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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Among certification candidates, employers and the public, there is a growing awareness that certification credentials are not necessarily reliable indicators of professionalism and competence.  Although still somewhat common, especially among the uninformed, general acceptance of certification credentials on face value alone is not always a given.  Credential proliferation, loose or nonexistent standards, test fraud and
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Well, at least some of them are anyway. For the full article from Erin Blaskie …

Certification Demand and Quality is a well thought out analysis on the value of IT certifications.   The author’s experiences as an independent developer and employer make his viewpoint particularly interesting.  Although generally critical of most IT certification programs, a few high-quality programs are praised and it’s explained why these particular programs reflect real value in
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Can you really say that?  Well, Jesus Diaz did and backs it up with examples.  It appears that most of his readers agree with him too. “If you thought that Geek Squad employees were kind of dumb, well, you may be right. At least, that’s the impression I get by looking at the absolutely stupid
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Saying out loud what many already know but usually don’t express for fear of ridicule or attack (at least in public anyway).  A link to reader comments from the original article is posted at the end. Note: The following does not represent the opinion of Mark McKinnon. He merely had the good grace to allow me a
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