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What's better-certifications or college credits?
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| I posted this in the alt.certification group but this group seems more
lively so I'm reposting it here:
Hi All,
My first post to this group. I'm about to go back to school to be a
Network Administrtor. One school here in town offers 2 years worth of
college credits and no certificates and another offers nothing but
certificates.
So what do employers want? Credits or certificates? What gets more
money?
Any insight to this problem will be greatly appreciated.
thanks!
fan
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| Daniel Lawrence 2003-04-23, 7:24 am |
| there is no definite answer to this one and has probably caused more
agruments then anything else. IMO get both, if the school is like those that
I have seen they are probably using materials prepared by MS, CompTIA, and
Cisco anyway so as you go through getting your credits take the
corresponding certifications.
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Daniel Lawrence
A+, Network+, MCP
"fan" <fan@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> I posted this in the alt.certification group but this group seems more
> lively so I'm reposting it here:
>
> Hi All,
>
> My first post to this group. I'm about to go back to school to be a
> Network Administrtor. One school here in town offers 2 years worth of
> college credits and no certificates and another offers nothing but
> certificates.
>
> So what do employers want? Credits or certificates? What gets more
> money?
>
> Any insight to this problem will be greatly appreciated.
>
> thanks!
> fan
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| Graybird 2003-04-23, 12:24 pm |
| Getting your degree is better because you can still take the cert exams and
you now have a degree to boot!
If the school is well respected in your then it may be a good choice. If
the school is not thought of very highly in your area then you better look
at a different school or option. How will you know? Call around and ask IS
/ MIS managers if they heard of the school and what they are looking for.
If you are going to invest 2 years of your life and some money should make
some calls now.
Does the school offer a Degree? Is the school accredited, if so is it a
respected accreditation? If you decide to further your education can you
transfer your courses to other schools? These are VERY important questions.
A degree is only as good as the school in which it was earned. A degree
from a respected accreditation school will NEVER expire - unlike some
certificates!
What gets you more money credits or certs? Credits by them self mean very
little. Certs with little or no experience also mean very little. An
impressive resume will open the door to a well paying job. Some schools
require or push internships and many internships (paid or not) offer not
only experience, but pave the way to a nice income. A school with a good
career office will help find those doors to knock on both for internships
and jobs after you graduate. If the schools you are looking at offer weak or
no career office then look elsewhere! Good schools with well placed and
active alumni will be your best asset. Many managers would prefer to higher
someone from their "ol alumni".
"fan" <fan@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:230420030616237809%fan@ea
rthlink.net...
> I posted this in the alt.certification group but this group seems more
> lively so I'm reposting it here:
>
> Hi All,
>
> My first post to this group. I'm about to go back to school to be a
> Network Administrtor. One school here in town offers 2 years worth of
> college credits and no certificates and another offers nothing but
> certificates.
>
> So what do employers want? Credits or certificates? What gets more
> money?
>
> Any insight to this problem will be greatly appreciated.
>
> thanks!
> fan
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| Ed Leaman 2003-04-23, 12:24 pm |
| Certifications are job-specific, a degree is discipline-specific
I'd say they are both equally important and needed
"fan" <fan@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:230420030616237809%fan@ea
rthlink.net...
> I posted this in the alt.certification group but this group seems more
> lively so I'm reposting it here:
>
> Hi All,
>
> My first post to this group. I'm about to go back to school to be a
> Network Administrtor. One school here in town offers 2 years worth of
> college credits and no certificates and another offers nothing but
> certificates.
>
> So what do employers want? Credits or certificates? What gets more
> money?
>
> Any insight to this problem will be greatly appreciated.
>
> thanks!
> fan
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| Very interesting replies. Thank you all very, very much!
The two schools I have in mind are Chubb(www.chubbinstitute.com) and
TechSkills(www.techskills.com). Chubb offers the degree and TechSkills
only the certs. I'm going in to talk to a TechSills person tomorrow.
I'm assuming they're less expensive than Chubb.
The guy I talked to at Chubb said they encourage students to take the
cert tests while taking pertinent classes, just like Graybird
suggested. I'll have to check to make sure that the credits are
tranferable, I'm assuming that they are. And I'm assuming that they are
a well respected school. The Alumni page on their website is blank, and
that bothers me. The alumni page at techskills OTOH is full of good
sounding testimonials.
Thanks again everyone, this really helps A LOT.
fan
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