avoid that .
> >
> >Robert Padjen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > I was asked an interesting question this morning by a
> > > friend who just passed their CCNP. Basically they
> > > wanted to know if they should now remove the CCNA from
> > > their resume or list both CCNA and CCNP.
> > >
> > > I took the position that (as I do) the CCNP implies
> > > the CCNA, and therefore one would only list their
> > > 'highest' within a track. A number of co-workers said
> > > no, list it all.
> > >
> > > Please chime in with your position - unicast if your
> > > just sending a vote and multicast if you are raising a
> > > discussion. Sorry to those who feel this is an
> > > improper use of the board.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
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> > > Robert Padjen
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