On 10/25/2010 04:24 PM, Tom Perrine wrote:
> As some of you know, I occasionally have the opportunity to hire
> system administrators. I personally prefer that I (or someone on my
> team) at least scans all resumes that are submitted. However, that's
> not always possible and the in-house recruiters ("HR") must pitch in
> to help when the resume load is extreme.
>
> I see (and have made) references to the "HR firewall" and ways to get
> your resume through the filter. Two questions that always come up
> when HR needs to review resumes are:
> 1. Degree required or desired, and if so, what kinds?
> 2. Certifications required or desired, and if so, what kinds?
>
> Since this topic also often comes up on our mailing lists, here's an
> unscientific survey:
>
> What's the perception of the value of UNIX and Linux certifications to
> practicing system administrators? Not the value to HR, or hiring
> managers, or (especially) the certification industry, but to us, the
> actual working system administrators.
>
> I've left out certifications that are specific to security, networking
> and Windows. Not because they aren't interesting or worth
> considering, but I want to concentrate on UNIX and Linux in this
> specific survey (since I mostly hire Linux admins). If this survey
> gets some interest, then maybe I (or someone else) will do a similar
> survey for those areas in the near future.
>
> It's a free SurveyMonkey survey, so only the first 100 responses will count:
>
> http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QD6LF9H
>
> Disclaimers: This survey is not sponsored by LOPSA, or my employer,
> or anyone else.
>
> --tep
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RHCE is great because it's practical, no multiple choice. Shows you at
least have touched a Linux box before and can probably fix some straight
forward problems.
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Joe McDonagh
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