Starting over
Microsoft Certification
is something that I have heard about before but
never really thought about or looked into. The other day though, I came
home for the weekend from school and was at my sister's family birthday
party when my aunt was telling us how my uncle is going through
Microsoft
Certification training.
We all kind of wondered why, since he is the CFO of his company and has been for years, and then she told us that he got laid off because their company was failing from the economy being so bad. It was really sad, but it also is insightful. He is now getting his resume together and looking for a new job but taking classes and refreshing a lot of stuff that he learned years ago as well.
He said that it really sucks to have lost his job, but he is taking classes and getting certified and even doing a lot of stuff outside of finding or trying to get a new job. He has time to go out and try new things and start over with his career and maybe do something completely different (or the same) as he was doing before.
I also thought about how competitive it is going to be when I get out of school and need to find a job. Things like Microsoft Certification and other things added to your resume will look really good and you may need to set yourself apart from other people. Every person applying for that job probably has had an internship in that area and has the same good grades and you need to find a way to make yourself more appealing for that job than the other people. So besides schoolwork we need to be volunteering and getting involved and joining groups and clubs and getting training and certifications like the Microsoft Certification and other professional ones that could help you in the future.
There are never too many things that you can do to help yourself get a head and prepare for the future, or in some cases losing a job and needing to find a new one. So I think I have learned a lot from the economy being the way that it is and although it sucks, it may have made me a better student and even maybe a better person overall. I work harder and I get involved more and hopefully one day it will all pay off.
We all kind of wondered why, since he is the CFO of his company and has been for years, and then she told us that he got laid off because their company was failing from the economy being so bad. It was really sad, but it also is insightful. He is now getting his resume together and looking for a new job but taking classes and refreshing a lot of stuff that he learned years ago as well.
He said that it really sucks to have lost his job, but he is taking classes and getting certified and even doing a lot of stuff outside of finding or trying to get a new job. He has time to go out and try new things and start over with his career and maybe do something completely different (or the same) as he was doing before.
I also thought about how competitive it is going to be when I get out of school and need to find a job. Things like Microsoft Certification and other things added to your resume will look really good and you may need to set yourself apart from other people. Every person applying for that job probably has had an internship in that area and has the same good grades and you need to find a way to make yourself more appealing for that job than the other people. So besides schoolwork we need to be volunteering and getting involved and joining groups and clubs and getting training and certifications like the Microsoft Certification and other professional ones that could help you in the future.
There are never too many things that you can do to help yourself get a head and prepare for the future, or in some cases losing a job and needing to find a new one. So I think I have learned a lot from the economy being the way that it is and although it sucks, it may have made me a better student and even maybe a better person overall. I work harder and I get involved more and hopefully one day it will all pay off.
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