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Company has reached out to me on database skill that I don't have
So I applied for a position where they mentioned MS SQL skills or database administration. I have worked with Oracle and PeopleSoft, however it was pulling queries and no database administration and I have dabbled with MySQL, however no really big tables or a database that has much activity. The hiring manager has emailed…
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Will be leaving the military in 11 months. Need guidance.
I am active army with MOS 25N, specialist. 4 years in by the time I leave. Secret clearance and CCNP switch done (CCNP will be complete by August if I stick to my schedule). I will be staying in the Anchorage area for a couple years. I have thought about reenlisting but I do not like army life and I don't feel challenged…
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Seeking Information about a Specific Job Category. Done this type of Work Before?
Hey, all. I have a question about median salary and general work environment for a specific position. Normally, I go to ONetOnline.org and learn as much as I can, but I'm having trouble categorizing this position. Long-and-Short of it: - I am currently attending a 4-month long certification course. A+, Sec+, MTA, and…
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What could I expect for windows os questions related interview?
I have a pretty good understanding of 802.11 and everything else, I have passed 2 interviews w/ the HR and director of ops I believe (not sure), now I have one on Wed w/ the Manager of IT.Are there any specific questions I could help prepare for when it comes to MS related questions?
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Veteran looking for some guidence
Hey all, I've been kind of lurking around for about a week now and doing some research. I have a question that hopefully I might be able to get some light shed on for me. About myself, I've spent the last 5 years in the Navy as an IT working in a radio comms environment. I've done the technical support/help desk role but…
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Veterans Technology Program, Syracuse University ?
I have been in the military since 2003 having started in the USAF out of high school and currently in the Army National Guard. I applied and was recently approved to take the Veterans Technology Program via Syracuse University online. This looks like a good program from what I have seen so far but have not hear or sen…
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Job prospects for CCNA
Hello everyone, I'm new here, but I will be sitting my ccent this month sometime(as soon as my discount voucher from netacad comes through.) I plan on finishing the ccna at the beginning of this summer. I'm 22, no degree yet, but I am actively pursuing an AAS in Network Administration at a respect CC. I live in the Saint…
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Hiring Season?
Curious if companies are slowing down on hiring due to the holiday season? Appreciate responses.
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Working in Korea (DoD or other)
Hi all, I'm sure this has been covered ad nauseum before but my Google-fu is not up to the task of finding the relevant threads. So, here goes: I'm a 25A signal officer, formerly stationed in Korea where I met my beautiful wife, and I am planning to get out of the Army and start my infosec career within the next six to…
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WGU project assessments
I'm pretty close to having all of the objective assessments completed at WGU and will have nothing but gen-ed project assessments left to take along with the security capstone. I'm just wondering if I'm going to find completing these project assessments to be a lot more difficult or time consuming than studying and taking…
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What's the minimum you want to stay at a job (In most situations)
I realize this is going to vary A LOT I am curious to see what members on his forum think? I was thinking a year and you are in the clear, however 2 - 3 ideal. Thoughts?
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Former teacher considering the IT field. Specific career advice appreciated
Hi everyone, I am 24 years old and graduated in December of 2012 with a bachelors degree in social studies education grades 7-12. I love the kids but I found that my heart just wasnt in it and I couldnt see myself doing it for the rest of my life. I know that I will probably never teach again and I am looking at making a…
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Need Honest Opinions
I am looking for honest opinions on what I should do. I started the job I am currently at 2 months ago. When I accepted the position it was for a slight increase ($7k) in pay but I went from a Management/Sr Sys Admin position to just a Sys Admin position. Now I have a potential opportunity to go for a position with another…
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college student who needs some career advice in IT please!!
I just turned 23 and am about to go into my senior year of my BS IT degree, I go to Barry university out of Miami shores and its great but i need some insight on which certs I should get and what I should be doing. I want to be a software engineer at some point but any entry level career pertaining to my major will do.…
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A day in the life of the entry level professional...
