Certification (FYI)

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Certifications in all areas of IT consulting are becoming more prevalent, but which ones really make a difference in pay and hiring trends, here is the answer from new research and analysis at certmag.com and our own research into the 3,000+ new requests for IT consultants over the last year:

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0 w  [$ g% U  L5 V" v: M2 b5 L( T2 QSecurity Specialist - CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professionals) Cisco Network Specialist - CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) Systems Administrator - MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) Breakfix hardware technician - A+ SAP Functional Expert - SAP Certification in the module required i.e. FI/CO, MM, HR, PM

# V2 Y4 ]$ h3 K, F  O; ^Roles where certification can help:
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# }& @# U- j# h, _9 V0 X, CProject Management - PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) Database Administrator - OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Java developer SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer)
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) Z3 ^2 ~  C5 }2 }Roles where certification really is not an influencing factor at all:
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Business Analysis
Most Software Development
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Technical/Web Writing
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The top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:
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! E2 {1 h* a- {! m+ PMCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
MCT      - average $11,723 increase
CCNA     - average $9967 increase
: t9 N% V1 ]0 N- ~$ ]7 L  ^CNE      - average $7262 increase
MCP+     - average $7072 increase
CNA      - average $7061 increase
3 M+ U, ]* ?1 U2 U0 D% q% j  YNetwork+ - average $6487 increase
A+       - average $5134 increase
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The only professional certification in Canada is the Information Systems Professional (I.S.P.) designation from CIPS. More information can be found at www.cips.ca/standards on this designation and the impact it can have on your marketability as a consultant.
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10. "That's weird..."
9. "It's never done that before."
8. "It worked yesterday."
( u0 e5 r% C4 B2 S# z7. "You must have the wrong version."
: @0 _  g; w1 j* \- J4 J! R" p2 [. Y6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
# }" P! {+ r5 i: M5 |. I5 t# [5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
# W, c6 t# u9 B, h1 }3 Z' F, w4. "Did you check for a virus?"
3. "Where were you when the program blew up?"
2. "Why do you want to do it that way?"
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6 D9 S2 [; I6 l2 c) T) Tand finally ...
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0 L" `  R2 q: P  U  k, L1. "I thought I fixed that."

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