What I.T qualification can I get for cheap and fast?

wapow

Provide some more detail about what work you've done with the OS, HTML, etc etc and then we can assist.


You're on the right track, because you haven't had any experience in IT for a long time, you want a qualification.


The truth is, you can also do what other have said, you can write on your CV you've worked with x,y,z and done this and created that etc and it will still look good.


I would also suggest brushing up on your ITIL. Its a silly thing but to be honest, all employers are big on having this.


You can take the exam once you have a job but atleast learn about it beforehand so you can demonstrate you know it in theory in an interview and also you can add to your CV that youre "ITIL ready".


Its all about the wording.

Trinitrotoluene

ClarkeKent, I work in IT and actively recruit engineers for our support desk. If I look at a CV and see an MCSE and no experience, that CV is going straight in the bin. I'm not limiting this to MCSE, but that's where my experience lies (Microsoft Technologies).

You are not going to get into anything other than an entry level tech in terms of jobs (think help desk with a script to follow). What you have to bear in mind is that market is saturated with people who "want to get into IT" and have "paper certificates".

That said, you are not going to be able to do an MCSE in a month. The MCSE: Desktop for example is a five exam qualification with a minimum of one week study (and that's for people who work with that technology day in day out). Even I couldn't do it in a month and I hold a good few MS qualifications already, AND I work with the technologies day in and day out.

Consider starting here https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-gb/mta-certification.aspx and here http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/certifications/entry/ccent/index.html. It might sound backward but I would pay far more attention to your CV if you came in with no experience and entry level qualifications as opposed to more advanced ones.

Trinitrotoluene

joeypesci wrote: »

Best thing you can do in IT when you get started is specialise. It's getting tougher now because bullturd consultants are recommending "cloud based" solutions more and more to companies so less for us 2nd liners to do. Virtualisation is a good place to specialise.

I partly disagree, someone with no experience AND no certifications is not going to be able to specialise in year 1. You lucked out as you admit, but that is rare. The reality is best way to get started is to get that person starting at the bottom to learn the ins and outs, first line help desk type stuff. The specialism comes a few years after.

Also if you have not started learning cloud technologies (IE Amazon EC2 start now) as you have already figured out in the next few years that's where the money and skills will be needed

onomatopoeia99

joeypesci wrote: »

If you can get hold of it, look to get VMWare Workstation a decent PC and the trial copies from the Microsoft site of Windows OS' and servers and setup your own domain in a virtual environment. Break it, then go about learning to fix it. Best way to learn.

Or do what I did and buy something like an old Dell T5400 on ebay and install esxi (now called "vSphere") on it (free for up to two cpus). It's really very good IMO, I ended up replacing the T5400 with an R710 as I got into it so much. I'm such a nerd

I'm a developer rather than an IT person but being able to get on and do this stuff without needing an IT department to do it for me is very useful (and we don't have an IT department at work, it usually me that sorts this sort of stuff out if it breaks).

d70cw6

just make them up on your cv