I was wondering if you those of you who have been there could describe the daily tasks of an entry level security professional. I am more curious about a what day-one as a pentester or security analyst is like but others may be interested in other IT realms so any insight would be appreciated.
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Technical "Work at home jobs" Has anyone here done them ?
Hey All, I am considering doing a work from home job. Has anyone here done a Technical work from job before ? The Pay is a-little lower then what I am use to making but I think it would be better then being on Unemployment. Let me know your thoughts mgmguy1
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Yet another career advice question
First, a little background on me - I'm 38, Bachelors in business, Master's in finance, CPA. The business career path wasn't exactly deliberate, but that's where life took me. I've loved working with computers since my first Tandy 1000tx, and just finished 2 new builds, which rekindled my interest in pursuing something IT…
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Resume question
If you work on a project for a three week contract, how do you put that on a resume?
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WGU Homework
I'm thinking of applying for WGU for the B.S. in IT(not sure which emphasis). I know that I will have to get a cert or take a college course before beginning. The question regards the amount of homework involved each week. Realistically, I may only have 5-10 hours of time to apply to homework/studies. How long, in your…
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Upcoming Developer interview
Hi All! I have an interview for a Developer/Programmer position in 2 days. The position consists of working with .NET, SQL, and Sharepoint. I have no idea what to expect. I am terrified because there is a 30 minute written exercise prior to the interview. I don't have any working experience in the I.T. field. I only posess…
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What's an average salary for a junior cyber security analyst?
I just got an email from the company that I applied for, and they want me to confirm my salary requirements and whether or not I'd be able to do the graveyard shift (says most junior analysts start at that shift...). I'm willing to do the graveyard shift since I just graduated in May and honestly, I'd take anything haha..…
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Querying about a job vacancy with another department - speculative approach
I am in my first IT job for 4 years now, and want to progress within the company. I have an idea what area of IT to progress in. Is it worth composing a speculative email to see if they will have any vacancies in the future, to the head of department or manager responsible for that team/department? Or is a face to face…
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Changing Degree (junior in college)
Hey guys! I'm a physics major that was going to apply to Medical School next year, but really don't want to become a doctor anymore. Having little to no experience in the IT field, how difficult would it be to change my career path? I had near perfect SAT scores in high school if that means anything. I did see the school…
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Contracting Conundrum
Hoping to solicit some advice on the following: I'm currently a sub-contractor to a prime who supports an on-site customer. The "statement of work" that my company provided is very specific on the scope and the work that I should be performing. Unfortunately, I find that as the contract with the prime and the customer is…
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A Ratchokes Journey.....
Hello, I have seen a couple post like this and thought it would be helpful to myself for motivational and assistant purposes. But also to provide a log of the journey I've taken into WGU, and hopefully this helps provide some insight and expectations of others who may be deciding on enrolling in Western Governors…
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Realistic Salary Expectations for CCNP w/ Limited Experience in South Jersey/Philly
Hello All, To provide some very brief background, I worked in IT professionally from 1997-2004. Since then I've worked primarily in an outside sales role that has essentially nothing to do with IT. My former technology experience includes network installation/configuration, Windows server/desktop administration (NT/2000),…
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Masters - Capitol College, UMUC, or Marymount University?
Hello, I'm looking to start my masters in information assurance/cybersecurity, and I believe I have my choices narrowed down to the following three schools - 1. Capitol College - MS Information Assurance - I really like the curriculum, however, this school still has the "whats that" factor, just asking friends from the…
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Technical Support
hello every one can you help me i need technical support interview question. and thanks for every one
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WGU Question...
