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Re: How To Choose A Good TW Was Re: Giving a surprise test to interviewees?
Subject:Re: How To Choose A Good TW Was Re: Giving a surprise test to interviewees? From:lynchdl -at- comcast -dot- net To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:02:55 +0000
On that, I would agree. There are many companies out here that would not even look at you without that degree UNLESS you had a specific industry experience that is considered rarer than hens' teeth.
Diana
>
> Three gigs ago, I worked with several project managers at a large
> communications company. If you got your PMI certification, you
> instantly got a $10k raise. Two gigs ago at a large ecommerce
> company, you couldn't BE a project manager without the PMI
> certification.
>
> --- Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> > Are they? I've been working with project managers for some 30
> > years now, and PMI cert has never been cited as a candidate's
> > advantage in any PM interview/evaluation process I've ever been
> > involved in.
>
> > > The PMI certification is taken very seriously. Why can
> > > that be taken that way, yet a techwriter certification can't?
>
>
> John Posada
> Senior Technical Writer
>
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