At 3:15 AM +0000 1/5/03, RamG wrote:
>Hello Group,
>
>I finished NP/DA in Oct 2000. Since then, I have been looking for job in
>networking. I know my drawback for being unsuccessful. It is my past
>experience {as Accountant} and real world experience with Cisco routers. In
>order to get some experience, I had setup 5 router home lab and gained
>little experience by practicing / solving lab exercise from Satterlee book.
>Even that did not help me to get entry level positions. The job market in
>Toronto is so bad that, I am unable to find Tech support job too.
>
>Now it is time for me to recertify {Oct}. What should, I do? I have
>already spent a lot of money on books/routers. I cannot spend any more on
>books/routers. Any advise appreciated.
>
> / RamG
If I might, let me suggest an alternate job seeking strategy. Focus
on what you know about high availability and security, and think
about how your accounting and audit knowledge relates to it.
Potentially, you have a great advantage, if you present it properly,
of going to financial people and showing how they can improve their
specific network security issues. The concerns for terrorism and
hacking are causing organizations not otherwise hiring to be looking
for employees and consultants that can help them be resistant and
resilient (two distinct things) to attack.
There are at least some interesting information security policy
documents on the Canadian Security Intelligence Website. The RCMP is
very active in security, and if you happen to know anyone there, they
might help you find something (here, again, I recommend books like
What Color Is Your Parachute -- how to do job networking rather than
data networking).
Good luck. Toronto is a great city, but I know some very good people
there that are out of work. The ones I know (including CCIEs) that
feel most secure, I think, are those that work in high availability.
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