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> List MOOCs, certificates, or free online courses on your resume. 99% of these require no commitment and don't teach you anything. Listing them signals that yo
by acheron 6y ago
> List MOOCs, certificates, or free online courses on your resume. 99% of these require no commitment and don't teach you anything. Listing them signals that you care about cheap credentials more than learning.
How I can tell you don't work with the government....
Government and government-related consulting loves certifications. If you're in that field you probably already know this, but if for some reason you're looking to relocate to a gov't-heavy area, or just applying to a contractor for the first time: yes, list certifications if you have them. If you don't have something the employer will have to pay for you to get one anyway, so already having something will save them money.
- blablabla123 6y agoI would also disagree in general that these require no commitment. I've done a handful of MOOCs, mostly for fun, but I stopped on most of them because I realized they were really time-consuming. In particular exercises with deadlines instead of considering that most people doing these classes work full-time and might therefore prefer to complete at a slower pace. On the other hand, apart from niche areas indeed nobody seems to care about certifications.
- eswat 6y agoThere’s a difference between certificates and certifications. Certificates are just a document showing you completed a course. Certifications are for those that have proven to a certifying body that they know the requisite skills and knowledge of a specific role. ie: there’s a difference between having a certificate showing you’ve finished some Certified Ethical Hacker course, and actually having the Certified Ethical Hacker certification. The former is not worth much, even for govevernment or their vendors.