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Most people can't get a CCIE without already having a ton of real, hands-on experience in addition to taking classes and passing both a written and practical test.
CCNA is good for entry-level network techs and is better if there's some experience to back it up. CCNP usually takes some real experience to pass as well.
I agree with the year-old OP that PMPs are a dime a dozen. We have a ton of them where I work and most of them are useless. Our PMO seems to be a revolving door of full time and contract PMs.
If that offends you, sorry, maybe you are one of the few good ones. TexasTony is right, though, having certs can help get interviews because most HR recruiters and Headhunters are just looking for those little letters on a resume.
Are companies shooting themselves in the foot? I realize these requirements can narrow down the applicant pool, but is this a good way to do it? Seriously, talk about eliminating maybe a large % of qualified candidates.
Certifications give companies a benchmark to measure your qualifications, while it's not a perfect standard, since you just need to pass a test to get one they have to start some where. I knew people that had certifications and held college degrees and were complete morons and others that had no certs or degree and were smarter than most of the people in the company. Unfortunately it's not possible to look at a resume and determine which one the applicant is. While you might have 10 years experience on your resume, is it 10 years of diverse experience or do you learn just enough to do your job in a year and repeated it 9 times, learning nothing new over the next 9 years. ie one year experience repeated 10 times over.
Certifications give companies a benchmark to measure your qualifications, while it's not a perfect standard, since you just need to pass a test to get one they have to start some where. I knew people that had certifications and held college degrees and were complete morons and others that had no certs or degree and were smarter than most of the people in the company. Unfortunately it's not possible to look at a resume and determine which one the applicant is. While you might have 10 years experience on your resume, is it 10 years of diverse experience or do you learn just enough to do your job in a year and repeated it 9 times, learning nothing new over the next 9 years. ie one year experience repeated 10 times over.
When it comes to a lot of certs, you can find the answers online with brain dumps of the actual exam questions. IT is full of paper tigers
Can't speak for other places but too often our management has no idea what a certification is; they just know it sounds cool so they want. No link to whether it's applicable to the job or not.
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