[GRLUG] Certification

[Bill Pribble]

In defense of the HR department (and I am not a big fan of HR
departments) they are looking for qualifications set forth by IT
management.  If IT management is listing a certification as a
requirement it is the IT manager that values this certification as
hiring criteria, usually not the HR staffer.  At my work place they have
outlined equivalencies instead of formal education and/or certification,
usually years of experience.  Most of the IT positions have a
requirement of a BS/BA degree but I think they use 2 or 3 years
experience as equal to 1 year of college so if an applicant had 8 years
of experience they did not have to have a BS/BA degree.  I believe they
do the same sort of equation for certifications also, though I do not
know the specifics. 

-----Original Message-----
From: grlug-bounces at grlug.org [mailto:grlug-bounces at grlug.org] On Behalf
Of Collin Kidder
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:54 PM
To: grlug at grlug.org
Subject: Re: [GRLUG] Certification

Benjamin Eavey wrote:
>> If a company or it's representative are incapable of recognizing, as
>> qualification,  your experience within the group of people developing
>> the very software they require support for...  that might be a sign
of
>> their general competence in other areas.
>>
>> Further, I will risk suggesting that this might have some bearing on
>> how satisfying your employment for said company is likely to be.
>>     
>
> HR people, quite often, are only the gatekeepers.  It's like this in 
> many large companies.  They don't have much technical knowledge at
all, 
> and their job is to find out which applicants meet the minimum set of 
> requirements they've been given by a department within the company.
>
>   
But, you've got to admit that letting clueless people pick the 
candidates is just plain stupid. Would you hire a mechanic to pick out 
your furniture? I really don't understand why so many companies make it 
HR's job to find people. Doesn't it seem as if an actually knowledgeable

person should pick out candidates from the job pool? I mean, I could 
easily say that I've got all sorts of experience and blow way over head 
of an HR peon but that would be much tougher to do to someone with an 
actual understanding of the job they are hiring for.
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