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0 pointsmissosoup6y ago0 comments

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.

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pjmlp6y ago

Except they are an hiring requirement for the Cisco, SAP, Adobe, Oracle... consulting partners.

gerdesj6y ago

I'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.

pjmlp6y ago

Me not at all, as I see it just as yet another part of the business.

missosoupOP6y ago

Yes, 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.

LargoLasskhyfv6y ago

It'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/ works. Don't know how the link above is related to them.

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pjmlp6y ago

Except they are an hiring requirement for the Cisco, SAP, Adobe, Oracle... consulting partners.

gerdesj6y ago

I'm not too sure who this reflects badly on: You, me or those "consulting partners".

pjmlp6y ago

Me not at all, as I see it just as yet another part of the business.

missosoupOP6y ago

Yes, 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.

LargoLasskhyfv6y ago

It'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/ works. Don't know how the link above is related to them.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse