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I call these McQualifications. They're a negative signal when I see them in a CV. Virtually all certification schemes are a scam with extra steps. Candidates
by missosoup 7y ago
I call these McQualifications.
They're a negative signal when I see them in a CV.
Virtually all certification schemes are a scam with extra steps. Candidates who don't see the scam for what it is, are bottom of the barrel. Likewise employers who bought into the scam are bottom of the barrel.
- pjmlp 7y agoExcept they are an hiring requirement for the Cisco, SAP, Adobe, Oracle... consulting partners.
- missosoup 7y agoYes, that's the scam part of it. Vendors have placed a toll booth between job seekers and jobs in fields where vendors have enough sway with employers to convince them to make their certifications a hiring requirement.
- LargoLasskhyfv 7y agoIt's not only the vendors, it's the market around that too. I just remembered which company did my certification, clicked on the link from ddg and got Secure Connection Failed An error occurred during a connection to www.pearsonitcertification.com. Cannot communicate securely with peer: no common encryption algorithm(s). Error code: SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP Yeah. Right. /me giggles edit: Hm. May have giggled too soon, because https://home.pearsonvue.com/ https://home.pearsonvue.com/ works. Don't know how the link above is related to them.
- gerdesj 7y agoI'm not too sure who this reflects badly on: You, me or those "consulting partners". I can quite happily make money without invoking Satan or Oracle/SAP/Cisco as you choose to call him. What on earth is an Adobe? Sounds like a real earth element, probably worthless unlike the real ones.
- pjmlp 7y agoMe not at all, as I see it just as yet another part of the business.