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Re: Why Microsoft certificates are only good as asswipes

From: GreyCloud <mist_at_cumulus.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 23:21:33 GMT
Message-ID: <1sK%7.17197$726.6249897@news1.sttln1.wa.home.com>


(Jeff Cochran) wrote:

>>If I was a hiring manager,I would give more weight to Linux / Comptia
>>type
>>exams than MS exams  esp if the applicant has little or no experience.

>
> Perhaps that's one reaosn you're not a hiring manager... :)
>
>>At least the Linux dude knows basic stuff howeevr simple they may be

>
> All certification exams test a specific knowledge set. If that set
> doesn't fit with the organization doing the interview, the exams are
> irrelevant. I don't know any hiring manager that bases a hiring
> decision on certifications, of any kind. After all, I don't hire
> certifications, I hire people.
>

That's true. You just have to be a good judge of character. I wonder how many companies out there that got bitten bad by someone that has lied on their resume?? Just curious. Received on Fri Jan 11 2002 - 17:21:33 CST

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