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:

Roles where the right certification secures the position or increases the rate:
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8 s- m6 q; E/ o. NSecurity 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
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Roles where certification can help:
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, L/ ?( N" K$ g7 K4 OProject Management - PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) Database Administrator - OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Java developer SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer)

+ L# @8 C, ^' L! d3 w8 b0 fRoles where certification really is not an influencing factor at all:

Business Analysis
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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:

8 _* h( e: K+ i" |. N( ?2 nMCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
4 I* G& ^) g0 O/ }' A+ x. kMCT      - average $11,723 increase
CCNA     - average $9967 increase
1 w3 z. O& y2 _+ N7 ]; aCNE      - average $7262 increase
, r1 E% G, K; T1 q. A# ^- DMCP+     - average $7072 increase
3 _: c$ T8 u* [  b- L, W, n. B( U( DCNA      - average $7061 increase
Network+ - average $6487 increase
A+       - average $5134 increase
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- A7 w$ x" H  |# R) ^4 r' g6 f  S# ~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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Humor

# x' Q0 G# Z  j7 fTop 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:

9 V& ?( v2 F: H3 d) l' F3 s10. "That's weird..."
9. "It's never done that before."
- j3 f+ M+ h7 _" T9 U. O% X8. "It worked yesterday."
% F  ]8 J1 ~9 e3 u( E* u- P& h' @& v7. "You must have the wrong version."
6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
( f4 @. I/ E1 m/ I  S5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
* n9 K+ _5 j8 a, g0 y; |4. "Did you check for a virus?"
3. "Where were you when the program blew up?"
' K( G8 ^5 d5 q+ ^2 o2 [, z2. "Why do you want to do it that way?"
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and finally ...
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1. "I thought I fixed that."

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