Suzanne L. Rego

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Information Technology Designationsand the
Bermuda Marketplace

• Presented By
• Suzanne L. Rego Employment Consultant,
  BermudaJOBS.com
• Michael W. Branco VP PKI Development, QuoVadis
  Ltd.
• BIBA Showcase October 16th, 2004

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Agenda

• Minimum requirements for 2004
• Entry Level Job roles and designations
• Intermediate Level Job roles and designations
• Senior Level Job roles and designations
• Earning the designations
• Recruiters/Employers
• Scholarships/NTB/Company Sponsorship
• Questions??

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Minimum Requirements for 2004

• Education
• Associates degree
• Undergraduate degree
• Graduate degree
• Types of IT related degrees
• Computer Science
• Information Systems
• Mathematics
• Engineering

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Beginning Your Career

• Entry Level Positions
• Help Desk Administrator
• Desktop Support
• Expected Salary 35K - 50K
• Qualifications
• ICDL / A / Network / MOS
• Helpful hints

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Advancing Your Career

• Intermediate Level Positions
• System Administrator
• IT Manager
• Network Engineer
• Business/System Analyst
• Database Administrator
• Programmer (web and desktop)
• Various specialized areas
• Expected salary 60K - 100K

• Qualifications
• MCSA
• MCSE (2003)
• MCSD (Web/Desktop)
• MCDBA
• CCA (Citrix)
• CCSE (Checkpoint)
• CCNA/CCDA
• Specialized qualifications
• Helpful hints

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Reaching the Top

• Senior Level Positions
• CIO / CTO
• Chief Security Officer
• Senior Network Engineer
• Expected salary 85K and up
• Qualifications
• CISSP
• CCNE/CCIE
• Helpful hints

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Earning the Designations

• Study Approaches
• Self study (books/sample exams)
• Classes (locally/2K per class, 5 days)
• Bootcamp (overseas/very intense)
• Braindump websites
• Local Providers (exams and classes)
• Bermuda MicroSystems
• Gateway
• Media Tek
• Exams (Vue/Prometric)
• Online/CBT exams
• Available in Bermuda
• 100 per exam

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Financing Your Education

• Scholarships
• Ewan Sampson Scholarship Trust
• Bank of Bermuda IT Scholarship
• SBI
• Government Grants
• Computer Society of Bermuda
• National Training Board
• Company Sponsorship

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Recruiters/Employers

• Recruiters
• BermudaJOBS.com www.BermudaJOBS.com
• PWC Executive Search Selection
  www.bermudatopjobs.com
• The James Partnership www.thejamespartnership.bm
  
• Websites offer career advice, job listings,
  register for job updates
• Employers
• Networking Events

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• Questions??