I get my stats from real experience, I have two certs 70-270 and 70-640. I work for a large corp(fortune 500) and I have many Friends who also work in the IT field. my company, and all the companies my fellow engineers work
for will re emurse for college coureses related to IT. as long as it is for college credit. no such program exists for Microsoft certs. that I have heard of in any of the companies my friends work for. And I have a friend who does IT contract
work companies around the area. So he interviews quite a lot. and works with an IT placement firm. so he has a good Idea what companies are looking for in an IT employee, and from what he says certs are great for learning everthing there is to know about
a product, but no degree no job.
The Tests are available for purchase on the internet so anyone can memorize enough to pass the exam and just like that you are certified. we call them paper engineers (more certs than actual skills or experience.) When training for the server 2008 I met
a tech with just about every engineering cert Micrsoft offers, and he has been working in IT for only two years. he knew little abut everything but was no expert in anything, not by a long shot.
Do you have any stats from actual employment agencies that can show that certified engineers get paid more or are hired over someone with a degree and no certs?
Every position/contract I’ve applied for (in both Government and Private sector) since 2001 required certifications. The last 3 job interviews I conducted required candidates to have at least MCPD or MCITP certifications.
MCT’s are required to gain certification in the topics they wish to teach therefore every MCT around the world must be certified.
I have also presented and worked in technology events in the U.S., Australia and EMEA so have had contact with thousands of people who have stated that certifications were beneficial to their employment.
Certifications are also preferred over University degrees as certifications are more relevant than a University degree gained by studying out-dated programming languages and/or technology. That said, if I need to choose between a candidate who is certified
or a candidate who is certified and has a degree, the person with the degree would be selected.
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