Opinions on which certifications I should remove

I was wondering if you all remove certifications from your resume because, (A). You don't really remember the technology, process, framework anymore. (B). Don't see value you in the certification, or listing it for this particular job?

Example: CompTIA's listed for a Project Management position or A+ for a Network Architect.

I am in a dilemma right now. I have 5 CompTIA's and the others listed in my signature. Opinions on which certifications I should be listing if I am going for Project Management positions and/or Business Analyst positions

Listed below are my education and certifications. ***Curious which ones I should leave off of my resume when going for the positions mentioned above.

Inprogress Master MBA
Complete Bachelors of Science Mgmt

Below are my certifications.
CompTIA A+|N+|S+|Server|Project
ISO/IEC 20000 and 27002 F
MOF V4 (Microsofts ITIL)
ITIL V3 F and Service Transition and Operational Support and Analyst
CAPM
MCTS Managing Projects in Project 2010 Pro
Microsoft Office Specialist Master (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook)

Which ones of those would you recommend removing from my resume? I don't want to look amature or throw a conglomorate of crap on my resume.

Sorry for the selfish post, but I am really interested in seeing the responses. I am struggling with this idea, I really need a 3rd party look at this.

Thanks in advance, huge appreciation!

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dave330i

Mstavridis wrote: »

Maybe I am just being ignorant and stubborn but I feel like you guys are saying too much education is bad.

Listing all of OPs certs is like stating, "I have a 4 year BS degree, minor in art history and I graduated from HS."

Iristheangel

Dave is completely right. All that irrelevant BS takes up valuable real estate on your resume and it's NEVER good to make it look so full that it's harsh on the eye. If you're applying to be a senior network engineer or a CTO, no one cares about your A+. In fact, it might look like you're trying too hard if you're trying to draw attention to every large or small accomplishment

N2IT

I'm going to take the approach of removing most of the CompTIA's from my resume along with MOF V4 (nobody knows what it is anyway).

Project + is coming off no need for it. Security + and ISO 27002 ISIS F has me confused. Which one supercedes the other? Any ideas?

Thanks again for all the great information, this has been a great learning experience.

powerfool

My rule of thumb is to list things that are relevant and show a progression. For instance, my resume reads as such:

Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) - 2011
Cisco Certified Network Professional: Security (CCNP Security) - 2011
Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) Enterprise Administrator -2010
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) Windows Server 2003 - 2010
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) - 2010
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) - 2008
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) Windows 2000 - 2002

If it is relevant, I will list my Exchange specialization for the MCSE... and when I am done with my MCITP EMA 2010, I will list it.

Otherwise, I show things that build a history. I don't list minor items that build up over a year or so, like MCP, MCTS, MCSA, or CCNA Security, as they are surpassed by another one rather quickly. I would list them if I hadn't superseded them, yet. Also, if I had competing certifications from different vendors, I would only list the leading one, or the relevant one. So, I would drop that MOS v4 since you have ITIL. My Microsoft transcript is over four pages long, these days... a lot of wasted space on it, but it does show that things can be condensed. If I get the PMP and start going for most senior technical position or managerial, I will only list MCSE once, and the date first achieved. I may also get rid of the dates, as well... that way I can just list my CCNP Security and not worry about the CCNA to show the years in between.

Basically, you want to show valuable things, but you don't want to list out the minutia and having someone in the know be thinking about the resume bloat in the back of their mind.

powerfool

Also, I list my credentials last on my resume. I have an summary paragraph at the beginning that I use to highlight the things most relevant to the position and get the proper alphabet soup through the search criteria. Next is the experience, which is the most important to the interviewer. Then, credentials.

TLeTourneau

Education and certification have their own page on my resume. Relevant experience comes in much earlier on mine.

N2IT

T agreed there

Experience comes first and foremost no question about that.

kurosaki00

remove the RHCE and the CCIE
no need for those

ChooseLife

kurosaki00 wrote: »

remove the RHCE and the CCIE
no need for those

That was random..

NinjaBoy

TLeTourneau wrote: »

Education and certification have their own page on my resume. Relevant experience comes in much earlier on mine.

+1

A problem with leaving out certain certs, is that there are HR people out there that don't realise certain things, eg you can't have a (old) MCSE without being a MCP.

Also, just because you have your MCSE/MCITP doesn't mean you know server hardware, eg Server+ (which covers hw) vs MCSE/MCITP