Google offers certificate to help IT career growth
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Re: Google offers certificate to help IT career growth
#2I don't mean to come off as dismissive, but as someone who has a bunch of these company-sponsored certificates, does any employer (outside of the one issuing it) care at all about these certs?
I have a few from EdX, something from W3Schools, and something from RedHat that I still put on my resume for some indiscernible reason, but having asked interviewers about it after being hired, they don't appear to have been of any direct practical use.
I'm not saying you shouldn't learn all the stuff required for the certificate, but at the same time, I think it's naive to think that putting it on a resume is going to be much direct help.
Re: Google offers certificate to help IT career growth
#3I don't mean to come off as dismissive, but as someone who has a bunch of these company-sponsored certificates, does any employer (outside of the one issuing it) care at all about these certs? I have a few from EdX, something from W3Schools, and something from RedHat that I still put on my resume for some indiscernible reason, but having asked interviewers about it after being hired, they don't appear to have been of…
Product-specific certs (like for O365, Azure, or AWS) are a big deal and a big help in getting hired into those roles.
General knowledge certs don't seem to be relevant.
Re: Google offers certificate to help IT career growth
#4I don't mean to come off as dismissive, but as someone who has a bunch of these company-sponsored certificates, does any employer (outside of the one issuing it) care at all about these certs? I have a few from EdX, something from W3Schools, and something from RedHat that I still put on my resume for some indiscernible reason, but having asked interviewers about it after being hired, they don't appear to have been of…
I purposefully ignore certificates when looking at CVs. Once upon a time, I actually looked at them prejudicially, because the kinds of candidates I saw with certificates were generally inferior and couldn't code their way out of a paper bag. These days I just don't really give them any weight one way or another.
Re: Google offers certificate to help IT career growth
#5I don't mean to come off as dismissive, but as someone who has a bunch of these company-sponsored certificates, does any employer (outside of the one issuing it) care at all about these certs? I have a few from EdX, something from W3Schools, and something from RedHat that I still put on my resume for some indiscernible reason, but having asked interviewers about it after being hired, they don't appear to have been of…
In my country government projects are distributed to software companies via tender. To be able to participate, they often require company to hire some number of certified professionals. For example I got Sun Java certification because of that. Naturally those companies are looking for people who already possess those certificates.
Government projects tend to be not very sexy, though. But they definitely help real world people with real world tasks, so it's a good bonus.
Re: Google offers certificate to help IT career growth
#6I don't mean to come off as dismissive, but as someone who has a bunch of these company-sponsored certificates, does any employer (outside of the one issuing it) care at all about these certs? I have a few from EdX, something from W3Schools, and something from RedHat that I still put on my resume for some indiscernible reason, but having asked interviewers about it after being hired, they don't appear to have been of…
I suspect that they help in getting past the prescreening filters in HR departments. I'm not sure that they do much beyond that, though.
Re: Google offers certificate to help IT career growth
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#8I don't mean to come off as dismissive, but as someone who has a bunch of these company-sponsored certificates, does any employer (outside of the one issuing it) care at all about these certs? I have a few from EdX, something from W3Schools, and something from RedHat that I still put on my resume for some indiscernible reason, but having asked interviewers about it after being hired, they don't appear to have been of…
Product-specific certs (like for O365, Azure, or AWS) are a big deal and a big help in getting hired into those roles. General knowledge certs don't seem to be relevant.
Do you think so?
I know some employers do care but more to be able to claim X consultants certified in tech Y than as a guide for hiring.
Capgemini are pretty big on certs but most people we hired didn't have them, just got them after they joined (This is my experience in the UK)
Re: Google offers certificate to help IT career growth
#9I don't mean to come off as dismissive, but as someone who has a bunch of these company-sponsored certificates, does any employer (outside of the one issuing it) care at all about these certs? I have a few from EdX, something from W3Schools, and something from RedHat that I still put on my resume for some indiscernible reason, but having asked interviewers about it after being hired, they don't appear to have been of…
The CCIE I got most certainly changed my life with the amount of income I could command.
Re: Google offers certificate to help IT career growth
#10I don't mean to come off as dismissive, but as someone who has a bunch of these company-sponsored certificates, does any employer (outside of the one issuing it) care at all about these certs? I have a few from EdX, something from W3Schools, and something from RedHat that I still put on my resume for some indiscernible reason, but having asked interviewers about it after being hired, they don't appear to have been of…
Great point, so what do you measure as great signal of someone to hire, besides experience?