RealCrownHeights
All Star
Perfectly comfortable staring at a screen. I'm introverted anyway and I do that currently at my non profit with terrible pay. I'm proficient with word and decent at excel. Comfortable with google suite.
IT Certifications and Careers (Official Discussion Thread)
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Perfectly comfortable staring at a screen. I'm introverted anyway and I do that currently at my non profit with terrible pay. I'm proficient with word and decent at excel. Comfortable with google suite.
Secure Da Bag
Veteran
On to the next one. 
Silky Johnson
The Master Investbreh
An example or two of the difference between the two?
When you think about it, entry level techs do this by default. What do guys do when you lack experience? Highlight education and certs to show you have that knowledge. When we get to mid-level and beyond, at least for me, I completely lost sight of that and really just went for general lifetime achievement award type stuff that used to impress people back when the hiring manager used to keep boots on the ground.
I'm a client facing Desktop Support guy with experience managing projects. One such project was I had to manage the builds of three 30-seat computer labs. Usually, I talk about this on my resume and in interviews by focusing on what I did to accomplish this like:
-Project management tasks -planning and mapping network drops, quotes, submitting, budgets, etc)
- System Engineering tasks - build, test and deploying the images for each
- Administrative tasks - authored process documentation, reports...yada yada.
That used to cool back in the day but it seems like with this influx of people faking it till they make it combined with managers that don't understand the nuance of the underlying skills required to accomplish tasks, that doesn't do much to move the needle anymore.
Instead of tasks, I'm going to start emphasizing skills:
-Installed operating system on virtual machine in sandbox environment.
-Configured base image using Powershell script,etc, etc
-Captured and deployed image using symantec Ghost, etc
So it's a subtle pivot from just listing what I did to itemizing specifically how I did it and with which tools along the way.
Secure Da Bag
Veteran
Silky Johnson
The Master Investbreh
I never leave before asking when I can expect to hear a follow-up from them. You can usually tell by how they answer if they gonna really feeling you or not.
Silky Johnson
The Master Investbreh
How were you with solving puzzles, word problems and brain teasers?
keep me in your prayers/thoughts brehs. Need all the positivity I can get. 
Brehs is there any difference between recruiters & staffing agencies?
Rhyme n Tekniq
Superstar
LOL, might as well ask him how he feels about walking to brooklyn for a cheesecake and sugar cookies....holding these baloons ...
recruiters actually work for the company you want to join, staffing agencies are 3rd parties that work with companies to bring them candidates.
xXMASHERXx
Superstar
A recruiter can also be a third party. They don't necessarily have to work for the company. Its better when they do though.
You should start looking into what aspects of IT you're interested in. Networking, security, programming etc. Also, the non-profit that you work for, do they have an IT guy you can shadow or even just ask general questions?
Silky Johnson
The Master Investbreh
Lol. Not really.
I also taught information technology in a hs for a few years and had to do hundreds of career assessments as part of the program. The answers to those questions will help make recommendations for a career path that fits the candidates needs.
anybody here a IT business analyst? if so few questions
how long have you been at it
do you have any certs
do you do or know anything about consulting
what's your state /salary
how long have you been at it
do you have any certs
do you do or know anything about consulting
what's your state /salary
RealCrownHeights
All Star
Definitely interested in security. The IT for my job is at our other location so I can't shadow.