Does anyone know? If you already have a fair amount of the certifications that encompass a certain program, will WGU make you retake them? It says you can only wave up to 25% of your degree. For Instance (The IT Security Bachelors) Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA®) - Have it. Cisco Certified Network Associate…
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Resume review... not sure where im going wrong
Hello TE Members, Recently, I have been testing the waters and submitting my resume for some positions that are closer to home since my daily commute (1 hour each way in traffic) is starting to take a toll on me. The positions I have been applying for are in network engineering or data center operations and I meet most…
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Working Helpdesk
I have just gotten my first Full Time IT job. I will be working help desk, and of course, I want to start off the job doing good, I don't have much professional experience ,and they were looking for someone with 3 years+ experience. So do you guys have any website/books/suggestions/ COMMON PROBLEMS, that will help me…
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Technical recruiters and reference checks
I had a technical recruiter ask me for my references before even setting up an interview. I didn't do it though because I didn't want to waste time with a managerial reference check for a job I didn't even interview for yet, especially if I find something else in the near future and would need that managerial reference…
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Do most Help Desk/Desktop Support Jobs train on the job?
I was wondering if most companies train you on your first couple days when doing a help desk/ desktop support role? For example do you shadow someone for the first couple of days to get the hang of things? Or do they basically throw you to the wolves? Is there a manual you follow to help with troubleshooting? I apologize…
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Feel over my head at my MSP job, really need some good resources to tap into
So I recently started a job as a Unified Communications Engineer at an MSP, but given my lack of VoIP in my background, I've sort of been designated the Data guy for my group. We are supposed to handle UC calls (CallManager, Unity, Jabber, Telepresence, etc), but we literally get every kind of network ticket imaginable.…
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1 month after graduation and WGU has paid for itself
Lot of stuff to report... If anyone remembers, I posted this long ago: http://www.techexams.net/forums/jobs-degrees/88675-2-month-process-no-job.html where I said stuff like this: Well, much to my surprise, he kept his word and called me back. Long story short, in between then and now I had completed my Bachelor's at WGU.…
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What can I do to show an interviewer that I have a good starting grasp of MS SQL?
Background: I have a few entry-level sysadmin certs and 3 years helpdesk experience, almost done with my four-year MIS degree. Age 24 in the greater NYC area. I had a phone interview with a software development company and passed a phone screening concerning my candidate qualities/attitude/motivation/drive. The position…
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IS it wise to do CCNA after MCA as a Fresher (No experience)?
I am from India. I did MCA(2010-2013) from Pondicherry University. I am a fresher i.e I don't have any experience. Will it be wise for me to do CCNA/CCNP? I am interested in networking jobs. But,as I don't have any experience will it be good for me or not? I have gone through this forum.Many members are saying that doing…
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MTA Certs?
Good day to you all! I was wondering if anyone has obtained their MTA certs. Reason why I am asking is because it says on the MTA website that you have to be a student in order to be able to take the exams, however I read somewhere else that this isn't true. I want to take away the MTA requirements for the WGU IT:Security…
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What programming languages should I learn?
Hi. I'm a security student in my second year of a degree program. I am not looking to become a full-time programmer or software developer. I'd just like to know enough to read and understand code so that I can check for vulnerabilities or reverse engineer. I've just completed a Python course and there won't be any more…
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WGU Experiences with corporate reimbursement policies and lack of letter grade?
I am considering attending WGU. I've never been to college before and have 10 years IT experience. I'm with a good company but companies come and go so I feel I need to catch up the education level to my experience level. The company I am with now has a tuition reimbursement policy which in theory should cover most of the…
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Applied for School Technology Technician on 10/31
I applied for "School Technology Technician" on 10/31, for a local school district. Here is what the original post for the job said: Unfortunately I cant remember the exact salary offered but I believe it is around 17-20/hr. A little bit about myself: I have 10+ years of hardware/software exp, 26+yrs of customer service,…
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Potential promotion to InfoSec position
So this past Friday I was approached by our Director of IS and he told me he wanted me to see him in his office at some point. He assured me it was not for anything bad which I appreciated! Anyway, he was informing me that there is an Security Administrator position open at one of our sister companies. He expressed that he…
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Interview went well for System Engineer position... now how to negotiate??
