Hello Everyone,
I have looked into exams that have a 3 year recertification track and in
most cases they look more like a way to make money and not a benefit to
the professional. However, I think having levels of certification is
worthwhile based on the exam taken and technology presented. Perhaps
more qualification on the level of certification....
LPIC-X for Kernels < 2.6and one for 2.6 or any other major new
technology. No Certification should expire but it may be wise to offer
recertification as newer technologies come out. Yet never expire, just
qualify the level of certification.
For example, a RHCE for up to RHEL3 is very different than one for up to
RHEL5. Yet both are valid certification levels to have.
Best regards,
Edward
Alexandre de Abreu wrote:
Hi all,
I believe most of us(cert takers) will not be interested in
re-certification, this is my opinion.
When an employer asks if you are certified, you only have to show them
a piece of paper or a link to the cert website, in this case LPI(is
this working now?). I've been participating on some selection
processes, none of them required any documents to prove I am
certified. But I can imagine how embarrassing can be a situation when
someone lies about that.
I know that this can lead to another discussion: cert takers are not
interested only in better jobs, but in knowledge, challenges, other?
I think the certification proves you knew the topics at least in a
certain period of time(when you did the exam) and you may still
holding the knowledge, depending on your current interests, career,
etc. This may not be the perfect thinking for a company that wants
people getting certified paying for it, but I believe the majority of
takers will not agree with re-certifying.
Any facts/numbers about IT professionals that are re-certified?
Alexandre
GCUX, RHCE, LPIC-2
On 30 Apr 2007 17:21:04 -0400, G. Matthew Rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Currently the recertification policy requires passing a higher level
certification or re-passing your current certification.
With LPIC-3 being the pinnacle for this certification programme,
I'm suggesting that a "professional" recertification policy should be
consider as an alternative option to retaking of the exams. NOTE:
Candidates
would still have the option of just retaking the exams.
This professional recertification policy would be similar to the
policies
employed by other neutral (non-vendor controlled) licensing and
certification
bodies such as professional engineering groups, the (ISC)2 (creators
of the
CISSP certification programme) and the PMI (Project Management
Institute and
creators of the PMP certification programme).
Typically, these programmes look at professional experience, continuing
education credits and community participation (writing, participation in
applicable mailing lists, mentoring, etc) as a basis for renewing the
candidates certification. In the case of the CISSP and PMP
certifications,
this is done on a 3 year cycle and has a cost of XXX ($125/renewal, I
think).
Any opinions on this concept?
Regards,
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