I am a recent college grad looking for certifications to help with my career, computer or otherwise. Thoughts?

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Question by masterblaker: I am a recent college grad looking for certifications to help with my career, computer or otherwise. Thoughts?
Hey, I recently graduated college with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and a minor in management. I also have an associates degree in Business Technology/Managment. I am having a tough go of the career search. I have had a few interviews and some offers, but nothing that I thought were solid choices.

I was wondering if there were any certifications worth looking into while I have some free time in between interviews. Are there any professional certifications that would be of help?

Also, I have had some basic computer classes…but I was wondering how hard some of the network, I.T, MCSE, type certifications were to get.

Would it be worth my time to try and get some type of computer certification? Or would I be totally lost without a background in it. Thanks.

Best answer:

Answer by Rich B
It depends what you want. If you want to lean towards development, check out the MCSE and CCNA path.

If you want to be a project manager, maybe the PMP by the Project Management Institute (pmi.org) or the SMP by the Software Management Institute
(softwaremanagementinstitute.com).

If you want to get into IT management, the SMP is the only one that caters to that I’m aware of, not to mention it’s relatively cheap at $ 149 bucks.

Then there’s always your MBA which beats them all but takes some time.

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