Tips Certification in Information Technology
In this article I comment on some tips that can help you get a certificate in Information Technology, my intention is not to enter into debate whether they are useful or not, or if the person who obtained the workforce is better than another person who has not received any.
Why certified?
There are many reasons, economic, employment, personal, generally it is because it seeks a competitive advantage.
Is it worth the investment or an expense? Will I get any benefits?
To obtain a certificate have to pay and pass one or more exams. This payment can become an investment or an expense depending on the company, technology and environment.
For you can be an investment to learn more knowledge and to gain better positioning with a recruiter if your first job or within the current company.
For the company can be very helpful if in a competition for a project certified personal calls. Some companies that want to partner with a company like IBM or Oracle in need of certified products to be within the group of partners.
This payment can be a cost, in some countries, someone who has a Master, even without experience, can have more advantage than anyone certificate. In this case, the certification does not help to improve your profile. Likewise for a firm can not represent any competitive advantage to have certified people do not need it to sell projects and therefore not going to appreciate.
"The certification ensures that you're an expert?
No.
agree with colleagues who argue that it is better to have skills that a certificate and having it does not guarantee that the person is really an expert. In a recruitment process must give full coverage of various qualities to be a good partner in the team: knowledge about technology, problem solving skills, communication, teamwork.
A certificate is only proof that you know to some degree a field (Java, Net, Leadership, analysis) and helps you improve your position in it. Assuming
think that certifications can give you added value in the field of expertise, here are some tips to get your first certification.
Tips.
First of all Where'd you define your career?, where are you going to medium term and in what form these certifications help you go to a reach a goal?.
Is it worth investing time and money?
You should consider that you have to devote time and going to stop giving it to your current occupation, hobbies, family, etc.
(Note: Ask for written authorization to your wife @ / novi @ J )
There are different types of certification exams: Some response should be a desk review, accumulate several other approved tests, others make a project. The following tips are for theoretical examinations show a certification center Prometric or Pearson Vue.
Planning
- What will I ask?, All certification exams have their list of goals, get the exam you'll do. You need to know that you're going to ask. Print the list of objectives and is checking your progress.
- Set a target date "I want to register in X months." Plan study time and assign them a reasonable time study depending on your activities. For example if the exam has 8 tracks, could the goal of study 1 issue per week, 2 hours daily. Make your adjustments, perhaps after 1 week you realize you need to reorganize your time. Agenda
- your review, almost all tests are applied by authorized certification centers www. Prometric . Com or www. Parsonvue . Com , contact the testing center in your area, check the cost, register and schedule a convenient time. When you register the centers give you a Candidate Id, retains this number because you will need to manage your information: To update your personal information, update the address for delivery of the certificate or to reschedule your exam if planned that the day can not.
- Find a place to study. If you study early, arrives an hour before work, at the end of working hours is not recommended because there are always pending. You can go to a Starbucks if you like the noise or a public library if you like silence. If you live in Mexico City and transit travel can print the study topics and make the trip.
- Explore the Web necessary study materials: guides, pages, mock exams (practice exams). Annex later study resource links. Find a
- study group on the Internet or create a small group in the company can meet to examine several members of the company. You can browse the network for something like: "Oracle Certification Group"
- Test yourself - now you're ready, you can take practice tests or use a simulator, you get more than 80% to assume that you will be fine on the test. You must answer questions in minutes, in a typical review might have 60 questions and 2 hours to solve it, so you have to solve 1 question every 2 minutes, the test challenges your knowledge and time management. English
- - Almost all tests are in English, you can read English with no technical problems, would be disastrous not respond to a question of not knowing the difference between Shall, Should, Must, Might, Could.
- Rest well the day before
- If you can schedule your exam in the morning, you arrive fresh and not walking at work thinking of something else.
- Arrive on time, at least 30 minutes early, always arriving with the first review
- nerves usually not let you pass the exam with phones, pens, USB sticks, notebooks, so not to overload leads only your identification.
- not leave unanswered questions even with questions, solve all the tests allow you to mark questions for review at the end. Maybe later you remember and come back to resolve it.
- How long must solve each question?, If you notice that a question and I'll take 3min and the time limit was 2.5min, choose an option, mark it for review and continuing to the next. If you have time at the end you will return to resolve it but it do not stop to solve the other.
- always give you a small board to make your notes, use it.
- Do not get distracted and turn around to see the other candidates who are doing the review, most centers have a camera watching you and if you detect cheating distracted or you fail the exam and the opportunity to make any certification of that product.
- Congratulations! Your certificate will arrive between 2 and 4 weeks.
- Otherwise do not worry, it feels bad, but you recover. Manufacturers let you test the test file again after 2 or 3 weeks.
download study guides for certifications in RedHat, Microsoft, Cisco, PMI, Sun, Oracle.
http://www.flazx.com/category60.php
There are many sites for guides, tips, mock exams of their own companies or independent groups: Java
http://www.coderanch.com/forums/c/7/ Sun certification
http://education.oracle.com/pls/web_prod-plq-dad/db_pages.getpage?page_id=365
Spring http: / / www.springsource.com / training / certification / springprofessional
Oracle http://blogs.oracle.com/certification/ IBM
http://www-03.ibm.com/certify/
https: / / www-304.ibm.com/isv/welcome/vic.html
If you are interested in more tips about the various Java certifications, check out this link.
http://jiturbide.blogspot.com/search/label/Certificacion
Conclusion Having a certification does not guarantee that you are an expert, you hire or get a raise, but as a differentiator to support assessment situations.
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