[ale] certifications and job hunting.

[wolf at wolfhalton.info]

@Jim K

MS is not the quick easy way to get additional key-words on resume.
HR-bots don't seem to care or understand.  There are very few jobs
outside of academia where anything over a BS/BA seems to be required.
This is slightly frustrating.
That being said, I went the same way (MS in IT with research in
information-assurance and penetration testing). I don't know if it
scares the recruiters.
     Now I am considering adding some certs to pile on top of my
in-progress PhD in information assurance and network security.
     My current employer is interested in my getting Security+ and
CISSP.  Can't argue with that.  The Security+ is the base-level cert to
get a net-security job with the feds, I have been told, and CISSP is a
light sprinkling of coverage over 40 square miles of security landscape,
I have been told.   

Rev Wolf Halton, D.D. (ULC), MSc IT (Capella), PhD IA (Capella 2013),
CompTIA A+, 


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
Subject: Re: [ale] certifications and job hunting.
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:36:54 -0400

heh, heh. I like my cert:

Masters of Science in Physics with research in solid state surface
analysis of boron-doped poly-crystalline diamond using high resolution
electron energy loss spectroscopy.

Scares the bejeezus out of nearly everyone in sales and management :-)

And I do computer stuff, too.

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James P. Kinney III
Actively in pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness         


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