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Alderson replied

26 September 2018, 08:49
Thanks for helping out everyone
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Lance replied

25 September 2018, 15:16
Originally posted by matthewgordon View Post

Hello,

After a career break I'm looking to get back into IT. I worked as a Project Manager for almost 10 years in the IT industry but I would like to go into support and hopefully network support as my career advances.

Can anyone recommend a good training course/qualification which will make my CV stand out. I don't know whether to go down the CompTIA, or Microsoft route. Any advice would be warmly welcomed.

Depends on what you want to support. If desktop then MS route.
CompTIA is valueless.
If you're technical and academic then Cisco CCNA is achievable in a fairly short amount of time and more likely to help change career path totally.
Not sure that any of it will help you contracting though. You'd be better off selling 10+ years as an IT PM as that's worth more.
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Lance replied

25 September 2018, 15:13
Originally posted by northernladuk View Post

Are you talking about permie career or contracting? I wouldn't have normally said a move in to support from a PM is a career advancement.

Unless the OP is a really awful PM then you're right. It's not advancing at all. Probably around 1/4 of the day rate.
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northernladuk replied

25 September 2018, 14:55
Originally posted by matthewgordon View Post

Hello,

After a career break I'm looking to get back into IT. I worked as a Project Manager for almost 10 years in the IT industry but I would like to go into support and hopefully network support as my career advances.

Can anyone recommend a good training course/qualification which will make my CV stand out. I don't know whether to go down the CompTIA, or Microsoft route. Any advice would be warmly welcomed.

Thanks

Are you talking about permie career or contracting? I wouldn't have normally said a move in to support from a PM is a career advancement.
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25 September 2018, 14:37
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Alderson started a topic Training courses

25 September 2018, 14:19
Training courses

Hello,

After a career break I'm looking to get back into IT. I worked as a Project Manager for almost 10 years in the IT industry but I would like to go into support and hopefully network support as my career advances.

Can anyone recommend a good training course/qualification which will make my CV stand out. I don't know whether to go down the CompTIA, or Microsoft route. Any advice would be warmly welcomed.

Thanks
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