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I have tried to remove all the terminology like DR/BCP. I have put the promotions together so hopefully that will make more sense too...
New version uploaded. Link in the original post will take you to the new document. How are those changes?
I have tried to remove all the terminology like DR/BCP. I have put the promotions together so hopefully that will make more sense too...
@IRJ said in My resume rewrite 2020 - pointers appreciated...:
The first thing that sticks out to anyone looking at his resume is the fact that you list 4 jobs over the last 4 years. Once I look a littler close, I notice that one is a promotion, but I would combine those into one role (the one with higher title) and maybe make the promotion the first bullet point. I would also do that with the next job that also seems like you were quickly promoted. I know it sounds silly but at first glance it really looks like you dont have any job stability, when in fact you are getting promotions quickly which is awesome!
I also agree with everyone else. Take the dollar amounts out, as they dont matter to any company as every environment and budget is different. I also agree to leave version numbers out with products.
Holy abbreviations, batman! You use more abbreviations than the US government. Spell some of those out when you have a line that says
DR and BCP
but the entire space after is empty, you surely should be spelling it out.
Points taken, I am working on a revised copy now taking the other points on too. I am not sure how to distinguish the promotion, but I will make an edit and hope it works and will put the revision online.
@scottalanmiller said in My resume rewrite 2020 - pointers appreciated...:
@Jimmy9008 said in My resume rewrite 2020 - pointers appreciated...:
@scottalanmiller said in My resume rewrite 2020 - pointers appreciated...:
I feel the use of "circa" for budgets on a resume is odd. Maybe it's common in the UK, but for the US, if makes it feel like you are saying that because you are just guessing at the budget. If I said "Harold invaded Springfield circa 1821" it implies that I don't know the date but have a general idea. Saying a budget of circa $300K sounds like you weren't told what your budget was and you are guessing at the size of it.
Ok, understood. My thinking there was to show I had direct control over what was purchased and the total spent. I will edit that.
That I get. The "circa" makes it feel like the opposite
How else could I reword it that would actually make sense?
@scottalanmiller said in My resume rewrite 2020 - pointers appreciated...:
The US and UK vary a lot on their cultural view of education, so take this from an American perspective, but here you never list things significantly below your highest education (if you even list that, which typically you do, because typically people don't get promoted far enough beyond it.)
So for example, once you have any college or university degree at all, your high school and vocational credentials would never be listed. It makes it look, to an American, that you feel your teenage years education is still significant and impactful to your career - which to a hiring manager (here at least) makes me think that you feel you are ready for an internship. Once you've worked in your field at all or been to university we would always drop anything less than university here.
And personally even in the US, I recommend dropping the university credentials once you are established in your career. Even they only denote being ready for an entry level position so touting them once you are working makes you feel more junior subconsciously to an employer. Especially when the degree is not directly related to your profession.
Ok, this makes sense. In the UK you will only be able to do a degree if you have suitable qualifications to be able to get on to the course. So yes, I can see having lower qualifications on the resume as a little pointless. I'll remove other than the degree. Cheers.
@scottalanmiller said in My resume rewrite 2020 - pointers appreciated...:
I feel the use of "circa" for budgets on a resume is odd. Maybe it's common in the UK, but for the US, if makes it feel like you are saying that because you are just guessing at the budget. If I said "Harold invaded Springfield circa 1821" it implies that I don't know the date but have a general idea. Saying a budget of circa $300K sounds like you weren't told what your budget was and you are guessing at the size of it.
Ok, understood. My thinking there was to show I had direct control over what was purchased and the total spent. I will edit that.
@Pete-S said in My resume rewrite 2020 - pointers appreciated...:
A few notes:
- Hard to figure out if you are a manager or a specialist.
- Maybe separate job responsibilities from notable projects.
- I'm not sure about putting £ on projects. If you do, it has to be an impressive number and you would have to be in control of the project & budget. Sometime it's probably better to use some other metric, like the number of users, locations for instance.
- I'm not sure about having version numbers on things such as Veeam. Aren't we getting into tech details then?
