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Top 10 Reasons to Get Microsoft Certified

February 23rd, 2010

A Microsoft technical certification can do a lot for your career, and for you personally. Here are the Top 10 reasons to obtain a credential.

Earn More Money

This should be fairly obvious. Certified individuals usually earn more money than their non-certified peers. For example, a recent survey by Redmond magazine showed that 43 percent of reported getting a salary increase as a result of their certification.

Hiring Advantages Over Non-Certified Competitors

If you’re in competition with others for a job, having a certification can give you that needed boost. An employer can see that you’re serious about your career, and willing to put in and money to get certified.

Strengthen Your Weaknesses

Going through certification training can a) Reinforce information you already know, like taking a refresher course, and b) Show you . All IT pros have their strong and weak areas of knowledge. Prepping for certification will likely bolster areas in which you’re not that strong.

Build a Community of Peers

Networking is an important part of your career. Through , with other certified folks, and classes, both live and online, you’ll be constantly meeting others with your areas of interest and specialization. This can come in handy if you’re laid off or unhappy with your .

Help Your Company Increase Business

This is especially important in the government IT sector. Some contracts allow for only with certified employees.


Consultants/Analysts Can Land More Jobs

If you’re self employed as an IT consultant or analyst, having certification to back up your work experience can be crucial in getting new clients. Those companies will know that you have a certain level of knowledge, and will look at your resume more favorably.

Boost Your Self-Esteem

It’s a great feeling to pass a test, and to eventually earn a certification feels even better. It can be a real confidence-builder to gain a credential; that confidence should translate into better job performance.

Gain Unique Access to Resources

Many companies, like certification heavy-hitters Microsoft and Cisco, offer special access to online forums and training materials to their certification holders. Not only will you be able to get answers to thorny troubleshooting issues, but you’ll continue to build your network of peers, as discussed in item No. 4.

You May Get it for Free

A number of companies will pay for technical certification training, because of the value it brings to their organization. Remember to ask before you start your training. What could be better than free?

You Can Hang it on Your Wall

Doctors and lawyers delight in hanging their advanced degrees on their walls, so why not you? You can do the same, showing the world that you’ve got special skills.

So Microsoft Certifications is a Must for all The IT Professionals


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http://career/ and Your Dream Job.

February 16th, 2010

How to spend a little today when you’re not being inspired by
our customers’ passion to create software to help them reach it?

Go
visit http://career/ .

Take a moment to
try some sample searches and see what you come up with. See what kind of
open positions there are around the various Microsoft
(and marvel at how long some have been open).

Now: what would
your dream job be at Microsoft? Put a query together and see what the search
results are. Whether there are matches or not, go ahead and save this job
agent to send you daily updates should there ever be a new opening. And if
you have lots of different , go ahead and create some more job
agents.

And when you get a match, just remember: you don’t need
permission to go over and do an informational. Wander on over and talk to
the group and find out about their job and see if you’d be a good match and
if their group would be a good match for you. Perhaps do a search off of http://msweb/ first to find their SharePoint site
and read through their specs and schedule. In the end, it might be a good
match and a good time to get interview permission. The perfect job might be
one search agent away!

Also think about the timing: for those casting
an eye at getting good results for their major review come next summer, now
is the to switch groups so that you have enough time to contribute
and excel relative to your . The longer the wait, the harder it will be
to get a great review score without an established record in your new
group.

Now, why do I care? While I’d love to have negative employee
growth via fiscally responsible cut-backs and , I’m happy right now
if we can hold the line at a zero-sum gain. It’s much better for you to move
internally and prevent an external hire from coming in (and either we can
play a shell game to cover your departing or that head can just go
unfulfilled as groups find their staffing needs cut back further and
further)
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