Also you don't have any Linux test systems or anything in your current role? If you did you might move those to front of skills and windows in the back. Keep the other skills in between.

@EddieJennings said in Resume Update:

@IRJ said in Resume Update:

@EddieJennings said in Resume Update:

With Draft 4, which I think is close to the final draft, I chose a one sentence statement to replace the horizontal row.

Any more text (unless I kill some of the white space, which I hesitate to do for readability), and this spills into a second page. While second pages aren't the end of the world, I don't yet have enough substance to make good use of it.

I really like it. The only thing I'd say is your summary statement looks out of place. I think it needs a heading or something. Other than that it looks really clean

Thanks. That's something I'm considering. To give it a heading, I'd need to remove some bullets from the experience section. If I did, these three are currently on the chopping block.

Managed integration between Active Directory and HR data sources
Configured load balancing and TLS offloading for line of business application servers
Served as escalation point for L1 / L2 technicians.

It's an easy choice for me. Get rid of the training team members bullet point

@EddieJennings said in Resume Update:

With Draft 4, which I think is close to the final draft, I chose a one sentence statement to replace the horizontal row.

Any more text (unless I kill some of the white space, which I hesitate to do for readability), and this spills into a second page. While second pages aren't the end of the world, I don't yet have enough substance to make good use of it.

I really like it. The only thing I'd say is your summary statement looks out of place. I think it needs a heading or something. Other than that it looks really clean

@scottalanmiller said in Resume Update:

@IRJ said in Resume Update:

@scottalanmiller sees this is a negative, but I see this as a positive.

Not always a negative, but it's a risk. For example, you see a position that you are perfect for and you say so. They don't know what to call the position and perceive the same job as a different title and rule you out because you knew too much.

I don't put my position. I put my experience. Everything is pretty general and would not disqualify me for any position.

@EddieJennings said in Resume Update:

Not much has changed for draft 3.

I've considered adding a summary statement, but declined for this draft.

I think a summary is important for a few reasons:

1. You get a change to provide the narrative and tell the reader how you want your resume read. @scottalanmiller sees this is a negative, but I see this as a positive. If their position doesn't align with your summary, do you even want the position anyway? I also believe this area is even more important if you are changing roles. Because you will get the chance her to show your new direction

2. People reviewing resumes will appreciate it, because it is a 10 second spiel where you give a quick overview of yourself. It is a time saver for them.

3. Do the simple math for your interviewer. Add up your experience in years and certifications in numbers. I would say something like 10+ years in system administration, consulting, and engineering . If I see a statement like that right off the bat, you have 10 years experience and that pops right into my head.

Ok HP clarifies and said USB A is not powerful enough to deliver a meaningful charge.

https://store.hp.com/us/en/tech-takes/3-different-ways-to-charge-laptop-without-charger

One reviewer of the laptop mentioned

It uses a neat little trapdoor design that expands to accommodate the larger USB-A cable, collapsing down to a smaller size when not in use. You still get two USB-C ports, and all three can be used for charging the machine, though the included charger is USB-C.

So not sure if it's just speculation like I had or if you can actually charge from it. Although I have never heard of anybody doing this.

I just ordered a new laptop which supports charging from USB C like many modern laptops, but it also supports charging from it's USB A port.

2 Thunderbolt™ 3 (40Gbps signaling rate) with SuperSpeed USB Type-C® 10Gbps signaling rate (USB Power Delivery, DisplayPort™ 1.2, HP Sleep and Charge); 1 SuperSpeed USB Type-A 5Gbps signaling rate (HP Sleep and Charge); 

I can obviously use USB C to charge, but as more devices adapt to USB C, it would be nice to be able to use the USB A port as well. Especially since I already have a few high speed chargers that have USB A female.

So what type of cable do I need?

I would think something like this would work, but it doesn't

https://www.amazon.com/AINOPE-Rupture-Double-Compatible-Enclosures/dp/B07YSNFNKD/

Yeah I agree with @scottalanmiller This promotion does not look much like a promotion.

I would maybe call one IT System Administrator and the other IT System Administrator II

I understand these arent your official titles, but you need to do something to show an actual promotion, because otherwise its just too confusing.

Remember, they dont call your company to verify until after you sign the offer. Put whatever title you want as long as it accurately reflects your responsibilities. Verification is done after hiring, and 99% chance they wont care since they have interviewed you and know your actual skills. If it ever comes up (it wont), you just tell them that is how you showed your promotion on your resume. The official titles made it difficult. That is a perfectly reasonable explanation that anyone would understand.

@Dashrender said in Resume Update:

@EddieJennings said in Resume Update:

y around. Also, further thinking about it, it seems doubtful that hiring managers are really looking for a specialist in non-

oh - what a wonderful world you and Scott live in

Do I need to remind you that employment is a choice?

@EddieJennings is making a valid argument that he doesnt want to work for someone like that.

Also, if your potential employer turns out to be bad, you can leave. This isn't India where you are bound to your employer until they release you. You can leave anytime and work for anyone else.