This is a build-on from http://www.techexams.net/forums/jobs-degrees/95368-odd-situation-when-appropriate-ask-about-pay-possible-job-jump.html I decided to speak to the gentlemen before having the interview about pay range. He actually agreed and said it was a good idea - so it worked out for me this time. As always, your…
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Staples Certified Technician? Pay? and info?
I am thinking about applying to Staples for a "Certified Technician" position. I recently got out of a call center job that I absolutely hated. Is anyone familiar with this job? I am going to apply to it but I wasn't sure what the pay range for this is $10-$15? Also has anyone ever been in this position before?…
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Last Question for a while and then I'll start answering questions
This is an important to me. I am taking classes at Prince George's Community College to save money. I am information science trying to go into information security directly after I get enough credits. So next summer 2014, I'll be looking for an internship to start me over into information security. I am trying to go into…
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Anyone ever filed an EEOC compliant?
Has anyone ever filed an EEOC compliant for a job you didn't get because you felt you were discriminated against because of your age, race, gender, etc. What was the process? What was the outcome?
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Resume with COLOR! Stupid idea or does it work?
Ok so my resume has went through quite a few changes in the last week (thanks to you guys). This is the best I have come up with so far so PLEASE continue bashing it as much as possible so I can come up with a good finished product. Thanks again for all of your help in this!
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Need help finding a entry-level position
Hi all, A little about me: I have successfully obtained my A+, Network+ and Security+, and am currently studying for Cisco's CCNA Routing and Switching. I am extremely interested in networking as my ideal job position is something along the lines of configuring and maintaining security for corporate networking…
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Cleared - but no job
So just a little background: I applied for and was selected for a contracting position with the DOD back in October 2012. The job required a clearance before beginning employment. So I went through the process, and found out last week that the clearance went through, after taking over a year. So I now know that I am…
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certifications vs degree
So I am looking for a career change from health research to IT, since I really enjoy programming. I am thinking I can still use my experience in managing data and statistical programming, so I am leaning towards training to be a DBA. I am considering either enrolling at WGU and get a BA in IT and get certifications out of…
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Resume Question
How long Should I be employed with an employer before listing it as a reference on my resume?
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Quick Update
Hey All, So a few months ago in August I left a job do to a hostile work environment and not being allowed to get much networking exposure even though i was a Networking Engineer. I had only been there 6 months, and just felt that my path/career goals would not be fulfilled no matter how long I stayed. After a couple of…
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What should I ask for in Salary Range?
Job is at a big Software Company in the Northwest, I was asked what salary I wanted and don't want to price myself out but don't want to leave money on the table, honestly I have no clue what range to say...any input would be appreciated.* Will be responsible for ensuring applications are compliant to security and privacy…
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I had an interview with one of the Top tech company, what is next?
I had a phone interview with a recruiter yesterday. This recruiter is a recruiter on campus, so is basically a direct recruiter. I'm applying for a Network Engineer position. I think I did good because at the end of the chat, the recruiter told me that you have what we are looking for a network engineer with python and…
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Advice for Candidate With Limited Experience
Hi all. I'm going to graduate in five weeks with an AAS in Computer Systems Technology. It's a pretty similar major to IT. I've taken Windows Deployment, Windows Server, Advanced Networking (Cisco R/S), Security, etc. These classes have been pretty hands on, but I don't have work experience. I've done stuff with AD, GPOs,…
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How do I get a better, more engaging job?
I strongly dislike my job. I'm working as a contractor for a company to complete a company-wide Network upgrade. Because of reasons I am unaware of, the project has been slowing down recently, so the company has been having us work the help desk because of lack of work. We aren't actually trained for the help desk and…
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Network admin
Have an interview for a network admin position, it includes server administration, what kind of questions should i expect on server administration?
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What's the fastest you quit a job?
My new (former) co-worker left after 2 nights of work. I knew he hated the shift by the comments he was making stating things like he's tired, sleepy ect. I was just curious about others stories on TE?
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New job offer, network security analyst, how to prepare?
