IT Job Interview

Why Cisco

IT Certifications can not guarantee financial reward, but high level Cisco certifications can help. If your career success is measured by money, you should check out Cisco certifications on your career path.

Certification Magazine recently published their Annual Salary Survey, which included surveys on every type of IT certification to determine the best ROI for the employer and the employee. One of their categories, Average Raises for First Year Certifications, rated each certificate on the actual increase in pay received after obtaining the certificate. Among the top 10 were the CCDP, CCNA and CCNP – all part of the Cisco lineup. (more…)

State government IT jobs pay lower than private sectors. Using the state of California as example, in Sacramento, the state capital, the top limit salary is about $76,000 per year for senior IT workers, — Senior Information Systems Analysts (DBAs, system administrators, software architects, etc) and Senior Programmer Analysts. In the same city IT workers with matching experience and skill levels should make $80,000 – $100,000. (more…)

It’s a tough market out there.  IT professionals are facing ever bigger challenges in searching for new jobs, keeping current jobs, fighting layoff, getting promotions, etc.  To make yourself highly competitive, check out the seven habits of successful professionals. (more…)

IT professionals should consider career network as one of the most important part in the career management plan.  IT is such as dynamic industry with very high turnover rate.  People move to new jobs not only because of layoffs but also aiming to greater opportunities.  A strong career network could offer significant advantage and benefits for those who are changing jobs or moving up in the same organization. (more…)

SCEA Resources by JavaCoding.Net

http://www.javacoding.net/certification

Leo Crawford’s website provides Study Guide for Sun’s Java Certified Enterprise Architect
http://www.leocrawford.org.uk/work/jcea/index.html (more…)

A roadmap services the same purpose in the IT jungle as in the real world. You could get lost easily or find yourself left behind without laying out a plan that defines the path to reach you career goal.

For example, when you think you could and want to be e-business architect in the next three years, a plan to building skillset as below can be drawn as the draft roadmap framework. (more…)