I find myself in an interesting position during the economic woes because of my verifiable experience and certifications.  Think about it if you had over your resume and you have one or two certifications what does that mean?  Yea read some books took some tests good for him. Well what if you have 5 or 6?  Hum, knows a thing or two is interested in learning, wow those are some pretty old acronyms and some pretty new ones too, been around a while… 10? Um why do you want to work for us? Or better yet, what can we do to keep you from working for our competition??? 15? No really I call B.S. let’s verify this resume before…. What they are all real?! CCNA, CCNA+Security, CCDA, CCNP, CCSP, CCDP, CCIE R&S, Cisco INFOSEC specialist, Cisco Firewall specialist, Cisco IDS specialist, Cisco VPN Specialist, MCSE NT4, 2000, 2003, 2008 + Messaging + Security.  Learn Train Succeed.