Are expired certifications on a resume looked down upon by hiring managers

Hi,
I have a question for members that hire other engineers for their respective team.

Are expired certifications on a resume looking down upon by hiring managers?

In my experience it hasn't been something I personally cared about when I have been the interviewer. Generally I would ask the same questions whatever they had expired certification on their resumes or not. They still held the same value even if they were expired at least to me...

But I'm curious if other hiring responsible members felt the same way.

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Comments

JDMurray

Most people don't care that you have expired certs; only that you really have acquired the certs you claim to have. Most people don't indicate on their resume when they received their certifications or when they expire(d). I put my (ISC)2 number on my resume so any hiring managers that care to check that I have (ISC)2 certs and that I'm an "(ISC)2 member in good standing." I'll give access to check my certs from other vendors (e.g., CompTIA), but no one has ever asked.

matt333

Makes sense to me.

I feel the same way but I'm biased, I have a few expiring this year and don't have the time or desire to refresh them. I'd rather use my time and energy to study for a new track or vendor... going back seems pointless the blue prints don't change that much.

I was debating if I wanted to still leave them on my resume, it was hard work to get them. I still feel that they add value expired or not.

E Double U

JDMurray said:

Most people don't indicate on their resume when they received their certifications or when they expire(d).

Exactly! I do list dates on my LinkedIn profile, but not on my resume. I have never been asked about the status of my certs during an interview.

volfkhat

I make it a habit to always include the Year/date next to all the certs on my resume....
i'm Not Hiding anything; if the person reading my resume wants to ask... then they certainly can.

With that being said,
i have a TON of EXPIRED certs... almost NONE of which are on my resume.

I only list the certs that are relevant to the field i'm working in... and where i can still answer basic, techincal questions related to said certifications.

In short,
you won't find my expired Juniper certs on my resume; nor my MCSA or Novell
:P

JDMurray

In most cases, hiring managers and organizations only care that you received a specific certification and not that you have continued to renew the certification. What is looked for is when you passed the certification exam and not that you continued to perform a bunch of tasks to renew the cert.

In some cases, only passing the exam is looked at and not that the candidate has the full certification. One notable example are employers that only care that their job applicants have passed the CISSP certification exam, and don't care that candidate doesn't have the required InfoSec work experience to qualify for the full CISSP certification itself.