As a field service person who also is trying to do my own contracting I guess I am a hybrid between the two. In some positions and jobs just explaining what I have done has been a big win. Others they wanted to see certs or licenses.
It is interesting that I have gotten a lot of jobs based on the fact that I am an amateur radio operator (ham radio) and that I have published some a few times in the amateur radio networking conferences. Also there are other jobs where the fact that I am HACCP certified has got me in the door also. What I have found out is you can never tell what the sweet spot is but if they advise you that it is to your advantage to have a certain type of certification in the job descriptor and application requisites then it is best to try to have those pieces of paper to back you up, just as when they say you need a passport and the available time to travel, having the passport and being willing to travel causes some of them to perk up. I have a passport and a Global Access card, and am used to 95%+ travel. The down side is some of them will then think that you are over qualified and back off. So if you can have a well rounded set of creds and background and figure out just how much to tell so as not to go under or over you will get the job. On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 6:06 AM, Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 15 Jan 2017, Mike C. wrote: > > > I'm going to be a bit argumentative to Rich's perspective and advice. I > > think it's a bit simplistic, idealistic and not very applicible to those > > of us who are IT professionals. > > Mike, > > Very interesting. I now understand just how different the IT world is > from > the business and environmental worlds I inhabit. > > Regards, > > Rich > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Chuck Hast -- KP4DJT -- Glass, five thousand years of history and getting better. The only container material that the USDA gives blanket approval on. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
