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You are here: Home / Education / Getting Cisco Certified to Improve Your Job Prospects

Getting Cisco Certified to Improve Your Job Prospects

August 5, 2021 by Tim McMahon

Top Benefits of Cisco Certification

Are you wondering how useful a Cisco certification can be? Or do you have questions about its popularity in the IT industry and how it can help you excel in your career? Well, here are some answers to your questions related to Cisco and their certificates. By becoming a Cisco Certified specialist, you will open doors to opportunities in the IT sector with high compensation. This IT giant is well recognized and respected all over the world. It is considered a top-notch company offering different tech solutions to businesses. So, once you achieve any Cisco certification, you can share it on your profile to attract potential employers, which will give you a chance to work in a reputable international organization. But what are other perks you’ll gain with a certificate from Cisco?

Advantages of Pursuing Cisco Designation

Apart from simply opening doors, some other top benefits that you should know about getting a Cisco certification are:

  • Enhanced Salary Offers

If you successfully pass the Cisco Certification exams, you will have proof of your skills in the form of a Cisco certificate. As a rule, employers make better salary offers to Cisco certified specialists over someone who isn’t certified.  Thus, the starting salary of the Cisco specialist is around $79k per year as revealed by ZipRecruiter. No matter which level of Cisco certification you attain, you will be paid a promising salary as well as other incentives while working with big firms.

  • Increased Job Opportunities

Cisco qualifications bring many job opportunities for the candidates who successfully achieve them. Indeed, achieving the Cisco certification opens a huge career path in the form of some newly available job roles as a network engineer, IT manager, network administrator, network architect, and more. In all, Cisco certificates start from the entry-level, and then you can opt for associate, professional, and expert designations to enhance your perceived value in the job market.

  • Up-to-date Knowledge

Candidates who achieve this vendor’s certificates demonstrate advanced and up-to-date knowledge, as Cisco continually updates their qualifications. Certifications cover all aspects of the IT industry and ensure that candidates know about the fastest-growing technologies, which makes them more competitive for maintaining their worth around the globe. If you are planning on taking the tests it is a good idea to take several practice exams since even if you are well acquainted with the technology it always helps to get an idea of the types of questions that will be asked. There are many sources for these types of practice exams.

Conclusion:

A Cisco certification can add value to your career as an IT specialist, it will help you excel in the IT industry by expanding your knowledge and skills. Moreover, you will get many career opportunities along with increased salary opportunities if you get certified. While there are a variety of places you can take IT certification exams, here are some that are available from ExamLabs:

  • Microsoft
  • CompTIA
  • Amazon
  • IBM
  • Citrix
  • ISC
  • Juniper
  • VMware
  • Fortinet
  • ITIL

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Filed Under: Education Tagged With: Cisco, IT Certification

About Tim McMahon

Work by editor and author, Tim McMahon, has been featured in Bloomberg, CBS News, Wall Street Journal, Christian Science Monitor, Forbes, Washington Post, Drudge Report, The Atlantic, Business Insider, American Thinker, Lew Rockwell, Huffington Post, Rolling Stone, Oakland Press, Free Republic, Education World, Realty Trac, Reason, Coin News, and Council for Economic Education. Connect with Tim on Google+

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