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:

  N# @, ~* d4 C; XSecurity 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

Roles where certification can help:

Project Management - PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) Database Administrator - OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Java developer SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer)
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Roles where certification really is not an influencing factor at all:
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Business Analysis
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: J1 J! X# ]/ d1 ]The top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:
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1 j! E6 O2 [2 Z- I/ \# p5 Z; UMCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
5 x6 o; i2 C' s+ cMCT      - average $11,723 increase
- q% s5 }, ]7 SCCNA     - average $9967 increase
CNE      - average $7262 increase
3 z: {* J7 r6 ?2 |MCP+     - average $7072 increase
CNA      - average $7061 increase
Network+ - average $6487 increase
0 M6 b; c+ q, `8 p) hA+       - 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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" n+ N$ E" a6 }6 l( B7 \Top 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:
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- {7 r! N; H# d+ Q+ S6 t) n8 n) _10. "That's weird..."
) V, }, C% P' W# o( R2 t, Z9. "It's never done that before."
, G. }7 P/ C( T+ G1 R8. "It worked yesterday."
7. "You must have the wrong version."
7 _* {5 ?) n9 P# u) C6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
% S1 h" w2 C/ z5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
9 @- W7 O8 ^7 B8 m7 E4. "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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* [* w# D$ W/ ]% T  y1 v5 U. t1. "I thought I fixed that."

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