Would you employ this person as a junior Sys Admin?

[CorrieDeBeer]

I'm going to IT college next year and I was wondering if a person came to a job interview with little experience but the following certs would you employ him?

- CompTIA A+, Computer Technician
- CompTIA N+, Network Technician
- CompTIA Project+, IT Project Management
- MCSA Windows 8, Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate
- MCSA: Windows Server 2012
- MTA: Networking Fundamentals
and
- MCSE Server Infrastructure
- MCSE Desktop Inrastructure
- MCSE Private Cloud
- MCSA Office 365
- MCSE Business Intelligence (Exchange Server)

 

[kanzen]

Only if he passes the technical test...

 

[CorrieDeBeer]

What does that comprise off? Please elaborate. Consider me a newb.

 

[kanzen]

What does that comprise off? Please elaborate. Consider me a newb.

Having the certification means nothing if you can't put it into practice. I'm no sys admin, but with a bit of intuition and implementation of theoretical knowledge they should do just fine. Find out some examples of some common use cases to get a head start.

 

[access]

does look good yes, a few technical questions and hands on examples will tell the rest..

 

[Willie Trombone]

I'd treat them as exactly that - inexperienced but well studied. Nothing wrong with hiring you on a starter's salary then review in 6 months time. If they do offer you a lower-than-you-expect salary, tell them you'll prove your worth - would they consider a review in 6 months time and possible bump in salary to X.

 

[The Voice]

Yeah, without experience, what you know rarely counts for much in IT. Even with all that behind you, you'd probably be changing keyboards and monitors for 6 months to a year before they let you touch their servers, etc

 

[Willie Trombone]

Even with all that behind you, you'd probably be changing keyboards and monitors for 6 months to a year before they let you touch their servers, etc

If they don't let you shadow someone senior in the first 6 months, I'd treat it as a dead end job. The bigger places put staff onto dead end duties like swapping keyboards and monitors. Rather work for a smaller firm for less pay and get real world experience.

 

[The Voice]

If they don't let you shadow someone senior in the first 6 months, I'd treat it as a dead end job. The bigger places put staff onto dead end duties like swapping keyboards and monitors. Rather work for a smaller firm for less pay and get real world experience.

Pretty much this. Smaller firms actually need the people they hire to hit the ground running. Larger ones have a lot of resources so can keep them doing menial tasks for longer

 

[syntax]

If we are employing a junior(ish) person, we dont expect them to know everything or even have all the desired qualifications.
What we do in the interview is go through what they do have, and tailer the tech questions to that.
This is the same if the person is currently working in an entry level position, we cant expect them to know alot, what we do expect them is to know what they are doing or have studied very well.

So we are trying to identify those who truly know what they do or have thought further than their basic job. This usually means the person has the ability and aptitude to go far, but just has not been given the chance.

 

[Hades911]

If they don't let you shadow someone senior in the first 6 months, I'd treat it as a dead end job. The bigger places put staff onto dead end duties like swapping keyboards and monitors. Rather work for a smaller firm for less pay and get real world experience.

This is true, in IT you won't get paid what you want based on the qualifications you have. Companies go for experience above qualifications. Start working at a small company and learn new stuff. Do as much as you can and learn as much as you can offer to do everything you want to do such as the server administration or network management and don't expect to get paid for it.

I did a similar course in IT just with CCNA, CEH and Linux included but these are all skills you can learn on the job.

Best of luck with your studies.