{"id":1875,"date":"2009-10-05T00:19:03","date_gmt":"2009-10-05T05:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=1875"},"modified":"2009-10-05T00:19:03","modified_gmt":"2009-10-05T05:19:03","slug":"confessions-of-an-it-pro-my-nine-biggest-professional-blunders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/10\/05\/confessions-of-an-it-pro-my-nine-biggest-professional-blunders\/","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of an IT pro: My nine biggest professional blunders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nice list although I am really against no 9 certifications are for losers!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>#9: Not taking advantage of free training and certification opportunities. Each time I have updated my resume in preparation for seeking a new job, I&#8217;ve regretted not having formal certifications to accompany my experience. This has been particularly irritating when the company I am trying to leave has a policy of paying for any classes the employees want to take, whether they&#8217;re relevant to the business or not. It&#8217;s kept me from applying to several jobs I was otherwise qualified for simply because they required possession of particular certifications.<br \/>\nLessons learned? Take advantage of all free training opportunities, even if they have to be pursued out of business hours.<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.techrepublic.com.com\/5100-10878_11-6093189.html\">Confessions of an IT pro: My nine biggest professional blunders<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nice list although I am really against no 9 certifications are for losers! #9: Not taking advantage of free training and certification opportunities. Each time I have updated my resume in preparation for seeking a new job, I&#8217;ve regretted not having formal certifications to accompany my experience. This has been particularly irritating when the company &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2009\/10\/05\/confessions-of-an-it-pro-my-nine-biggest-professional-blunders\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Confessions of an IT pro: My nine biggest professional blunders&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rant"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}