Spherion IT Courses.

[fritter]

congratulations - it's a pain in the arse having to get those bits of paper at first, but now you've got your foot in the door you'll be all set

[bluninja]

Wow, old thread. Glad to hear that Big Dog made the successful transition to IT. When I returned to yU.K. I decided to return to IT to get back to some money, but had no luck except short crappy contracts. Feed back was that, a 2 year break had lost me all my experience and as I had no certs I was not very employable.

Went with a training provider and obtained my MCSA, should have completed my MCSE and Security+ last September but I keep being left hanging waiting for the next course (and they would cancel my contract if I just took the certs without waiting to do the course).

Still I'm working at a college now as the Systems Engineer and will complete the certs in the next couple of months. The pay is crap, but I get to do anything and everything so it's good for ramping up my experience and currency ready for my next job...and hopefully a return to NZ in 3 years.

[Big Dog]

Wow, old thread. Glad to hear that Big Dog made the successful transition to IT.

Thanks BluNinja.
Hows it going in the land of gatso?
Currently doing MCDST (they won't let me sit MCSA until I pass that, company policy). When that is done I'll move on to MCSA etc. all on the company wedge.

Still got the Aprilia?

[bluninja]

Yup, still got the Aprilia (in storage). I started to commute to work on my GT200 this week. Engine locked at 110kmh on the way home on the motorway, so I guess the Aprilia will be brought out of storage sooner than I'd planned (had wanted to wait till the worst of the frosty mornings was over).

Next week I'm doing my 070-216 exam, then the 070-224 to finish my MCSE on 2000, followed by the 2 upgrade exams for 2003. I'm working in a mixed 2000/2003/Novell server setup, and we're just getting about 50 Macs, so plenty of stuff to play with, gain experience on, and add to my CV for my next job.

The training cost me £6k, but I thought it was worth it on the basis of the courses running every 2 weeks and a job guarantee at the end (£20k pa job, or all your training money back). I have to wait ages for the courses, and I found my own job anyway, but such is life.

[Big Dog]

Got my 70-271 in three weeks.

By the end of the year work has made available for me to do (read that expects me to pass):
MCP
MCDST
MCSA
CCNA
MCSE
Security +
& Microsoft Security.

Certainly makes Helpdesk / Problem co-ordinator type role much more bearable when you are actually learning something.

[bluninja]

I would wish you good luck, but with your IQ, even depreciated by the bash on your head, you'll have no problems and won't need luck. Maybe in a few years when you're hiring IT people yourself I might send you my CV LOL.