Re: Paper CCXX ...LONG

2001-03-18 Thread Scott Ramos
I took Cisco approved courses through a Cisco Premier Training Partner about a year and a half ago. I took ICRC, ACRC, CMTD, CLSC, and CIT. On the first day, the instructor would have everyone say a little about who they were and what they did. Of all the students in all the coursed, only two, m

Re: Paper CCXX ...LONG

2001-03-18 Thread The.Rock
One thing to remember, big companies are BIG on TITLES!!!.. We have a "NETWORK ENGINEER" who is as dumb as tree stump. Its just a title another words.And yes it is hard to know everything. I don't think there is one person who knows everything they studied in their cert a year later. You'll fo

Re: Paper CCXX ...LONG

2001-03-18 Thread The.Rock
You can also blame big corporations for not taking in interest in actually looking at someone's resume as nowadays they use a scanning technology to pull keywords. And unfortunately someone with the IQ of Bevis and Butthead with a resume that has all the right words gets them to interview; versus

Re: Paper CCXX ...LONG

2001-03-18 Thread Scott Ramos
I took Cisco approved courses through a Cisco Premier Training Partner about a year and a half ago. I took ICRC, ACRC, CMTD, CLSC, and CIT. On the first day, the instructor would have everyone say a little about who they were and what they did. Of all the students in all the coursed, only two,

Re: Paper CCXX ...LONG

2001-03-18 Thread Groupstudy
Very well said Craig. - Original Message - From: Craig Columbus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mike Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2001 6:22 AM Subject: Re: Paper CCXX ...LONG > Ok...before I even begin addressing this point

RE: Paper CCXX ...LONG

2001-03-18 Thread Timothy Metz
Bottom line for most job hunters is "what needs to be on my resume so the recruiter will forward it to company X" The simple answer is certs relevant to the position. Once at the interview, it is the job of the company at hand to screen the paper certs vs. the real McCoy vs. the up and coming. Mos

Re: Paper CCXX ...LONG

2001-03-18 Thread Craig Columbus
Ok...before I even begin addressing this point, let me state that I think that there's value in obtaining certification and that I certainly admire everyone who's taken the time and money to better himself, or herself, through the certification process. However, as someone who hires network p