Are there less certs now offered by WGU?

kurosaki00

Mike-Mike wrote: »

The boss read my resume, and goes, "oh I see you know JavaScript"

me.. uhhh, not really, that's a pretty foundational level cert, i know terminology, but I would not say I "know" javascript

him.. ".... it says 'specialist' here"

me.. I didn't name the cert...


and it was all downhill from there

Ouch... Glad to see you recovered more than well from that.

Legacy User

Mike-Mike wrote: »

I got burned by this once. I posted it somewhere on these boards a long time ago. I have the CIW JavaScript specialist. I was in my first interview for a Network Engineer role I really wanted, and i was internal, so I had high hopes. Manager sat in on my interview too. The boss read my resume, and goes, "oh I see you know JavaScript"

me.. uhhh, not really, that's a pretty foundational level cert, i know terminology, but I would not say I "know" javascript

him.. ".... it says 'specialist' here"

me.. I didn't name the cert...


and it was all downhill from there

I wouldn't have placed anything that I wasn't comfortable with on my resume. If its on your resume expect to be questioned on it and if you can't back it up then just take it off to prevent any other awkward situations.

N2IT

I remember that well Mike. What a cluster that was. Having a programming certification without real skills is such a BAD IDEA. At the time it made sense, because it was "foundational", good luck with that though.

I've removed all but 4 certifications from my resume, I'm about to lose another so it will be 3.

Daax

thanks for the insight. you have helped reduce some concerns I had.



~Daax~

Jasiono

dmarcisco wrote: »

I wouldn't have placed anything that I wasn't comfortable with on my resume. If its on your resume expect to be questioned on it and if you can't back it up then just take it off to prevent any other awkward situations.

Good point but I don't think that it's appropriate for this context, completely.
It's a cert he has. I think that maybe the person who interviewed him should have approached it in a different way, such as asking what the test really entailed, or do his research and see what the test is about.

Like Mike said, he can't help what a cert is called. He took the exam and passed it.