- I didn't see any information about the number of users or the size of the your team (if you're a manager). If it's of value you might want to put it in the resume. Being in charge of IT support for 100 users in different offices or 100K users is not the same.
- Also the resume is a sales document so it makes sense to gear it towards the kind of jobs you are looking for. And you didn't say.
I would like to push towards management going forward with technical knowledge. In the last year or so I have lead my team by managing our technical projects based on staff ability, how each employee can and wants to develop, and their own career goals. We have done a lot, but I am at the point where I am managing the work being done, not so much doing the work myself. For example, the Veeam work is work I directly did. However, there are lots of projects I oversee by being the manager without actually doing the work, such as for example our global SCCM roll out... not quite sure how to get that on the CV. Where I am responsible for the work getting done, planning, staffing, budgeting, but have not had to do the work myself... Its a strange position, but one I am happy to keep.
Worldwide, we are a team of 10, including me. I directly have complete control of the EMEA/APAC IT staff, of which there are 4, but have seniority over the NALA regions too, however no line management of those folk. Things like approving pay increases, holiday, training and such for folks in that region goes to somebody else, but what they are doing, the projects and timelines, that is all me.
With that in mind, should I remove anything technical from my resume at this point? I am not sure if that will be a negative as I do have technical knowledge...
I will take the other points on board and edit what I have.
Ok, I can take on board the other points.
Hi folks,
I work in IT in the Oil & Gas industry, due to the globally issues I want to update my resume and start considering a job change before I am given any bad news...
All feedback helpful, I have no idea when it comes to resumes and I hope some good advice. I have read other posts about this before and hope to get similar focused help on my particular CV.
I have tried to keep technology names off the document as I can learn whatever I need to get a project done. My reasoning is that I have learned whatever I need so far and will of course continue to do so. I am not sure if I should add specific technology names which could limit me to those technologies listed when looking for a job. Is that poor thinking though? Should I add specific names to the document? For example, I am not sure if listing RedHat and CentOS would limit me to anywhere using Ubuntu as I did not write Ubuntu (example only).
Anyway, here is the doc: Document
Best,
Jim
@stacksofplates said in Microsoft plans on retiring the MCSA,MCSD,MCSE certifications in June 30,2020:
@scottalanmiller said in Microsoft plans on retiring the MCSA,MCSD,MCSE certifications in June 30,2020:
@stacksofplates said in Microsoft plans on retiring the MCSA,MCSD,MCSE certifications in June 30,2020:
Containerization and FaaS have made development and deployments insanely easier and less costly.
True for non-cloud installs as well, though. And only true for cloud when you have completely reliable networking. Hosted FaaS is a real challenge if your ISP drops.
No it's not. Because you can just go somewhere else. It's a real problem when it's locally hosted and your ISP drops and no customers can access it.
That 'somewhere else' is also more expensive though... Doesnt mattwr if its AWS, Azure, Google Compute, or another... It costs a more. Local hosted doesn't mean one bad ISP will destroy service for customers. We have out infrastructure in our facilities in London, Aberdeen, Barcelona, Middle East, Singapore, Houston, Calgary, Toronto and Singapore. I can lose any site and that will have no impact to customers. Still a lot cheaper than cloud.
Last time I looked, a single one of my calculation servers came to around 80k GBP. High core count, multiple TB of RAM. In Azure, over 6 years, MS were coming back with something in the range of £450k ex VAT. Insane difference.
@flaxking said in Microsoft plans on retiring the MCSA,MCSD,MCSE certifications in June 30,2020:
Another thing to keep on mind is that for MS Partners to achieve competencies Azure based certs will now be required, which is another way MS is trying to give the market a push.
We are partners and need to keep a load of certifications on developers to get certain benefits. But these changes seem a little much for my infrastructure folk. Why would I want to certify for Azure when we don't really use Azure. We use Windows server on-premise. If that is going to go away someday I would rather get Linux and slowly migrate out software to work locally with that rather than get our folk Azure certified when we wont be using it.
