Hi there,
I left school and got an apprenticeship in IT at a local college in there IT support department. I completed my L2 NVQ and there were no vacancies available once I had completed it. I then decided to go to my local college (this was a little closer) and I have been completing my NVQ L3 in IT. I am almost finished for this year and will get a L3 award. Then here comes the but!
I saw a local job in the paper as a junior IT support, I applied I phone my boss from my apprenticeship at the college to ask if I could use him as a reference and there was a surprise. He said starting from July there would be a place there for me to take if I wanted. It would be the junior IT admin for the college. Starting salary at £15k he did say it would be subject to interview but I had a very high chance. He mentioned it would benefit me to take a Microsoft exam in windows 7. I have looked it up and I think the most beneficial exam would be the 70-680 Windows 7, Configuring. So I am really after any advise if there would be any better exams to take instead or in addition of the one that I have looked at. As far as I understand the process works as follows?
1. Book exam at a local test centre,
2. Revise the exam and take mock exams,
3. Take exam and pass receive certificate.
Thanks for reading any suggestions would be great!
I left school and got an apprenticeship in IT at a local college in there IT support department. I completed my L2 NVQ and there were no vacancies available once I had completed it. I then decided to go to my local college (this was a little closer) and I have been completing my NVQ L3 in IT. I am almost finished for this year and will get a L3 award. Then here comes the but!
I saw a local job in the paper as a junior IT support, I applied I phone my boss from my apprenticeship at the college to ask if I could use him as a reference and there was a surprise. He said starting from July there would be a place there for me to take if I wanted. It would be the junior IT admin for the college. Starting salary at £15k he did say it would be subject to interview but I had a very high chance. He mentioned it would benefit me to take a Microsoft exam in windows 7. I have looked it up and I think the most beneficial exam would be the 70-680 Windows 7, Configuring. So I am really after any advise if there would be any better exams to take instead or in addition of the one that I have looked at. As far as I understand the process works as follows?
1. Book exam at a local test centre,
2. Revise the exam and take mock exams,
3. Take exam and pass receive certificate.
Thanks for reading any suggestions would be great!
