I.T Certifications Valuable In Qatar ?

If the job posting requires a degree you must have that degree.

Mandi

Whether you love it or hate it, Certification does allow us to prepare a subject in a structured way. I have been leading the capability development for a large telecom company with 45000 people in Singapore and I have more than 30 certifications to my credit in Network, Security, Voice, Wireless and Network Management. I have seen how the team i used to mentor has grown with certifications and good projects.

Moreover Although Qatar is a bit laggard in technology adoption in Enterprises compared to India and Western counterparts.

But today the trend has been to move towards specialization rather than generalization. So i do agree that CCNA and MCSE are somewhat basics or ABC but doing a system administration for Unix or SUN like SCSA, SCNA or doing a specialized CCNA for Wirless or CCNA Voice is always a better option.

MY opinon is that just go for CCNA.Networking had to much value here in i.t field and for help desk officer salary is minimum 3000 QR

Hassan,

I am looking for a help desk vacancy..........how much do help desk tech get paid ? do they have housing paid for ?

also, is MCSE a good certification for an I.T job in Doha ?

@friend88 is right...i am also a member of I.T in my company before i dont had any experience of i.t and i dont have any professional degree but i born here and had very good relations here :p thats y i am working and my salary is upto 6000 QR and i hav learnt alot...and still learning with professional people...Big truth is that degree is doesnt matter here only wasta and strong relation will work...

Delhi Guy or other members,

How much value does the MCSE / MCITP:EA carry ? with experience.

There are multiple certifications that carry more value than u r baic qualification in the following order:

CCIE

CCNP

mcse

cisa

to name a few

Well IT is entirely different field ... First u need Qualification and maybe certifications for interview shortlisting ... But remember, u don't have skill or practical knowledge.. U will not even pass interview...

IT is a field where who works, can stay for longer period.. Otherwise, he/she can't survive... That's why Qatarization is not effecting IT departments over here... because one has to work in IT....

I never weigh candidates as per their certifications because I have seen lots of candidates with bunch of certification that didn't know their work... So therefore it all depends upon company to company...

Academic degrees qualify you for the job, Certifications certify ( or claim) that you have a working knowledge of the vendor product. Certifications without qualifications may not get you a decent job in a decent place.

friend88 is right...all you need is connection. degree and experience is secondary everywhere !

as the way i struggled in I.T field is horrible...all they want in qatar is wasta and experience else u have to work for 2 years for QR 3000 sal...