Behind the Scenes of The Microsoft Certified Career Conference

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 01:00:54 GMT

I would love to see a session on becoming an MCT. I have my MCSE and I have my CTT+ (technical trainer), as well as Train the Trainer, but when I looked into becoming an MCT (which is my main goal), I kept running into catch 22s. I'll have to revisit it, but if I remember correctly, you have to prove that you're working at an accredited academic institution in order to get the certification. But until you get the certification, you normally can't actually work at an accredited academic institution. Understanding a good career path model would be a big help.

I would primarily want to teach Power Point (since I'm an Adobe Certified Instructor and that fits with the design software), but would eventually like to teach the entire suite of Office products. I know I'd have to get the MOS first, but after that, I can't imagine approaching a company to do this work without having the certification to teach it, but I can't get the certification, unless I'm already teaching it. What am I missing? I think this would be a valuable topic for others like me.

Thanks,

Cyd

Behind the Scenes of The Microsoft Certified Career Conference

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Sasa Kranjac (Regional Lead - Croatia) — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:43:05 GMT

As Microsoft evangelist I often have a conversation with students or people that are new to certification and that want to get certified. It is not rare that even people who are certified for years don't know of different resources that can assist them to expand their knowledge and advance in their careers. I would love to share my thoughts, advice, links, web sites, resources, tips to everyone who want to know more and to go further in MS certification.

Sometimes it is only a pointed finger in the right direction that can change one's career!

Behind the Scenes of The Microsoft Certified Career Conference

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 07:43:21 GMT

Would love to do a session on how people who might not have the budget to go to sit a MOC can use the Self Paced Training Kits we write through MS Press as well as resources on TechNet and in other places to not only pursue certification, but plan out the next stage in their career. One of the key things to understand about any certification exam is that all the knowledge tested on the exam is contained in Microsoft's own publically available technical documentation. That Training Kits and MOCs distill that information into a specific type of learning format. Alas although the spirit is very willing, living all the way over in Melbourne, Australia, means that getting across to present is rather a challenge ;-(