Re: AS/400 RPG Certification Test

[cmassoglia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Charles L. Massoglia)]

Don wrote:

>Point to ponder:  When was the last time you went on a interview and were
>asked if you had ANY certificates?  When was having a certificate a hiring
>criteria when YOU were looking for employees?
>
Much as I dislike the RPG Certification test because of errors and questions
not relevant to RPG, I have to admit having a certification does have an
impact.  I recently interviewed a prospective employee in Mexico for one of
my clients.  The interview went okay but was nothing special (my guess in
part because of language differences).  When I discovered the applicant had
both the System Administrator and System Operator certifications, I made a
strong recommendation to hire.  While the certifications were not sufficient
in and of themselves to make that recommendation, they certainly resolved
any remaining doubts I might have had about the applicant's capabilities.


Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 1065, Okemos, MI 48854, USA
517-676-9700  Fax: 517-676-1006  EMAIL: cmassoglia@voyager.net


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