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Cheating on IT Certification Exams on the Rise
According to a recent report from Network World, a down economy and the increasing use of certifications as a prerequisite for jobs and promotions are contributing to a rise of cheating on IT certification exams.
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- Business Analyst Certification: Certificates Are For Children
- Energy Audit Certification Field Ripe for Fraud
- Medical Profession not Immune to Certification Scams
- Financial-Services Industry Certification: Credibility Issues
- Is Certification a Waste of Time?
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Articles
Everybody Wins In The Certification Game by Davy Brion You often hear developers complain about the value of certifications. Most certifications are worthless in my opinion, and you sure as hell don’t need to be smart or talented to be able to get certified. The only thing you really need is time. That’s it. So
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Web sites selling actual certification exam questions, brain dumps, paper qualifications attained through certification boot camps, and 100% pass rate guarantees continue to debase the value of many IT certifications. Although many professionals are aware that the certification credentials they hold may have little or no credibility, they often feel forced to pursue them anyway
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Certifications: Selling Credibility For Passive Income by Crystal Williams That may sound like a hustle—and it can be—but distributing credibility via certifications is totally legitimate and so common that it’s almost invisible. Whether a high school diploma or a college degree, state board license or driver’s license, Social Security card or passport, or any industry
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Bogus Credentials, Fast Food, And The Rise Of The Pseudo-Professionals by Chris Berry In virtually every profession, charlatans and frauds occasionally attempt to pass themselves off as legitimate practitioners. Strict licensing requirements make it more difficult in some fields than others, but that doesn’t prevent the truly dedicated scam artist from attempting to cash in
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Opinion
Personal Training Certification:How should the Industry be Regulated? Although popular, personal training certifications have also suffered from credibility issues. Because the personal training industry is unregulated, less-than-credible organizations have thrived by granting questionable credentials; many which are often surprisingly easy to obtain. In fact, it’s not difficult to find some certifications that can be “earned” with hardly any requirements other than a valid
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Certification: Don’t Waste Your Time! In this short piece, Uncle Bob makes some very good points about the value of certifications and why the process to obtain them can be a waste of time. Although no particular credentials are mentioned, the web site focuses on IT software practices, so we assume that the article is
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Information
Business Analyst Certification: Certificates Are For Children I’m Sorry About Your Worthless Business Analyst Certification A short but nicely done writeup based on a forum post contrasting the value of Business Analyst certifications to traditional education and experience. The short of the article? Currently, available Business Analyst-specific certifications don’t provide many career enhancing benefits – they haven’t been in existence long enough
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Assessing the Integrity of Professional Certifications By Gaston M. Brant Use any search engine and type in “fake certification” or a similar term and you will likely find offers for certification credentials in your profession of choice without any skills assessment, training, or experience required – except for a valid credit card. Obviously, entering “fake
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Fraud Alert
Medical Profession not Immune to Certification Scams Fraud Alert: Medical Board Certification Offer Targets Physicians Although this site doesn’t usually cover news for certifications that function like licenses, such as medical board certification, this article illustrates that even high-profile and semi-regulated certifications for the medical profession directly impacting the health and safety of the public are not immune to fraud and scams.
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