bit late to reply but hey, here in England the Tier 1 helpdesk jobs really don't require much certs and a lot of the people currently employed in them don't even have any it's kinda a more who you know type of job but however I do feel that the certs would help boost me to getting more interviews. I signed up to this apprenticeship at the time called zenos (now pearson in practice or something they change name every term) which is supposed to help guide you into getting a career in IT, they pretty much guaranteed it although I was skeptical at first being 18 i'm kinda young and gullible. Turns out it's pretty much a massive scam 1/2 my class got jobs in IT and the other half kinda got pushed out the door and ignored by the employment consultant who was supposed to help as a reference etc when applying for jobs.
However it wasn't a complete waste of time I learned a lot of stuff and also aside from that gained interview skills and a competence award for timekeeping, communication skills etc so in a way that was a huge benefit choosing them over other apprenticeships offering the same certs minus the actual comms & competence.
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