How necessary is the certification??

gouki2005

My cousin tells me this every time i am studying for the ccna security certification "why are you studying for the certification do you already take it the official course right" Me-" Yes but i think the certification will boost my it career" cousin-"no really with the course its enough"

what do you think?? is true do i need the certification or should leave and move on ??

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stuh84

HR teams at employers and recruiters don't search for "Cisco Security Course completion", they search for certifications. Take from that what you will.

AvidNetworker

If it is just for your own self fulfillment, maybe he is right, but how would you demonstrate, at least on paper, to someone, that you are proficient with the CCNA material...the certification. I personally wouldn't take any advice from your cousin.

Yahel

AvidNetworker wrote: »

If it is just for your own self fulfillment, maybe he is right, but how would you demonstrate, at least on paper, to someone, that you are proficient with the CCNA material...the certification. I personally wouldn't take any advice from your cousin.

I agree

+ I hate your cousin

Futura

Me and Guy from work went on the official VMWare VCP course. Paid for by work.

The guy I went with slept through the course.

If you pass the exam you cannot sleep through the course.

mikej412

gouki2005 wrote: »

what do you think??

I think you should hang out with a different cousin.

earweed

Follow your own path and take the exam. Scanners and HR goons don't look at orrecognize the course, just the cert.

SteveO86

Anybody can take a course... The certification is proof you understand the material since you have been tested on it.

Of course it does really depend on your situation.. But just cause you completed a course don't expect people to consider you expert. Not that getting a certification makes an expert either, you will still need to prove your competence to others in the material.

thedrama

gouki2005 wrote: »

My cousin tells me this every time i am studying for the ccna security certification "why are you studying for the certification do you already take it the official course right" Me-" Yes but i think the certification will boost my it career" cousin-"no really with the course its enough"

what do you think?? is true do i need the certification or should leave and move on ??

if you ask for my opinion, im terribly going nuts in these days. Nothing changed
in my life even though i get certified.

impz

mikej412 wrote: »

I think you should hang out with a different cousin.

+1 to that lols

On a serious note, most if not all of the job listings I see want the certifications not a "certificate of completion" from some institution.

gouki2005

ok i gonna take the cert examn next month today i finished the course i have just one extra practice next sunday ips and zbf via CLI i know the exam doesnt ask for CLI zbf just SDM mode but i want learn that (because i hate SDM)

cyberguypr

Well, certs are no magic potion. Even though I a firm believer in certs, my last 3 employers didn't care about any of the ones I had. I am a Windows admin an just finised MCITP:EA in December and my employer couldn't care less. However, having that cert can make the difference between two equally qualified candidates. As stuh84 mentioned, in most places HR is instructed to ask for certs up front and not having it could mean going to the REJECTED pile.

Let's say you don't go for the cert. Think about this: you see your dream job posted somewhere and it requires CCNA. You apply, confident that the experience on your resume speaks by itself. They don't call you. Now you don't know if they hated your resume or said "ah, good resume but no CCNA".

Why take the chance?

AvidNetworker

thedrama wrote: »

if you ask for my opinion, im terribly going nuts in these days. Nothing changed
in my life even though i get certified.

What exactly did you expect to happen? People beating down your door to offer you a job? Only you can change your life, the certification only helps a tiny bit.

Dave88LX

Your cousin is clueless.

Get the cert.

"I took a bunch of classes in college, but I didn't take my exams or get my degree. But hey, I went to college!"

thedrama

i forgot to say something significant. Even though, certifications will never guarantee a job, stupid human resources eliminate candidates by
looking at these even he or she does not have any idea about your level of
knowledge. Ah, kill that idiot.