[c-nsp] Cisco Certifications

[Stephen J. Wilcox]

Experience wins every time over certs..

Of course if you have a lot of applicants and you dont know them or their 
references then you can use experience + certs to shorten the list.

Of course this depends on the cert, CCNA shows someone has the right attitude
and may have potential, CCNP more so and definite potential, CCIE without
experience likely means someone is going to ask for more money than they are
worth (or to put another way you can get someone with more experience for less
money).. MCSE counts as negative of course and any academic computing science
qualifications usually indicate a lot of arguments to be had to slap the newbie
techie into line!

the best people i've hired had no professional qualifications, had industry 
experience but not a lot at the level they needed and were quick learners 

Steve

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, Kim Onnel wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to the ISP/networking business here, and there is this weird
> concept that i dont get around the scene here,
> 
> Your resume will look ugly if it doesnt have any certs. 
> But if it does, instantly the other party will think, well son, you
> seem to have certs and thats fine, but that is not counted compared to
> practical real experience boy,
> 
> I'm sure y'all look at resumes alot, and do alot of hiring, i'd like
> to know how you guys weight Certs when they look at someones resumes,
> and how do they weight practical experience,...
> 
> Specially these days, when its all about cheat sheets/testkings, and
> people going in there knowing the questions before-hand?
> 
> Regards
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