I helped build a support group a couple years ago and had tons of those people
apply for
$30k (in New England!) jobs in phone support. None of them were prepared for
what we actually expected them to do.
I've also found that certified people are 70% posers with no real computer
skills. They take some bootcamp and pass a test but don't really know anything,
even if they went to a good school.
I'd rather have some guy who can cobble together something from nothing and
sits around doing that in his spare time. Dammed hard to tell in the interview
though who will be really good.
Easy to weed out the posers but hard to tell who is really good.
In support its even harder to tell who will be steady on the phone and not be
eaten alive by the calls. Nearly impossible to predict that one in my
experience.
-Curt
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 19:17:16 -0800 (PST)
From: LWB250 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT, computers again
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
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IT jobs are not as prevalent as some would have you
believe. It also goes without saying that just
because you have an IT background/certs/experience
you'll have no problem finding a job.
The school I am at has a 4th grade teaching position
that just opened up. I happened to empty the fax
machine in the front office the other day, and there
was a resume for the job in it. The guy had a B.A. in
IT from the University of Tampa (good private $chool)
and MS and Cisco certifications. He was doing PC
repair for some backroom outfit in Tampa.
WTH would someone with credentials like this be doing
looking for a teaching job that's not guaranteed
(anything after January 1st is not under contract) and
only pays $37k/year?
Dan
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