quick CV question on mcp/mcsa status etc

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I have redone my CV as of late and my gf was looking over it and made a good point. I dont have listed I am a MCP as I recently added the MCSA to my CV, I assumed people reading it would know that if you have a MCSA you would have a MCP, my gf says that some agencies just dont know this and would overlook me as some ads ask for a MCP certifed person but wouldnt know that a MCSA would be this and more so to speak, what are peoples views on this?

 

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I always list mine as:

Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator

Underneath these I list the exams that I have taken.

 

Excellent, thank you

 

Perhaps add the abbreviation in brackets as well so when companies search for "MCSE", etc they don't miss you out.

 

Given my experience of late with agencies, you need to spell it all out, had one last week wanting to know why there wasn't any hardware stuff on my CV, I was going to point out the A+ but it would have been useless, I had to spell it out to them.

Liam

 

yeah thats been my problem or should i say the agencies problem I have expirenced as of late, I even had to take away the 2003 off my MCSA listing as one asked why it was 3 years out of date

 

They really don't have much of a clue but that's hardly surprising when you consider how many different certifications there are in IT. I have to admit not being conversant with them all

 

Most IT recruiters are simply CV shifters, not IT people - they, adn the software they use, work on the principle of keyword searching. They won't have a clue in the main unless you spell it out.