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[ILUG] Why certification is a joke

[ILUG] Why certification is a joke

Thomas Bridge thomas at medianet.ie
Wed Nov 10 18:00:06 GMT 1999


On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, David Murphy wrote:

> Yes. However, many companies don't agree, and believe it's enough to
> have the personnell dept. scan applicant CVs for the appropriate
> certs, and throw away anyone who doesn't have them, because some
> companies believe that certification companies are better judges of
> skill than their own employees, and of course, a certification company
> is totally impartial, right?

Which of course begs the question.....

Do you really want to work for a company that has such a hiring policy?

T.
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