career advancement- help please

I'm going to try to keep it simple, I currently work in desktop support and like everyone looking to move up. I would like to do networking but I dont have experience, so I'm thinking system admin because I have knowledge and very little work experienc (the system admin teaches me when he can).
My question to you is do companies ask for experience right away? How did you move from helpdesk/desktop support to a different/higher position? If so what should I know and how did you do it? I'm still in my first IT job and I see the business the way my company does it and if you dont have work experience you dont move on from desktop support unless you've been with the company for 10+years. My problem with that is my company offers training, but they keep it directly with my job description (so nothing to do with network/server) so I dont get any experience. I had to fight to get the MCTS and I'm still not 100% sure they'll pay for that so thats coming out of pocket.
Little bit about me, I'm working on my BS in information systems (I have a BS in criminal justice) A+, Sec+, and starting classes for MCTS in Nov. I dont consider being a bad employee since everytime I try to leave, the company gives me a small pay raise and promotes me within desktop support. How did you make a change in your career from one job position to the next. Thank you in advance!
My question to you is do companies ask for experience right away? How did you move from helpdesk/desktop support to a different/higher position? If so what should I know and how did you do it? I'm still in my first IT job and I see the business the way my company does it and if you dont have work experience you dont move on from desktop support unless you've been with the company for 10+years. My problem with that is my company offers training, but they keep it directly with my job description (so nothing to do with network/server) so I dont get any experience. I had to fight to get the MCTS and I'm still not 100% sure they'll pay for that so thats coming out of pocket.
Little bit about me, I'm working on my BS in information systems (I have a BS in criminal justice) A+, Sec+, and starting classes for MCTS in Nov. I dont consider being a bad employee since everytime I try to leave, the company gives me a small pay raise and promotes me within desktop support. How did you make a change in your career from one job position to the next. Thank you in advance!
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If you truly want to do networking, why not look towards the CCNA? (Or even the net+, seeing as you have the A+ and Sec+ but skipped the Net+)
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I have, I get the run around with them... All of our network admins are at a different locations and the managers there dont know me. maybe they dont see me as a valuable net admin...
I was denied for network+, and i am going to school part time because i cant afford full time so for now CCNA is too expensive. i wasnt aware MCTS had two different types. Im attending this course:
MCTS (Microsoft certified technology specialist) training and certification in Washington DC
Edit: You do have to pay for the services, but you can find promo codes out there that lower the price considerably. I recently purchased their CCNA (200-120) course material for $89.
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