As the title states, I may be offered a job doint network security analysis, viewing logs and traffic analysis. While I did well in the technical interview it was suggested that I brush up before I come on. Does anyone have some resources to really get into the things I may be working with, wireshark, splunk, ect.
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What salary with the fallowing certifications and experience.
By the summer I am striving to achieve. A+ NET+ CCNA SEcurity+ Server+ MSCE I have two years of full experience by then. My experience consist on 1-POS 2-Refresments 3-Printer Installation and set up 4-Some Printer Repairs 5-Imaging 6-Break and Fix of Laptop and Desktop as a full time. What would be the expected salary…
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Data Center Technician career
Hello forum, I interviewed for a data center technician job today and was wondering is there much job/career growth in this field? I was leaning either that or IT networking? Job description is below: [SIZE=-1] Data Center Technicians have the opportunity to work with new technologies and state-of-the-art equipment…
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AS, BS and MS on resume
Alright so I read that if someone had a BS degree on their resume, they didn't need to put the AS degree. I talked to my dad about it since he's a manager (non-IT) and he told me that I should be the AS degree that I earned because I have an AS: Network Administration and a BS: Network Security. I'm working on the MS:…
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Resume Critique Please!
I recently had my resume revised professionally to be "oriented" to entry level IT work. I do not have formal IT work experience and was shocked to see what it came back like. I have edited this a little after I got it back but wanted to see your opinion of it now. When reviewing it, it would seem like I have years of IT…
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Help finding a book for Help Desk/Desktop Support
Hey everyone. I am relatively new to the It world and I wanted to know if anyone can recommend me a book to help me with a Help Desk/Desk Support role. I really do not have much experience except for volunteer work at my local church pretty much maintaining the computers, making sure nothing goes terribly wrong. I have…
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Should I leave skills out of my resume that are not likely used on the job?
I'm applying for a system admin position, so should I leave things out such as SQL, Java, HTML? My resume is already quite cramped and Im trying to fit everything on 1 page
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Current Community College Student (WGU IT:Security Prospective Student)
Greetings and hello everyone! I have been lurking in these forums for about half a year now and I've finally decided to join! Love the community here! So 3 questions! These are in-depth and long winded and so in case you are wondering, I am in contact with WGU in regards to this, I just want the opinion of every WGU…
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I am thinking of taking the WGU plunge, transferring large amount of credits in
I'll be 24 next year and have been (technically) in-and-out of college since I was 18. I went for 2 1/2 years to the University of Connecticut (great state school) for psychology where I completed three semesters. I returned this semester with a change in major to Management Information Systems. This brick-and-mortar…
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Got a better IT job!
I worked in a low-level helpdesk job making $10 an hour and I just got a job offer with IBM/Ricoh at $16 an hour as a PC Tech fixing laptops and migrating Win XP to Win 7. It's supposed to end in March, but a lot of people were telling me they knew people that worked there that got contracts extended or offered full-time…
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WGU refused to give educational reference, any comment?
I am WGU graduate, just graduated 2 months ago in BSBA-IT program. I've applied for several jobs but they never asked for any educational reference. I recently applied for a government job and they need 3 educational references. I was thinking my former WGU mentor as she never stop saying (during her 15 minutes call), you…
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What IT position did you work at in a hospital and did you move to a higher level
Hello All, I am starting my new job in the first week of December at big hospital near me doing Help desk Technician position. Pretty excited since I will be learning new applications and little of desktop support. I will be making money in the $20's which is higher then my last job. One thing I ask everyone is if anyone…
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Need a favor. I need someone to mock interview me for a network engineer position
I'm working on a project, and to get an idea of interviewing, I would like someone to interview me for a non VOIP network engineer position. Looking to get this done in the next 2 weeks. I can send a copy of my resume to you and we can set a date and time. Hopefully this is someone with recent interviewing experience.…
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Should I quit my job after 6 months?
