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Certifications Are for Cars, Not People

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Johanna Rothman

There’s an car dealership advertising a multiple-point certification for pre-owned vehicles. To me that translates into “checklist for used cars.” That’s what a certification for people based on book knowledge is also–a checklist that a person knew the right answer. … Continue reading →

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Two Possible Uses for Certifications

Posted on May 20, 2004 by Johanna Rothman

I’m not a big fan of body-of-knowledge based certifications. Testing to someone to detect if they’ve learned the words in books is not adequate to determine actual skill on the job. (Note that there are skill-based certifications, generally from vendors, … Continue reading →

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