Re: [orca-list] Ot: does anyone have a certification from the Linux foundation?

[Christopher Chaltain <chaltain gmail com>]

There are definitely companies out there that won't fill a position if 
certain criteria are not met, such as having a college degree or a 
certification. Sometimes, based on contracts or marketing, a company 
can't send a technician out to a customer to work on a problem if they 
don't have the proper certification. I currently work for the State of 
Texas and if the job posting says a BS is required or MS certification 
is required then that position won't be filled until a suitable 
candidate meets those requirements. It doesn't make any difference how 
qualified a candidate might be otherwise. I'm not saying I agree with 
this, and I didn't have these constraints when I hired people in the 
private sector, but it's definitely a reality out there in the marketplace.

On 09/03/16 16:35, John Heim wrote:
> To be clear, I didn't say companies are leaving important positions
> unfilled just because qualified candidates do not have a sheepskin. I
> said the UW is doing that and the point was not so much to say that you
> need to get a degree. It was that there is a shortage of linux systems
> admins around here. In fact, you could say positions are being left open
> even in the private sector. I guess it depends on what you mean by
> leaving a position open but I've talked to recruiters in the area where
> I live. There are a lot of high tech companies around here and they have
> open recruitment of linux systems admins. They are essentially always in
> the market for people with those skills. I wouldn't say they are leaving
> the positions open but they do nearly always have open positions.
>
> On 03/09/2016 02:03 PM, B. Henry wrote:
> > Yes, I've heard that the Red Hat certs are porbably the most sought
> > after too.
> > They are certainly something in your favor, and some companies that
> > used to require a degree are moving away from that, but you know how
> > some folks and
> > organizations are with rules.
> > Anyway, trends are just that trends. They can change either slowly
> > shifting or rather drastically overnight, and not everyone goes along
> > with the crowd.
> > I can't see a company leaving an important position unfilled for very
> > long just because qualified candidates do not have a sheepskin.
> > Just one more comment and I think I'll bow out of this conversation as
> > it is OT and getting pretty long.
> > The one thing that I don't remember anyone mentioning but may have
> > missed is private cloud deployment. Quite a few orgs set up their own
> > in house
> > colaboration systems. Knowing how to work with large google aps
> > deployments and the like and other public cloudy things can't hurt.
> > Free switch and asterix set-up is another one I want to get familiar
> > with.
> > Learning how to learn efficiently is just as if not more important
> > than learning a particular task or software configuration.
> > Google is our friend, but getting used to working with man and info
> > pages should not be neglected. There is a lot of good and bad
> > information out there,
> > and learning how to check it against official docs is vital.
> > Good discussion people/thanks again for the interesting thoughts and
> > observations, and especially recent experiences.

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Christopher (CJ)
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