I'm in a stressful dilemma. I was recently hired by a tech firm as a jr. project manager straight out of college. After I was hired, I got trained on Oracle. The training was ineffective as the topics they started us off with here quite advanced and the instructor had a very thick accent. The company's goal was to have me…
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Has Anyone Gone To ITT Tech or Devry?
I'm currently considering these as options for school. Has anyone gone and if so how was the experience?
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Opinions on ECPI University, please
Hello, I'm currently in the process of enrolling at ECPI University online B.S Computer and Information Science / Network Security. The reason I picked this school is because the classes are only 5 weeks long. So if you take 2 classes per 5 weeks you can finish a bachelors in 2.5 years. With the credits I'm transferring in…
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Donor Wall Suggestion
Just throwing this out for others as a suggestion. I'm in a semi-decent sized town, but sometimes looking for good companies that are localized (i.e. 30 miles or so or closer to home) is becoming a challenge if I don't already know about them. However, I was at one of the buildings at the local university and noticed a…
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Switching from server administration to networking
So, I've been working with Windows servers for about 13 years now and frankly, I'm pretty bored with it. I've discovered that my true interests are in Cisco networking. I've been pursuing the CCNA and on certain subjects, gone into CCNP level depth just to learn as much as I can. At my current job, I'm a one man show but…
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Landed a great new job... but terrible experience putting in my notice...
I was hoping I'd feel better about landing my first 'real' IT job. Today, I was offered, and accepted, my first position as a System Administrator/Engineer for a small company. I am VERY excited to work with VMWare, Citrix, Cisco, HP, Juniper equipment... the list goes on. I will be part of a team that is very welcoming…
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KFT1 Partner(s) Needed - ASAP :)
Greetings all: Looking to get partnered with a few people (as KFT1 Tasks 2 and 3 require TWO partners to review), but I am looking to get this done ASAP, as my term ends on Oct. 31. Thus far, I have been in contact with a few people, but the replies and communication has been sporadic at best. This will not do. I need to…
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Wgu
i recently found out about this school and i have a lot of questions about it. first question is lets say im starting this school with little college credit..maybe 5 or 6 general classes. how fast can i finish a bs in IT and keep in mind that i have a full job 9 to 5 and i have about 7 years of working in the field and i…
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Master's in IT or MBA??
I obtained my B.S in Information Security back in Dec 2012. I know that I want to continue going to school and get my Master’s, but I am torn between what route to take. I want to be well rounded, but I do not want to pursue a degree that is not going to be interesting and I fail. I was looking at getting my Master’s in…
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Is my resume okay for Help Desk/PC Technician?
I'm applying for help desk positions and PC Tech positions in the Denver area. I'm hoping I can achieve 20 an hour doing one of these jobs. I actually graduate in a few weeks, but I may jump the gun here and start putting in apps right before I graduate (close enough, right?). It's pretty simple, but anyone have any tips…
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Next step??
I just passed my CCNA test today. I am trying to make a career change into the IT field so obviously I have no experience in the industry. Have an associates but in unrelated field, but have customer service and management experience from my previous jobs and now have an A+ Net+ and CCNA certs. My question is what kind of…
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WGU -- MS: ISA vs MS: NM
Just wanted to get some opinions on this matter. I should be completing the BS: ND&M degree in my 2nd term, looking to graduate in early 2014. Hopefully by March or April. I'm wanting to immediately begin one of the MS programs upon completing the BS degree. I've been going back and forth between the MS: ISA and the MS: NM…
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Is the summary section on a resume really needed?
I'm trying to redo my resume and was wondering whether the summary section was something that should be included or just optional.
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Career Advice :)
Hey, i made a thread earlier in the wrong part of the forum i hope someone here can help me out that be really appreciated. i am an accounting student graduating with my accounting degree in april 2014. have worked in Accounts Payable now for 2-3 years. And am looking into IT. I have some questions, is there a IT…
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Is anybody from this forum graduated from WGU YET?
i have simple question: Is anybody from this forum graduated from WGU(Western Governors University) YET? background for my question: i got email from TechExams.net regarding WGU two days ago... I liked the email so did some GOOGLE on WGU....and found some good and some bad review of WGU. specially from ripoff site where…
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New Job Offer, but I have a Question?
