How many certifications one really need today? Recently I met a woman who, having extensive experience in project management, discovered when she repatriated to United States that there are more bureaucratic red tape existing here now than ever before. She added that there is a certain madness on certifications and regretted that despite their past, still needed have one to be reintegrated into the system and gain from U.S. customers. For all the madness surrounding the certification procedures, finally, he questioned whether they really have no value.
No doubt there are some frustrations and challenges with certificates of today, there are processes, procedures and rules to take into account. However, I believe that it is only "one side of the coin". Yes, you have to work hard to earn the certification, and needs to make the effort to continue being certified. You also need five carefully and determine what certifications felt most of his career.
At the same time, most of us can easily identify individuals who are not certificates that could be said that they are better at what they do that some certificates. But, honestly, it would be difficult to refute the statement that certifications in general raise the level of personal performance, and that also raise the level of collective performance or organization.
The "other side of the coin ' for professional, I think, is that certifications are an opportunity so that you can take charge of his own career." Times of today are different than the 'pre-certification' era, where the professionals were generally constant, jobs in the long term with a single organization that often provide training and indoctrination in his way of doing business.
While it is great in many ways, and worked for those times, there was less control and mobility among professionals. A lot of people operating in the industry had experienced painful layoffs, especially when they had changed the rules of the workplace. The changing rules of the workplace are a good place to start thinking in the "other side of the coin ' on certifications."
Gain more control over their working lives is what gives the "other side of the coin '." And the world today requires. More likely is that in a profession that a company in the long term. And if you wish, you have the opportunity to transition between different professions, in part through the use of the ability to obtain certifications. Here's quick positive 7 I see 'on the other side of the coin':
1. A certificate may provide a degree of job security.
2. A certification can provide you with a gateway to the independent consultancy.
3 Certifications will help determine what minimum skill levels.
4 Certifications help to promote collegiality among professionals, creation of a network based on a common background for you.
5 Certification can help to make a career change.
6 Certification can provide a ladder, where you can not be climbed an organizational hierarchy.
7 Certification can very definitely improve your skills!
So how can translate these positive listed in the "other side of the coin ' in real life for you"? Here are some examples of how it can help you to certification as a professional, no matter what stage of his career. These 5 examples show some different individual situations, and you can see in one or more of these situations. Careers, options and certification decisions are personal and dependent on their background, interests and goals:
1. A person with PMP certification could improve their skills by PRINCE2 certification and thus learn differently and more 'prescriptive' approach. The mixture is considered strong.
2. A PMP works in the it Department in a large company can be found that they can improve their skills, credentials, and value for your specific area of a certification of ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library).
3. An application developer can be certified in specific technologies, such as Java, Visual Basic, C++, Oracle, and more, but could want more towards a leadership role. The CAPM or PMP certification could provide a structured and realistic way to acquire the skills and credentials to be in a position of such opportunities.
4. Who has won the PMP might ask "what is next?" Certification provides alternatives, such as the PgMP (program management) or Six Sigma certification.
5. A professional certified CAPM might be gaining experience, but also could accelerate its progress while they gain experience. An alternative such as (ABAP) business analyst certification might make sense for them.
The key is to develop its own plan for the future and get quite specific about the coming years. Like so many other successful people, you can leverage the reality of the certifications in the world today as an opportunity to advance his own career.
John Reiling, PMP, PE, MBA is an experienced engineer and project manager. John, Online Project Management training and Lean Six Sigma Online training, web sites provide training online Lean Six Sigma and related topics. John writes regularly on his blog of project management, PMcrunch.com.
