Someone at my school says their are making $18 an hour, if thats true Im gonna take the test, but I thought they made 8-10.
How much can you make being A+ certified?
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I would say this really depends on your experience level. If all you have is A+ and a smile, then you're likely to get paid an entry-level salary for an entry-level job. However, if you've been working on computers professional for a while, then get A+ certified, I would say that you're likely to get much more. My theory goes something like this:
Certification = Good. Experience = Better. Certification + Experience = Best.
Certification = Good. Experience = Better. Certification + Experience = Best.
AgaBoogaBoo
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that's a pretty tough question. I would assume an A+ tech in California would make more than a A+ tech in Iowa. Also it's a tough question. It's like saying, "how much can you make graduating from high school". Well you can make $500,000 or you can make $5. I'm no help at all really and just wasted both my time and yours.
You can work at Best Buy instead of McDonalds.
Look at it this way, if you are looking for a computer related job a lot of places WON'T interview you if you don't have it, regardless of what the salary is going to be.
Look at it this way, if you are looking for a computer related job a lot of places WON'T interview you if you don't have it, regardless of what the salary is going to be.
Simply having a cert will not get you a job. People with a BS are unemployed, while high school dropouts are millionaires. What someone else makes should not justify your need for a particular certification.
erikistired
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a+ won't get you in the door at any shop worth it's salt. at best it'll get your resume a look at a mom and pop. if you can't pass the a+ you really don't deserve to touch a computer, even on the outside.
erikistired
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you can make 18 an hour, but it won't be because you have an a+ cert.
this is as humorous as a guy i work with who is convinced he's going to walk into a six figure job when he passes his cisco cert. this is a person who has ABSOLUTELY NO computer knowledge. he's book learning his way past the cisco stuff. yeah.
ViviTheMage
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I am getting about 800 $ a week, and I am in college full-time.
A company called qualxserv hired me just because I had an A+...
well I dont have it technically, but I have taken the courses. I still have the job
A company called qualxserv hired me just because I had an A+...
well I dont have it technically, but I have taken the courses. I still have the job
When I was hiring for a small computer store I wouldn't hire you if you did have one. From my experience any one with an A+ cert was far inferior to any other random applicant.
I make a lot more than $18 an hour and passed it, of course, I did take it nearly 10 years ago now and don't even list it on my resume anymore.
I think it got me a $.50-1.00/hr. raise at the time when I took it and the company paid for it.
Was pretty pointless really, I'd already been a tech for a couple years and didn't even bother to study and got over 90% on both.
Some corporations love certs though.
I think it got me a $.50-1.00/hr. raise at the time when I took it and the company paid for it.
Was pretty pointless really, I'd already been a tech for a couple years and didn't even bother to study and got over 90% on both.
Some corporations love certs though.
The only places that put this much value in A+ certification are offering positions where people with experience won't be applying... so they need some way to select people.
A+ is so useless a certification. It's cheap and easy to get. Most people can read one or two books and get the certification, even if they have very limited experience with computers, or even no experience. Or if you're good with google, you can even get all the answers.
Kadarin
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The headhunter firm that supplies us with resumes submitted one where the guy prominently featured his Network+ and A+ certs on the top of the front page, and our management, believe it or not, actually called this guy in for an interview with us.
The guy was practically in tears when he left, and I never even had the chance to interview him. He was so unqualified it was pathetic, and he knew it.
The guy was practically in tears when he left, and I never even had the chance to interview him. He was so unqualified it was pathetic, and he knew it.
From my experience, it was either tests or questions that were based on technical stuff... or a general aptitude test.
Originally posted by: ViviTheMage
I am getting about 800 $ a week, and I am in college full-time.
A company called qualxserv hired me just because I had an A+...
well I dont have it technically, but I have taken the courses. I still have the job
You took a course for A+? And didn't even complete it at the time, and they hired you? What kind of position was it for that paid $800/wk? And they couldn't find somebody with an A+ to actually hire? Since you said they based their decision on 'just' your A+ course?
Too bad he didn't know his stuff, but if he didn't have those certs would they have even interviewed him?
Indeed, I've been in the PC tech corner for close to 7 years.
After getting my A+ and Net+ I landed a spot making $21 an hour.
They werent hard by any means, but its just another way to get your foot in the door I suppose.
Besides, people seem to love the word "certification".
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