Re: Certs: The more after your name, the better???

From: Brat (likeIwouldtellyou_at_inyourdreams.com)
Date: 03/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 01:13:21 GMT

seems silly to list MCP when you have MCSE or MCSA... fact is, you need 7
MCPs to get 1 MCSE... but most HR people do not know this... I dropped the
MCP from mine the day I got my MCSE... but I also have MCSA, CCNA, CNA and
A+... now I am studying for my CCNP... but once I have that one I will drop
my CCNA because you need to have CCNA to get your CCNP. But it still leads
to a very long sig block... add my name and rank and it does not fit on a
biz card unless you use a second line. I eliminated them entirely from my
resume but used one of the first sections to state what certifications I
have taken... mcp - 210, 215, etc, mcse, mcsa, ccna, cna and A+... this way
it does not bog down my resume but employers still see what I hold and it
still gets picked up on database searches when employers state they want
certain criteria. Still not the best solution but if employers want these
things, we have to show we have them or we get skipped over. My cover
letter only states that I have several industry certifications... they have
to read my resume to find out what specifically I hold... but then cover
letters are not entered in their databases (normally anyway)... so is my way
better? maybe... maybe not but it does not intimidate or confuse the HR
staff. 

-- 
Sue MCNGP #69
"cybersoldier01" <die.spammer.die@fry.spammer.fry> wrote in message
news:1556d01c415d7$2219bac0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> I believe that certifications, when properly evaluated
> against everything else that a candidate has to offer, are
> valuable.  I also believe that a certain amount of
> marketing is needed to present yourself in a
> professionally acceptable manner.
>
> That said, I am somewhat amused to mildly annoyed by some
> people who attach a long string of initials after their
> names.  It's fine to say, for example, "John Doe, MCSE,
> CCNP, CNE".  But since when did it become stylish to
> list "MCP, MCP+I, MCP+SB, MCSE+I, MCSE-Security"???
>
> It's like listing the fact that you graduated from
> kindergarten in your curriculum vitae, alongside your post-
> doctoral research in physics.
>
> My two cents,
>
> cybersoldier01

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