Good response Emmanuel.
mjs,ccna
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> Emmanuel Munyankusi
> Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 11:41 AM
> To: martin fourie
> Cc: Jobs GroupStudy
> Subject: Re: Job Seeker Problems
>
>
> Martin,
>
> It looks like you are doing everything you can to get new skills
> in the South African Market. We are in a complexe world where
> Salaries do not translate very well from one Country to Another.
> You may not be getting the pay you wish to have simply because
> the employer does not see the value you have added to the team
> either due to intellectual blindness or just simple neglect. You
> have made so much sacrifices to the point where your familly is
> asking for you attention and there is a legitimaty to their
> demand. Certification is not easy. Therefore you should do
> everything you can to get to a place where you get rewarded.
> There are countries that are looking for talents such as
> Australia and Middle East. England also has some opportunities
> but watch out for immigration issues. USA would be interesting
> but H1 visa is also a challenge. You can keep trying you may get
> lucky to have somebody sponsor you for H1.
>
> Your activities in teaching other employees especially the
> disadvantaged ones are highly critical in bridging the gap
> between the Black community and the Africanders if reconciliation
> has a place in your society that had been divided by Aparteid.
> You are working in a Government Agency that is driven by social
> politics. Meanwhile keep doing what your are doing as happily as
> you can until you find a better job.
>
> Keep your focus on the CCIE, because that the only thing that
> will open up better opportunities for you.
>
> Good Luck
> Emmanuel Munyankusi, Ph.D., MCSE, CCNA, CCNP
>
> martin fourie wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My name is Martin and I am from South-Africa. I have been
> subscribed to this group for a time now and read of all the
> problems the people experienced looking and finding Cisco related jobs.
> >
> > I thoght a lot before starting with this mail and just want to
> raise some points that I experienced in connection with above. I
> started working at a Government company named GovNet
> (www.openet.gov.za) in 1997 who deals with the Cisco WAN for all
> Government Departments and connections to external institutions,
> mainframes and offices all over South-Africa. I was send on both
> the Introduction to Cisco Router Configuration and the Advance
> Cisco Router Configuration courses. When the new certifications,
> CCNA/CCDA/CCDP/CCNP, for Cisco was started I asked my company
> what their aim would be for their employees to become certified
> or not. Up till now I was not answered at all and completed on my
> own the CCNA (November 1999) and the CCNP (June 2000)
> certifications. I am busy with my CCDP certification and wish to
> complete my CCIE written exam before October 2000. Although my
> company privatised April 1999 and became the State Information
> Technology Agency (http://sita.pwv.gov.za) and d!
> ue!
> > to the black empowerment vision of the Government I had to
> stand back for the diadvantage people to be given priority before
> me with the new course curriculum and I have to do training for
> them about the network as well as preparing them for their future courses.
> >
> > In the SITA company I am the only person that are so highly
> certified in Cisco but it seems as if my company doesn't care
> because they have contracters on the floor who needs to be
> qualified so stuff the employees. I wish to do the MCSE, Unix and
> other courses but with the pay that I receive that is not
> possible. I buy some books at try to study from them and go write
> the exams afterwards. To write an exam costs R 1500-00 each and
> as Imentioned with the pay I receive I am not able to pay for the
> exams. Since I started with my certifications I started looking
> for another job and after 2 months I didnt even received a
> invitation for a interview in South-Africa. From overseas I had 2
> or 3 people that was interested but due to the fact that I am
> living in South-Africa and the immigration problems they lost
> their interest in me as well. For me to become an CCIE I need to
> relocate or find a job at a company who can help me achieve that
> goal. It is very expensive for both the pre-l!
> ab!
> > s, study material as well as the Lab itself and I am not
> financially strong to pay that myself as well. On our WAN I am
> sitting at a helpdesk, troubleshhoting problems, installation and
> liasing with our local Telecommunication provider as well as
> being a service manager for departmets who needs to attend
> meetings where problems needed to be solved I am also working on
> special projects as a resource when needed. We are only allowed
> certain standards on our WAN and after my certification as CCNP I
> have all this knowledge of making the WAN more proficient but are
> not allowed to use it at all. Why did I studied and became certified then?
> >
> > Lastly it seems as if in South-Africa the need for
> CCNA/CCDA/CCDP/CCNP are not that much in demand except your
> CCIE's. Since I became an CCNA my salary was not increased or did
> I receive a bonus for my efforts at all. My marriage is on
> troubled water because of the stress of studying late nights as
> well as being not able to help with my one year old daughter who
> were teething during this stage. (I don't have internet at home
> so I had to go to a Internet Kiosk for that.) I only receive a
> basic salary of R 96 000-00 and benefits of R 28 000-00 at my
> existing company and if I see what the offers are overseas I feel
> negative of all my hardwork and not be able to also receive a
> good income. I saw that the Rand/Dollar exchange is that R1 =
> $6.95. You can work out yourselves what salary I receive in
> comparison to the salaries available for juniors in the USA or
> other countries in the world.
> >
> > Above letter is just a view from South-Africa that it is not
> always that bad in your own country if you don't know about other
> people's struggle in their own nome country.
> >
> > Thanks for yor time
> >
> > Martin
> >
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