Has your CCNA made it a lot easier to land a job?

Jmart10

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blatini

I think it's gotten me more opportunity for a job (IE: Interviews). But without work experience it has not landed me a networking role like I had hoped.

Doyen

blatini wrote: »

I think it's gotten me more opportunity for a job (IE: Interviews). But without work experience it has not landed me a networking role like I had hoped.

That is very true. It does help with interviews, but not having experience have lowered their consideration for an actual hire. I was lucky enough to network with some college students & professors to have my current employer take a risk on me so I can gain that experience. If you do not have that type of networking, you may be able to have a IT recruiter aid you with gaining entry level networking positions.

Admiral Akmir

Doyen wrote: »

That is very true. It does help with interviews, but not having experience have lowered their consideration for an actual hire. I was lucky enough to network with some college students & professors to have my current employer take a risk on me so I can gain that experience. If you do not have that type of networking, you may be able to have a IT recruiter aid you with gaining entry level networking positions.

It seems like a lot of the people I've talked to have gotten their jobs through recruiters. This is kind of a new concept to me, how does this generally work? From what I understand, you upload your resume to them, and then they interview you, find out more about you, and when companies contact them for hires, they can recommend you, is that about right? Also do you generally have to pay them, or does it depend on the recruiting company?

Heero

It helps gets you in the door for the interview, but then you have to be able to prove your supposed CCNA knowledge. Any decent organization will test your technical skills because they will realize how easy it is to **** the CCNA. There are a lot of CCNAs out there that hardly know anything. As long as you aren't one of those CCNAs, it will definitely help you find a networking job.

fredrikjj

No, it hasn't really helped me. I think that you need to already be a good candidate overall, in which case having certifications can help push you over the edge. It's not a panacea.

AwesomeGarrett

I would say it depends on the market. Some places you might be able to literally walk into an entry level position with just a CCNA or even CCENT. They're going to grill you during the interview process for a serious network position where you're going to be making changes to the infrastructure. Thus your certification becomes irrelevant at that point.

theodoxa

It got me an interview, which lead to my current position. CCNA was a requirement for the position, but I still got grilled in the interview.

Jmart10

AwesomeGarrett wrote: »

I would say it depends on the market. Some places you might be able to literally walk into an entry level position with just a CCNA or even CCENT. They're going to grill you during the interview process for a serious network position where you're going to be making changes to the infrastructure. Thus your certification becomes irrelevant at that point.

do you know which cities have the best markets (high demand for network admins and low supply of network admins)?

AwesomeGarrett

That is something that you're going to have to do your own research. Postings for position with lower experience requirements usually indicate there is an increasing demand in the area and employers are struggling to retain existing talent and attract new ones.