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MC MCSE Newsletter :: 53rd Edition :: October 1, 2001
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In this issue:
What�s New @ MC MCSE
Tough Time For Job Hunters
CompTIA Launches Linux+
i-Net+ Beta Dates
Survey Results
At the Boards
We have completed our study guide for the Exchange 2000 exam (70-224) that
can be found here.
We have upgraded our forums!!! New features include the ability to create
your own polls, faster search, easy to use interface and much more. Visit
our forums to get answers to your
questions and help others.
Stay tuned� There are more exciting additions coming very soon!
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Right now is a particularly bad time to be looking for a job. Between
January and July of this year, over 1 million employees have been laid off
in the U.S. alone and this has been further compounded by the terrorist
attacks of September 11th. Above and beyond the 100,000 employees in the
Airline industry that have lost their jobs, many tech companies will
likely be forced into another round of layoffs due to large amounts of
business lost during the period following the attacks and continued
declines in consumer confidence and spending. Some analysts estimate that
as many as 2 million more jobs may be lost.
So what does this mean to you? If you have a job, keep it - even if you
are not happy in your current situation. It might just be wise to wait
until things normalize before making a move.
If you are thinking about changing careers and getting into the I.T.
industry, it would be advisable to wait. You will be competing with
thousands of more experienced employees competing for fewer available jobs.
If you are already working in I.T., now would be a good time to get
certified in order to help distinguish you from your peers. Just because
you haven't been laid off yet, doesn't mean that you won't be. It is
difficult to say what lies ahead or how bad this will get. It makes a lot
of sense to prepare for the worst
and certification will help.
If you are in the process of looking for a job, check out our career center. This database currently contains over 43,000 available jobs.
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On September 21st, Comptia introduced the live version of their newest
certification offering. The Linux+ exam will be comprised of a 95 question
exam and require a score of 655 to pass. For more information about Linux+,
visit CompTIA's web site.
If you were not yet aware, CompTIA will be retiring the current i-Net+ and
updating the exams with a newer version sometime next year. Beta testing
for the new exam will begin on October 29th, 2001 and continue through the
first part of next year. For more information about the beta exam, visit CompTIA's web site.
Our most recent survey question asked, "How have the terrorist attacks
affected your certification plans or ability to study?". The results were
as follows:
51% - Not affected
27% - I can't study
14% - I don't find certification important right now
8% - I had to cancel an exam
There were 657 respondents..
Want to learn more about how you will be notified when you achieve your
MCSE? Click here.
Are you going to achieve the CIW Foundations certification by passing the
I-Net+ exam? To read this information about new processing fees, click here!
IRQ conflicts in Windows 2000? Get the information you need to fix it here.
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