if a person is ccna+mcse certified but not graduate with 4 years of work experience in assisting in training institute as lab faculty and 2 years of software development,do they require to be graduate to flowrish his carrer in very good IT company. The person is interested in IT security field,in system admin or in network admin. Pls. guide. In the IT Industry experience is far more important, particularly as you get older. A degree has a value for about 5 years and then employers are looking for experience.
You will find (as I have) that you can generally ignore the requirement for a degree on a job description as long as you have good experience and have built up a good reputation. Most employers will ignore it. I am living proof of that - every job I've had in the last 10 years has asked for a degree - I don't have one, just loads of experience and a damn good reputation.
I have observed that in my field there are as many very high earning professionals without degrees as there are with degrees. It makes little or no difference because after a while experience talks far louder than a degree. Your professional qualifications also become more valuable too so I would advise you to craft your career carefully to gather good experience and keep doing the professional exams (MCSE CCNA etc). If you want to do a degree then go ahead but I'm pretty sure it will not help you at all! absolutely no job opportunities until you learn how to spell "career". what r u talking about
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u can learn things quickly Eventually, you will need a degree if you want to get the better paying jobs, or move into management. A degree is especially important because it shows that you have developed critical thinking skills, as well as the ever so important abilities of both spoken and written communication. My advice: keep working right now so that you can continue to build your experience and expertise. Attend school at night or part time so that you can improve your English and earn a degree. It will make you more valuable to your employers and earn you a higher salary. Well, if the person is smart enough... the person will graduate.
Otherwise... there's allways a need for a guy with a screwdriver and crimping tool to follow cable lines and see where the damage is...
Sorry for the harshness but that's what happened to me! I don't think it would, but it does depend on the company applying for.
I myself have been a web designer, programmer and graphic artist on the side for the past 12 yrs. Not college what so ever for any of it, all self taught. But recently I changed careers into being a full time web designer. I have gained accounts left and right with no effort even without the experience of college. But I have been self employed in another field for the past 12 yrs.
I have looked at some job postings as well, some require a degree, some don't. I've seen small companies require one where just the other day I saw one of our local news stations seeking a designer and flat out asked for someone without college. Wanted a person who could think outside the box better. I do agree....college at times con-finds ones thinking to inside the box they were taught were self taught people have more of an ability to see outside the box.
I would look at job postings, etc of the field you want and see what the majority of them are asking for and then base what you need to do on that. All college have Job Placement department for conviences.
Popular career opportunity website are the Careerbuilder.com and Monster.com . You will need to register and should wisely edit your profile. If you want a employer to find you then try to copy and paste your resumes in it. Please refers to your local unemployment agency in your state. They might have some bulletin of job opportunity posting and tips for you to find a career in IT field. Almost ALL places "require" a graduate.
HOWEVER, most places will never bother to ask to see your degree!
Put down that you graduated on your resume, they'll never ask!
BTW, I'm an IT that faked my A+ and MCSE..........how?......The company never asked to see proof, hehe. I'm gainfully employed, competent, and just did little lie on my resume.
(KEEP IN MIND: I know my stuff well, I just don't have the certs to prove I took a "test.") But again, if you're good, you're good. If not, find a new career path. A degree is a must to be taken seriously (especially since you don't sound like a old-timer who has forgotten more then most know about IT and lives to ride the bleeding edge of technology)
1st suggestion: enroll in a community college (assuming you are from the US) use their career resources for job leads. These leads normally understand they are getting good people with less background/formal education. (MAKE SURE YOU ONLY TAKE THE CLASSES THAT TRANSFER TO A 4 YR SCHOOL - an associates degree is not going to help you very much more then certs you have)
2nd suggestion: If you can afford it - enroll in 1 class at the above mentioned 4 yr school (even if it means 1 less at the Community College).. Then update your resume reflective of the enrollment towards a BS or BA at the 4yr school... but again get your credits at the Community College as mush as possible for $ savings. Plus this avoids unwanted termination down the road because you aren't lying when you say you are going to a 4 yr school.
Additional reference for suggestion 1 and 2: Most valuable certs for the security field (examples CISM and CISSP) have requirements that you have some formal education plus a little work experience ---> OR a TON of work experience. It seems like you'll double dip (get cert eligible faster and be more hirable) with the education.
3rd suggestion: update your skill set... If you walk into a room full of IT people and cannot find the 5-10 biggest tech-heads: You ARE 1 of them. Not good for upward mobility in most 'very good IT companies' (mobility = $$).
Technical fields do not have good culture understanding of the super-SME (subject matter expert) - as defined by the ability to become an expert with leadership roles in TECHNOLOGY without the people management aspect of becoming a leader in industry. Because of that, if you don't have the 'soft' skills, project management, people skills, people management, business understanding (yes, IT supports the business and should know its role in doing so), etc you will be a very technologically proficient lower-middle or middle-middle management.
They save the good $ for the people that can speak both techie and business languages.
Sadly, the GREAT $$$ is often times only to be had by the people who only talk business and cannot figure out their new cell phone without 5 people and 4 training sessions but that discussion is an answer to a completely different question.
Summary: Get in school for the degree. Use school in the interim to pad the resume. Get 'soft' skills to pad the wallet. And lastly, drink lots of water... not really 'on point' but always good advise. | 