Do I need A+? Looks like it
Hello everyone I've been browsing the forums for a while and decided to register as this has been one of the best sites I have came across there is a genuine interest to help each other here and an encouragement to learn. I started in the computer repair business around 1998 and have considered to take the A+ for about 6 years and never got around to really taking it serious. Over the past couple years I have seen a decline of business and decided to go hunt a job. A friend of mine told me about an computer tech job with the local school system so off I went and applied for the job.I was really disappointed to find out I was passed over and the guy they hired had less than a year of experience but he had an A+ cert. I started reading the All in One by Mike Myers and will set a test date soon.
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Good luck and welcome to the forums!
Sophomore - Computer Science, Mathematics
They are newbies,entry level at best and all they have learned is how to pass the test,not how to troubleshoot,fix,diagnos a PC,i feel sorry for them when they go out into the IT industry and get called apon to perform the duties that their certs reflect and they fumble about,then 3 months after they are hired,they are fired for not being up to the standards they are expected.
I have over 10 years experience behind my certs,so i have a foundation to stand apon,so i am confident going to a job interview.
Those fakers will be exposed for the fakes they are and be ousted from the IT industry.
A+ is something I have thought of on and off for years. I started preparing for it when I was 15ish. Thing is back then it was looked upon as a joke test so I never got around to taking it. Not to mention the fact of the cost and being young.
Looking back on it I probably should have. The same has happened to me as well even though I have years of experience with that kind of stuff and other certs. Main thing I have heard when I have talked to recruiters is, "But this position REQUIRES an A+ certification." To which my response has always been, "I have the experience and the knowledge. Hire me and I will prove it, pay for the cert and I will get it or hire me and I will get it within a couple of days." To which they respond, "Well they want someone who already has it." To which I reply, "Well, BYE!"
WIP: CCNA, CWNA
You may be a little biased since you have the A+ IT Technician, A+ Depot Technician, A+ Remote Support Technician.... perhaps not as impressive as a triple CCIE, but maybe just as rare.
You're right for a different reason and it's because people know about the A+. If you're young or just getting into IT, it will set you apart because even recruiters and HR people know about the A+.
I told one of our senior executives that I would be out for a while at a CISSP bootcamp and she said, "What is the CISSP?"... I bet she knows what the A+ is.