I just got offered a job at a consulting company making $70K a year but the tiny catch is I currently work at a job full time making 38K a year, BUT when I was offered the new job they told me I will basically be on a two week probation just to make sure I'm their go to guy because they currently have 1 Senior Admin on…
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MBA IT Management and PMP, what now?
I'm looking at project management roles, it manager, director of IT. I'd like to be in the corporate world but I can do medium sized business too. I've got my MBA in it management from wgu and just passed the PMP today! So my question what's the next step? I'm thinking ITIL foundation. Is there anything else that yall…
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Wrong career decision?
I started L1 support for a phone company in Sept. I realized that it wasn't for me and expressed my desire to my manager at the time to see if I can do Field tech work, which he didn't have a problem. Since doing field tech work (to be 2 weeks exactly), I have a feeling that I'll be let go once my 3 months in the company…
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WGU Cert Assessments - after starting.
I'm trying to fast track my WGU BS IT. I applied, enrolled, but have not set a start date yet because I wanted to knock out as many of the IT certs in advance as possible, so that they will transfer and waive all the IT courses. In reading the program guide, it says that one of the types of assessments is Certification…
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Got offered a job, waiting for official offer from HR.
Just went to a interview at one of the top 100 Hospitals in the US. If not only for a internal referral it is very hard to get into IT within a hospital. However, I'm not sure if low balled my self, when the supervisor as me what my salary expectation were, I said around 21 dollars which comes out to almost 44k. Right now,…
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Got a job (finally) =D
So after sending out about 40 resumes, I finally got an IT-related job. The pay is horrible ($10.75/hour), but it's part-time and will let me keep working on some IT certs (I'm mostly ready to take my CCENT, then want to get my CCNA and probably MCSA Server 2008 ). Major pay-cut for me -- literally half of what I was…
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Help Desk Call Center
Currently being offered a position in call center for help desk. I dont have much experience in the field so would it be a good place to start? How do these jobs usually go? Im studying for ccna and some comptia certs
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Wgu bs it
Has anyone completed the BS IT? I would love to know if it provided value or if you guys think it would be a better use of time to go after something like BS Sec. Thanks
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Applied science degree is it worth it?
Network Administrator and Support AAS this is a associate degree and will this help me toward my goal for information security analyst http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/15-1122.00 and where can I pursue my bachelor with this?
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Rates & Advice on Contract Network Admin Work
All, I'm a Sr. Network Engineer with a full time job doing network admin, enterprise storage and virtualization work. Seperate from my full-time job I've got two different very wealthy clients that I've done work for previously, but I wasn't getting paid for, long story...don't ask In my new role I'll be in a position to…
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Which degree is more valuable for Info Security field?
I'm currently in school and finished with all the required general education requirements. I'm thinking about going for Information systems, but I heard that Computer science is a more marketable degree. Which degree might return a better chance of landing a good info security job?
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WGU Mostly Gen Ed classes to do, ugh.
Wondering if anyone was in my situation, where I actually had gotten almost all of the IT stuff out of the way beforehand, but none of the Gen Ed. Most ppl here seem to be the other way around, understandably. Picking up this degree just to say I did it. Waiting on transcript evaluations, 13 out of the 14 certs the BSIT…
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Career Exercise Science --> IT
I will try to structure my questions, background, and plans in the most efficient manner for those reading this: Background I received a BS in Exercise Science from the University of New Hampshire (2010). Prior to this, I completed a two year computer electronics program in high school (2005-2006). This program included…
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Odd situation - when is it appropriate to ask about pay - possible job jump?
This past summer I had an interesting position come my way. It was for a system administrator position. Seemed like Windows Server AD knowledge was a requirement, and networking knowledge. Basically, the company setup small networks for small local businesses and supported them. It wasn't really my idea of where I wanted…