You are not allowed to advertise a older certification title in place of your newer certification title. An MCPD cannot state he or she is also an MCSD, for example, just because MCPD is the newer replacement title.
While I understand this legally, and I even state (when I have the room):
- Only MCTS/MCITP is available for Windows Server 2008 (MCSA/MCSE ends with 2003)
When being brief, I have put down -- in quotes:
- MCTS/MCITP 2008 (~'MCSA/MCSE 2008')
For those head hunters who don't know about MCITP yet.
Most of the time I just break it out separately, because I do have a MCSA/MCSE as well. E.g., at the head of my current resume:
- Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP, incl MCTS MTA) on Windows Server 2008 (replaces MCSA/MCSE on 2008)
- Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE, also MCSA, incl MCP) on Windows Server 2000, w/Security Specialty (MCSA/MCSE:Security)
That way the head hunters will see the little letters in their scans. E.g., even if I didn't have a MCSA/MCSE, the first bullet there still includes the letters after the MCITP (while not saying I have a MCSE)
I also have a similar problem with the RHCA. Even fewer head hunters know what a RHCA is (while it's +5x the number of hours and days of testing beyond the RHCE).
- Red Hat Certified Architect (RHCA, includes RHCDS RHCE) on Enterprise Linux 5
There's always a way to accommodate ignorance, without stating something that is untrue. You also don't want to overwhelm people with acronyms, so I find this approach -- using the highest-level certification, and then just putting the other letters
as "also/incl", is best.
