IT jobs - location and suggestions

consumers_revenge

ITIL

got this one, fairly simple but shows you can follow processes ( quite boring TBH ). show you know about service levels, incidents management, how the different areas of IT react to each other. management love this one and I suspect its one of the biggest reasons I got my job in present company. I only have the foundation course but it makes your cv stand out a bit and shows you want to do things 'the right way'

think the book I got from amazon or ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Foundations-Service-Management-Based-ITIL-/250456284496?pt=Non_Fiction&hash=item3a505b9d50

looks to have been updated but similar, Think the foundation exam was about 35 quid

HTH

CR

richard734

Check out http://www.foxit.net/ I have used them for all my training so far - Foundation, Intermediates and hopefully Expert this year.
Foundation is 10 a penny now, the intermediate courses are very good and do add value. Expert is reckoned to be worth £5-10K on your salary when applying for jobs.

getk

thanks guys

grumpyoldwoman41

OP - are you on LinkedIn? Perhaps register, you never know what can come through contacts of contacts of contacts....

Good luck

out_of_cash

Hi,

just been looking at the learnkey site and noticed its usa based doese this matter when trying to get certified uk certs to usa not really sure how this works.?

consumers_revenge wrote: »

hi,

just my 2 pence worth.

been in your situation and 2 years isnt long TBH.

qualifications seems to open more doors if you havent got anything?

get a few MS exams, ITIL etc under your belt. exams are about a £100 and you can get the self paced stuff DVD, MS books ( yes they do really work!! ) for les than a £100 too.

I used http://www.learnkey.com/ , www.cbtnuggets.com then signed up for the exams.

Ignore the classroom based ones IMHO as they cost a fortune. you will probably learn less than seeing/doing it yourself.

HTH