Forgot to post- I got a new job!

I posted my resume a few months ago and I appreciate the responses.
I was called on December 4th and was offered a position as a Network Administrator. It was the same day I was taking my final exam for my MCSE (I passed- woohoo!), and it turns out it was 1 year -to the day- that I last worked at my previous job.

It was worth going back to classes and getting my certifications. I ended up getting my A+, Network+, Security+, MCSA, MCSE, and CCNA done during my layoff period. My employer mentioned that my certifications really helped get my interview.

So I recommend knocking out those certs!

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Congrats!!!

Nice congrats!

Congrat .

Congratulations! Don't forget to update your profile with your certs as well.

So it took you 1 year to get a new job? Uh oh ...

Revenue

Congratz! Nice one, lots of certs for 1 year

Dr IT

Well done dude...

congrats...... on ur new job........

i was laid off for 3 months and then managed to get a diff job but the lesson i learnt from u is to knock off the certs instead of sitting depressed ( which i was).......after being laid off

congrats................:)

impelse

Congrats

captobvious

Schwing!

Aldur

Congrats indeed!

There's been a few TE members lately that have been scoring new jobs, maybe the IT field is starting to rebound

Big Jizay

Aldur wrote: »

Congrats indeed!

There's been a few TE members lately that have been scoring new jobs, maybe the IT field is starting to rebound

That would be nice! It could be also that people on Techexams give excellent advice on how to get an IT position.

nel

Congrats man. Thats great news. Keep up the good work. At least you hit your track head on and made use of your time off.

Best of luck in the new job.

rossonieri#1

congratulations !!!
we wish you good luck in the new place

BigTex71

undomiel wrote: »

Congratulations! Don't forget to update your profile with your certs as well. So it took you 1 year to get a new job? Uh oh ...

I updated my profile.

About the one year to get the job... I actually was changing career fields and industry. It was rough, but the government was paying for my school -I lost my job due to my previous employer moving the semiconductor manufacturing to Singapore (or some place like that.) And I did draw unemployment all during that time- but it maxed out at less than half of what I was making previously. So we had to take out a 401(k) loan from my wife's 401(k). That loan actually did better of a return than the rest of her 401(k) money, because she was paying back herself with interest. LOL.
But budget-wise, we were losing over $1000 a month. It was such a relief to get my new job. I had previous IT experience, but I was focused on getting those certs done before looking hard for a job. It actually only took 2 months from when I started actively searching for a job- so don't get too worried.

BigTex71

Thanks, everyone, for the well wishes.
I will do my duty and try to help others out as I was helped here. This is a great, great community.

NetAdmin2436

Congrats on your new job. Way to stick with your studying during a rough period.

Aldur wrote: »

There's been a few TE members lately that have been scoring new jobs, maybe the IT field is starting to rebound

I'm glad I'm not the only one noticing that. I thought maybe I was just thinking too optimistically when seeing these threads.