Three Ways To Jumpstart Your IT Career

W e all get stuck in ruts        learn some Linux skills.           from time to time, and                                           that happens on the job       Get certified. Not very many of    as well. You've thought about         us get to work for the same        doing something different with        company for the rest of our IT     your information technology           careers. The only job security is  career, but just haven't quite        the security you give yourself,    gotten around to it yet. Sound        and one of the ways to get that    familiar?                             security is to add professional                                          certifications to your resume.     You can make 2006 the best year       Certifications such as the MCSE    yet for your IT career. There are     and CCNA get you noticed and help  several simple steps you can take     you stand out from the crowd. Ask  to accelerate your career - but       yourself what your resume would    you have to take the step, not        look like if you were laid off     just think about it!                  today, and then take steps to                                            improve yourself and your          Learn something new. One of the       professional standing.             biggest reasons you get tired of                                         a job is that you're doing the        Be prepared to take one step       same thing every day. If you          backwards in order to take         happen to love what you do,           multiple steps forward. You may    that's great, but if not it's         be in a situation I was in a       time to break out of the box.         while back when my employer saw    Besides, learning a new skill         me as strictly a server guy. I     adds value to your career. If         wanted to get on the Cisco side    you've been doing server work for     of things, but there was this      a long time, take the time to         perception that I was "only a LAN  learn some Cisco skills. If           guy". I had to leave that company  you're an Exchange specialist,        to get my shot. There was some     short-term financial pain, but in     to other ad firms and was quickly  the long run it was the best          hired.                             career move I've ever made.                                                                                    Sometimes you have to look         People get typecast in every          outside your current situation in  field. In his book "Often Wrong,      order to create a new situation    Never In Doubt", Donny Deutsch        for yourself. Don't be afraid to   writes about a job candidate who      take a step backwards in order to  wanted to become a junior ad          open up new possibilities for      executive, but couldn't break in      yourself. There's an amazing       with his current employer - which     career out there, waiting for you  was an ad agency! He was typecast     - if you have the courage to make  in a support role, so he applied      it and take it.                    Article Source: http://www.ArticleStreet.com Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933, is the owner of The Bryant Advantage (www.thebryantadvantage.com), home of free CCNA and CCNP tutorials, The Ultimate CCNA Study Package, and Ultimate CCNP Study Packages. Video courses and training, binary and subnetting help, and corporate training are also available. Pass the CCNA exam and BSCI exam with Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933! For a copy of his FREE ebooks, How To Pass The CCNA and How To Pass The CCNP , visit the website and download your copies! Get your CCNA certification with The Bryant Advantage!