I expect MS are phasing out the on premise OS, pushing people to certify for Azure, then once on Azure, slowly push the prices up more.
@IRJ said in Microsoft plans on retiring the MCSA,MCSD,MCSE certifications in June 30,2020:
@Jimmy9008 said in Microsoft plans on retiring the MCSA,MCSD,MCSE certifications in June 30,2020:
@Obsolesce said in Microsoft plans on retiring the MCSA,MCSD,MCSE certifications in June 30,2020:
The exams are following a career or job role based path.
Apparently, Microsoft sees a Windows Server administrator type of role as something the market is shifting away from. I see this in the enterprise completely, as anyone touching Windows Server services isn't spending most of their time there. It's all towards or in support of Cloud services. So it makes sense from that perspective. Someone who specializes in AD and associated services will, at least in the enterprise, spend most of their time with it in support of cloud services... making it work with Azure AD, other SaaS integrations, SSO, federation, MDM (LANless based), etc... you get the idea. That can basically be said regarding any traditional Windows Server based services.
However, I do see the point in that many SMBs only have a few Windows Servers and needs someone who specializes in basically what the old Server 2012-2016 server infrastructure MCSA/MCSEs covered because that's all they'll do there. But for how long? Who knows.... but what matters is that you realize what it is you want to do and how long you want to do it.
The market has been, and is, shifting. Embrace it now to stay ahead, move away completely from MS, or play catch up later. Up to you.
The new Azure role based certs have these levels:
Fundamentals
Associate
Expert
SpecialtyAnd what they cover reflect the job roles in the markets Microsoft obviously makes the most money from, future thinking in mind. Could they update the Server Infrastructure MCSA/MCSE path to 2019? Sure. (but what you are thinking of in those BARELY changes... most that stuff is the same as it was since 2008R2!) Even with 2012 R2, in those cert paths were starting to get a little "Cloud-y" back then. ESPECIALLY with 2016. At some point, you need to draw the line and cut them away. And in Microsoft's eyes, that time has come, I see it too, as well as many others.
Maybe Jim-Bob working at Kathy's Suburban Dentistry who keeps their 15-device Windows environment running on the single Windows Server they have in the closet may never see anything for awhile. But at some point, he may need to configure their new Dentistry SaaS app authentication via AzureAD from AADSync or some other means. Maybe not, but just trying to make a simple point. Or better yet, he may not even want to be there long enough and wants to move on to greener pastures.
But really, that's not what MS is creating their Certifications for. There's a much bigger market than that, and it totally makes sense to do what they are doing.
I have always found cloud services to be extremely costly. Seems like a bad news for us IT folk IMHO.
Cloud services have been proven cheaper for companies for a long time.
The more skilled the IT professional is the more efficient they can design a cloud environment. It's actually better for IT professionals that are plugged in because they become more valuable to their company or customers.
Whenever I have looked at this for our environment it just does not work out less. Owning our own server over the several years we have them costs drastically less. I have to hire IT services to manage on site, or cloud, so those costs are negligible. But, a server I own compared to one I hire for 6 years in Azure, is a lot less.
@Obsolesce said in Microsoft plans on retiring the MCSA,MCSD,MCSE certifications in June 30,2020:
The exams are following a career or job role based path.
Apparently, Microsoft sees a Windows Server administrator type of role as something the market is shifting away from. I see this in the enterprise completely, as anyone touching Windows Server services isn't spending most of their time there. It's all towards or in support of Cloud services. So it makes sense from that perspective. Someone who specializes in AD and associated services will, at least in the enterprise, spend most of their time with it in support of cloud services... making it work with Azure AD, other SaaS integrations, SSO, federation, MDM (LANless based), etc... you get the idea. That can basically be said regarding any traditional Windows Server based services.
However, I do see the point in that many SMBs only have a few Windows Servers and needs someone who specializes in basically what the old Server 2012-2016 server infrastructure MCSA/MCSEs covered because that's all they'll do there. But for how long? Who knows.... but what matters is that you realize what it is you want to do and how long you want to do it.
