ECDL OR NOT?

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Hey All,

I have a degree and graduated this year and looking for employment - I never really got the chance/came across ECDL till recently and been thinking if I need it/take the exam(s)?? Is it worth it?

Is a degree sufficient enough to prove already that you can do stuff that the ECDL teaches? Note - I have a Business and IT Degree and not much work experience/no certs - just degree up to now

Any help/response would be appreciated

 

Well my degree did involve in using a lot of the applications on a regular basis. Is it worth doing? Do employers look for it - even though someone like me may have a degree - will they take that into consideration?

 

IMO its not worth your case to do the ECDL - i have done it at pre-GCSE level and passed all my modules first time round - its very basic and for a person with a degree very worthless. Like mentioned its for power-users and can be used by people to show they are IT competent as well as with the MS Office package so i would start by looking at Comptia's A+ as well

 

Thanks all for your replies!

When is best time to start studying for A+/N+? I will be getting C&G Diploma as IT Professional Levels 2&3 and then seek to get my first IT job in IT Support. Should I build up some experience say for a year and then have a go at A+? Any advice would be helpful