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Microsoft or A+
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Which certificate should I seek to take? A+ or Microsoft one to show that I am eligiable to be computer technician.. I do not know which certificate microsoft offer for a technician people (hardware, OS/software technician). Any help would be very much apprciated. Thanks |
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esara wrote:
Hi Which certificate should I seek to take? A+ or Microsoft one to show that I am eligiable to be computer technician.. I do not know which certificate microsoft offer for a technician people (hardware, OS/software technician). Any help would be very much apprciated. Thanks Phone around some companies to see what they're looking for, though a good, relevant, CV is always the best qualification for any job. I often went up for contracts against people with much better paperwork but my background with IBM, Ministry of Defence and some corporate work got me every job I applied for. Alan |
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Microsoft does not offer computer technician Certificates.
-- DaveW "esara" wrote in message m... Hi Which certificate should I seek to take? A+ or Microsoft one to show that I am eligiable to be computer technician.. I do not know which certificate microsoft offer for a technician people (hardware, OS/software technician). Any help would be very much apprciated. Thanks |
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esara wrote:
Hi Which certificate should I seek to take? A+ or Microsoft one to show that I am eligiable to be computer technician.. I do not know which certificate microsoft offer for a technician people (hardware, OS/software technician). Any help would be very much apprciated. Thanks Really? I'm finishing up a comp sci degree after a 5 year leave of absence. It's really almost a badge at this point - something to launch me into a different four year degree (and career) and something to say I didn't quit. Things have changed. In the five years away, I saw my class population go from about 50% caucasian, 40% asian, 10% misc to 50% indian, 40% asian and 10% caucasian. Eh, that probably sounds biggoted. Let me put it in less offensive terms. The majority of the class holds visas and speaks english as a second language. The jobs are evaporating, especially technician jobs. You'll only find work if they can't ship the position overseas. |
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The jobs are evaporating, especially technician jobs. You'll only find work if they can't ship the position overseas. Go for on-site tech, help desk, or field technician jobs if you only plan to go as far as A+ or MSCE or what have you. Any company with a large network has a department for ya - Offices, hospitals, you name it. |
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"esara" wrote in message m... Hi Which certificate should I seek to take? A+ or Microsoft one to show that I am eligiable to be computer technician.. I do not know which certificate microsoft offer for a technician people (hardware, OS/software technician). Any help would be very much apprciated. Thanks Hi, The A+ is a general, rounded, computer technician qualification. It is not specific to any operating system, there is bits of Windows, Novell and MACs on the sofware exam of the qualification. It is more knowing how the building blocks of _any_ computer fit together and interact with each other. Its good if you want to get your hands inside the hardware. There are several CompTIA exams that you can take and they don't lapse after time. (A+, Server+, Network+ etc) The Microsoft exams are specific to the operating system. I have various MCPs. Microsoft qualifications are only valid as lons as the operating system is a current product. My Win98 its still current at the moment but MS could drop it and it would no longer be valid and I wouldn't be able to use it as a qualification. (Although the ones for Win 2000 pro and Server, and others, are still valid). The Microsoft route is good if you are going to a company that uses Microsoft products, when I was applying for jobs a couple of years ago almost no-one wanted Microsoft qualifications, they wanted Unix, or web language qualifications. If you want to go into networking then look at the cisco exams, the CCNA is the basic qualification, but it is hard. I had a couple of cisco courses and two years of working with routers before I had enough knowledge to attempt the exam. The CCNA only lasts 18months before you have to take it agian to say you are still qualified. Cisco training and exams are not cheap. Good luck, Adam S |
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Just my 2 cents worth, I currently have A+ was going to get MSCE but not
going to waste my time. In my experience most companies will at the very minimum want you to have A+. The problem with MSCE is that so many people became certified buy memorizing the course material long enough to pass the test, and not learning the stuff. So from what I have seen most companies will give no credence to a MSCE. As stated in one of the other posts experience is better than any alphabet soup the follows your name. Now there is that enviable catch 22, no one will hire you without experience, and you can't get the experience with out a job.( don't ya love the symmetry in that, what a lovely world we live in.) In my case I was lucky enough to find a company that was desperate enough to take a chance on a guy with no working experience (i.e.previous job in field). The best suggestion I can give is to get the A+ and try to find a place that you can intern at, you'll probably have to work for free but the experience will pay you back later. Thank you, -S --- Bill Sargent CQ Services, Inc. 101 Desmond Street Sayre, PA 18840-2001 Tel: 1-800-366-2414 Fax: 1-570-882-9679 www.CQServices.com "esara" wrote in message m... Hi Which certificate should I seek to take? A+ or Microsoft one to show that I am eligiable to be computer technician.. I do not know which certificate microsoft offer for a technician people (hardware, OS/software technician). Any help would be very much apprciated. Thanks |
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