The market has been, and is, shifting. Embrace it now to stay ahead, move away completely from MS, or play catch up later. Up to you.
The new Azure role based certs have these levels:
Fundamentals
Associate
Expert
SpecialtyAnd what they cover reflect the job roles in the markets Microsoft obviously makes the most money from, future thinking in mind. Could they update the Server Infrastructure MCSA/MCSE path to 2019? Sure. (but what you are thinking of in those BARELY changes... most that stuff is the same as it was since 2008R2!) Even with 2012 R2, in those cert paths were starting to get a little "Cloud-y" back then. ESPECIALLY with 2016. At some point, you need to draw the line and cut them away. And in Microsoft's eyes, that time has come, I see it too, as well as many others.
Maybe Jim-Bob working at Kathy's Suburban Dentistry who keeps their 15-device Windows environment running on the single Windows Server they have in the closet may never see anything for awhile. But at some point, he may need to configure their new Dentistry SaaS app authentication via AzureAD from AADSync or some other means. Maybe not, but just trying to make a simple point. Or better yet, he may not even want to be there long enough and wants to move on to greener pastures.
But really, that's not what MS is creating their Certifications for. There's a much bigger market than that, and it totally makes sense to do what they are doing.
I have always found cloud services to be extremely costly. Seems like a bad news for us IT folk IMHO.
What certifications exist still for folk using Windows Server on premise then, or none?
@bnrstnr said in Windows 10 Enterprise licensing...:
E3 "starting at $7/month" lol, so $38k a yea
Ok, cheers guys. Some good information to start looking at this. Appreciated.
@scottalanmiller said in Windows 10 Enterprise licensing...:
For Enterprise, there isn't any complexity. Every Enterprise install required Pro to already be installed, and you buy an expensive upgrade to Enterprise on top of it.
So 450 devices, easily $40,000.
So, I would need a volume license pretty much for 450 x Windows 10 Enterprise with SA?
@scottalanmiller said in Windows 10 Enterprise licensing...:
Why do you want Enterprise?
It has extra security features that senior folk want. I dont really need to know why they want it pushed out, but need to know how and costs.
@scottalanmiller said in Windows 10 Enterprise licensing...:
@Jimmy9008 said in Windows 10 Enterprise licensing...:
What would be a good route to get these all to Enterprise?
There is only one path... volume licensing.
Or, I guess, Intune might be an option now?
With volume licensing, do I need an agreement that has 1 x Enterprise license for each for the 450 machines, or as long as the OEM was Pro, do I only need 1 x Enterprise license to cover the entire site?
Hi folks,
We have about 450 desktops running Windows 10 Pro OEM. What would be a good route to get these all to Enterprise?
Licensing is not an area I have looked in to, but I recall a while back hearing that with 1 x volume license for Enterprise with Software Assurance, you have the rights to re-image every Windows 10 Pro OEM to Enterprise.
Does anybody have any details on that?
Best,
Jim
@scottalanmiller said in HyperVisor:
@mroth911 here is my MangoCon talk on why RLS blows any external storage out of the water...
Interesting video. Thanks for that. Where do you get the rough number of nines figures from for various kit?
@IRJ said in New IT Position UK, any advice/feedback?:
You're asking for a cloud expert in competencies, but are saying it's entry level infrastructure. Which one is it?
Maybe its terminology? I use the term 'competent' to mean acceptable/satisfactory. Not expert. After 5 years of being a professional in IT with interests in technology, I would like somebody that knows a little bit about most of those items. 'Competent', not 'Expert'.
For example, if they have been doing support for 5 years for a range of companies, but does not have any competency at all with Office 365, then they would not be a good match.
@Obsolesce said in New IT Position UK, any advice/feedback?:
@Carnival-Boy said in New IT Position UK, any advice/feedback?:
I'm not sure you're allowed to say this in the UK anymore, as it could be construed as age discrimination.
I can't imagine that being true. How else do you measure experience and/or competency in a field or with a given technology.
I think its to stop accidental discrimination against age.