shunty

personally I rate experience vastly over quals...however I appreciate that sometimes quals are needed for specific areas.

edited to add, I would agree on the university statement, my HND & Degree tought me nothing other than meeting deadlines & a bit of planning.
you can't beat life experience & variation of position & company.

shunty

[Edited by shunty - 7/1/2003 12:26:50 PM]

rogp

It seems it no longer pays to over specialise unless you are very senior/management level.

Edited to say my long term interest is in I.T security.

Roger

[Edited by rogp - 7/1/2003 2:35:07 PM]

rogp

I have been employed in the IT industry (on and off) for almost 6 years now and although I have learnt a lot in that time I feel I should have more to show for it.

What are other peoples experiences of qualifications such as the MCSE, CCNA and CISSP?

From an employers point of view, if a candidate had both experience and some certificates does it make him/her more appealing?

I did not go to university but I don't feel it has held me back at all.

What are your thoughts?

Roger

[Edited by rogp - 7/1/2003 10:59:21 AM]

[Edited by rogp - 7/1/2003 11:08:45 AM]

rogp

I would tend to think that larger 'brand' name companies will look for a certain qualification as a way of categorising skill-sets.

In the smaller companies that I would tend to prefer to work for, it is maybe not quite as important as relevant experience. However, with the market being as difficult as it is would it be prudent to look toward some form of formal accreditation in case my circumstances change?

Roger

MarkO

To a certain extent, it depends on the certification. Some are worthwhile, but MSCEs (for example) have been so widely-awarded that they're not really worth the paper they're written on...

Check out this thread - there's plenty of info/opinions about this particular subject.

shunty

the market is the worst I have ever seen it!!
I quite often see job specs that require every skillset know to man for £20,000
stupid really, because as soon as the market picks up they will just move on for more cash.

as for what skill set you want depends where you want to go ??

shunty

shunty

quote "It seems it no longer pays to over specialise unless you are very senior/management level."

so an SPS qualification for these guys then
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shunty (SPS in 2 years)