MCSE or A+ Certification

[Welcche]

Dear Editor,

I am trying to enhance my marketable skills for a IT Project Manager position.
What's the best course I can take to enhance my skills - I have no certifications.

Many Thanks
Cwelch

[usslindstrom]

Any certification you can grab - do it.

But in your example, you're asking between MCSE and A+, Please note that the A+ is an entry level certification, while the MCSE is the 3rd tier of the Microsoft route for their 2003 and before products.

And the truthful answer is always - it really depends on you. Meaning, anything from CompTIA (The A+, Network+, etc.) is all vendor nuetral. And obviously the MCSE is specifically to the Microsoft world.

If you're looking for project management - CompTIA has a certification based on that criteria:

CompTIA Project+™ Certification

I have no direct experience with that certification - but based on your post - it might be in tune with what you're trying to accomplish.

[GroundZero3]

Start with the A+

[busybeee]

Hi.. now IIHT offers you the courses of CCNA, MCSE, A+ with placement assistance.
It will be very helpful to you achieve in this hardware environment. Cisco has appointed IIHT as its Learning Solutions Partner (CLSP). So your certification will be a valid one.

[SeanC]

There's also the PMI Project Management certification that you should look into.

I don't know a lot about it except that it covers project management methodologies and processes and paperwork, etc, etc...

Apparently it's a good one to get for a project manager. It's a long and difficult process, there's several exams and projects that have to be done. And it's not cheap apparently.

A few former co-workers got that certification (with the company paying for it) and moved on to greener pastures within 2 or 3 months of getting it. It took them over a year, because you have to do so many project management hours in your job, so its pretty much required that you're already a PM at a company.