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by pjmlp 2307 days ago
Except they are an hiring requirement for the Cisco, SAP, Adobe, Oracle... consulting partners.
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gerdesj 2306 days ago
I'm not too sure who this reflects badly on: You, me or those "consulting partners".

I can quite happily make money without invoking Satan or Oracle/SAP/Cisco as you choose to call him. What on earth is an Adobe? Sounds like a real earth element, probably worthless unlike the real ones.

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pjmlp 2306 days ago
Me not at all, as I see it just as yet another part of the business.
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missosoup 2307 days ago
Yes, that's the scam part of it.

Vendors have placed a toll booth between job seekers and jobs in fields where vendors have enough sway with employers to convince them to make their certifications a hiring requirement.

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LargoLasskhyfv 2306 days ago
It's not only the vendors, it's the market around that too. I just remembered which company did my certification, clicked on the link from ddg and got

Secure Connection Failed

An error occurred during a connection to www.pearsonitcertification.com. Cannot communicate securely with peer: no common encryption algorithm(s).

Error code: SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP

Yeah. Right.

/me giggles

edit: Hm. May have giggled too soon, because https://home.pearsonvue.com/ works. Don't know how the link above is related to them.

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