Certifications that are currently being sought after by employers?

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Certifications that are currently being sought after by employers?

madraver
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Certifications that are currently being sought after by employers?

I am in the process of choosing which certifications that I am going to pursue. Looking through the exhaustive list of certifications (which can be discussed on my site in the Forums) I have begrudgingly come to the conclusion that I am in the dark of which area to focus on in my studies.

Anyone out there know which certs are being sought after by empoyers (in general)? RedHat 7.0, SCO, CCIE, MCSE (barely worth the paper it's written on these days) and MasterCNE are but some of the ones that I have begun studying for. I have been researching some of the other certs that are available, but to no avail. What are some of the certs that would be beneficial in the general IT market? I am looking for certs that could easily be transferable between jobs.

As the current ecconomical trend continues, it is not inconceivable that one would have a major job change (usually to a different employer) every 5 or so years. In acceptance of such a trend, I do not want to focus on the needs of any one single employer. I would like to generalize and broaden the scope of my knowledge and abilities to better market and realise my goals in todays employment marketplace. As always, you are your own product. You need to be able to market your skills and experience to benefit potential employers. In this day and age, dedicating your knowledge and skills to one employer's needs is not enough.

I thank everyone in advance for your input and suggestions. I hope others can benefit as well from this thread as I doubt that I am the only one in this situation.

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it's always good to have a basic understanding of well the basics.
for me I got my A+ and Net+ working on CCNA then I think I'll try to get a degree in business admin. then go back to the tech studies

I think your right about mcse, but why not try linux or unix, and I think the cisco certs will never really go the way of mcse (especially now with the sim on the test, that ought to teach those dumpers)

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I think your right about mcse, but why not try linux or unix, and I think the cisco certs will never really go the way of mcse (especially now with the sim on the test, that ought to teach those dumpers)

I have basically been looking at going in the direction of CCIE, MasterCNE and some Unix (BSD?)Admin certs. I've also been looking into some of the RedHat (I hate Linux tho...) certs.

Linux seem to be a necessary evil, although FreeBSD is much more adaptable and robust. There has been too much media coverage on the RedHat strain to completely ignore it unfortunately.

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yeah linux sucks but what're ya gonna do?

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CISSP, CCNA, MCSE, CCNP and obviously CCIE... in another field, MCSD, MCDBA and Oracle certs are also pretty good to have after your name

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MCSE (barely worth the paper it's written on these days)

Have to disagree with you on this one mate I'm afraid...the GENUINE MCSE's are worth their weight in gold.

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