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| hi everyone!
i've just completed my ccna and am not sure to keep on studying for my ccnp.
this is a career change for me at the moment, so everything is all new and i wanted to get an entry job and then study for my ccnp while i'm working, but at the moment i can't even get unpaid work experience.
my problem is, should i just start my ccnp or wait for that first job? i know it would look good to have ccnp on my resume but with no experience????? i don't know.
i suppose i'm getting pissed off and am starting to question my career change.
any feedback would be great.
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| meyerc13 2001-08-14, 11:47 pm |
| Hey, update your profile, you're a CCNA now! 
Honestly, I don't know where people got the idea that there was a huge job market for entry-level people who hold a CCNA. I have never seen that. I've interviewed for entry-level jobs working with routers and switches, but all of those jobs expected prior experience on the LAN, cabling, or Telecom side. I don't personally know a single person who entered the field with only a CCNA and found a job.
Don't lose hope though, the knowledge of networking and Cisco equipment you picked up while studying for your CCNA can make a great complement to skills in a Network Operating System like NetWare, Unix, or Windows NT/2000. Small companies can't afford to hire a person to configure their switches/routers and another person to administer their servers. They need someone who can fill a variety of roles. Heck, even most of the companies with 200-500 nodes expect their techs to wear a variety of hats.
I really don't think you'll have any better luck with a CCNP with no experience, if they won't hire you with a CCNA without experience, they certainly won't hire you for a CCNP level job without it.
Also, I don't know what the situation is like in Australia, but here in the US the economy is poor, and even experienced professionals like myself (5 years in Network Admin/Eng.) aren't having much luck finding work.
My advice, get an A+, and some experience (and possibly an MCP) in Windows 2000 Professional and Server. Then, search out PC Tech jobs so that you can get your foot in the door. Look at the mid-sized organizations, and hopefully you can find one that needs a person with a versatile skillset.
Good luck! |
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