@scottalanmiller said in Resume Update:

This is pretty good, but I'd keep iterating and tightening it up. Some thoughts...

*Designed a FreePBX VoIP system using Vultr VPS and Twilio SIP trunking
•Consolidated physical servers into a Hyper-V 2016 virtual environment
•Migrated E-mail system from on-premises MDaemon to Exchange Online
•Developed PowerShell scripts to automate Exchange mailbox management
•Implemented centralized user authentication using Active Directory
•Configured user workstations using group policy
•Deployed user support request management system using Spiceworks
•Managed software license compliance
•Created IT documentation using DokuWiki
•Trained and supported end-users

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Same list but tighter...

• Implemented FreePBX telephony platform
• Consolidated & Virtualized to Hyper-V
• MDaemon On-Premises to Microsoft 365 migration
• Exchange automation via PowerShell
• Implemented Active Directory & Group Policy
• Managed software licensing and compliance
• Created documentation processes & platform

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I dropped a few things, the lists are too long. Notice I didn't mention who your cloud vendor or SIP vendor are. I don't add versions of things. I take out the unnecessary stuff that no one will care about. A SIP trunk is a SIP trunk, no need to name drop. No one is going to hire you because it was Twilio. Keep it short and sweet so that it gets read.

And like AD, you don't need to explain it. This feels awkward and you want to be in a position where you are being interviewed by people who know what AD is. If you have to explain what AD is, there is a problem and you want to avoid that situation.

I dropped some things like installing spiceworks because at some point, you don't want to be listing things like "I double clicked on a exe to install it" because it implies to the reader that you feel that that's notable, and it implies that you are listing every task you did and that this is all that there was.

If you have done any AD upgrades or migrations those are worth noting, however, but overall I agree with @scottalanmiller

Talking about supporting end users is a waste of space and using specific platforms for documentation is a turn off, because its unlikely the new employer would use the same platform. So yeah his list is pretty good.

Also I'd remove the top area and put each skull under relevant role. It will give your employer a better idea of how long and in what jobs you utilized the role.

Always tailor your resume for the job you want, not the jobs you've had. Highlight experience Linux experience in your previous roles and make that your focus on your resume. Obviously include important accomplishments you've done with Windows, but make it at least 60-70% about Linux even if that has only been 25% of your role.

@scottalanmiller said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:

@IRJ said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:

@scottalanmiller said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:

@beta said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:

I forgot to ask, who do you guys like for Wireless Access Points? We'll probably need to add a few of those too. Currently our main facility is covered with Cisco APs and a 5508 controller. I don't think we're going to need that many APs for this location obviously.

Ubiquiti Unifi. Blows the Ciscos out of the water at a fraction of the cost. They are so much better, and so much cheaper, that we generally replace existing Cisco units with them because the cost of configuring Ciscos alone is enough higher to on its own cover the cost of the upgrade.

What do you think of Palo Alto?

For ACCESS POINTS? Zero experience. They are generally good products, and generally very expensive. But I never deal with them in a wifi context so they might be amazing or terrible. I didn't even know that they made wifi gear so that's my level of knowledge on it

I believe they use Aruba for their APs

Switch to modern solution and leverage your identity service you are already using.

Use a solution like OneDrive, box, dropbox, etc.

Adding users and groups in linux for a file server only is time consuming and will actually lead to a security issue called privilege creep. Where you aren't properly managing a decentralized system and removing permissions/group membership as roles and needs change of users.

Too much complexity to save a tiny bit of money and create way more headache on arguably the most important aspect of the business (data)

@scottalanmiller said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:

@beta said in Router/firewall recommendations for small branch office:

I forgot to ask, who do you guys like for Wireless Access Points? We'll probably need to add a few of those too. Currently our main facility is covered with Cisco APs and a 5508 controller. I don't think we're going to need that many APs for this location obviously.

Ubiquiti Unifi. Blows the Ciscos out of the water at a fraction of the cost. They are so much better, and so much cheaper, that we generally replace existing Cisco units with them because the cost of configuring Ciscos alone is enough higher to on its own cover the cost of the upgrade.

What do you think of Palo Alto?

No issues on Ubuntu 20.04 using OWA on Office 365

It depends on where you are in your career. If you are trying to get into cyber security initially you may want to look at Security + or SSCP. Those are great entry certifications that will lead to security analyst roles.

If you have alot of IT experience (10+ years) you might go directly to CISSP. CISSP will get you more compensation than any other security certification for sure, but say you have CISSP and AWS Security that will really increase your value.

Best Entry Security Certs:

• Security +
• SSCP

Best Compensation Security Certs:

• CISSP
• AWS / Azure Security Cert

Best Cloud generic Security Certs:

• CSSK
• CCSP

@scottalanmiller said in Huge Mistake:

Start with.... never trust yourself.

Yep. You should have just pulled the power plug on the drive. Then you dont have to worry about making a mistake. It takes just a minute to shut down and pull the power off the drive. You dont even need to disconnect anything else or pull it out.

We still haven't addressed the root cause of the issue. What will you do differently next time to make sure this doesn't happen?