Quote:
Originally Posted by Rose76
This was in the mid 80's. At that time, if you wanted to hire a good nurses' aide, you'ld do best to look for one that didn't feel the need to get certified. Somebody like that was likely to have worked for years in nursing homes.
|
My field works the same way. The 'winners' are the people selling the certificates. The people who obtain many of the certificates are people who are trying to break into the industry, but they have no real experience and passing a multiple choice cert test doesn't prove much. HR wants to see the certs, but hiring managers avoid those candidates.
I'm renewing a certificate right now - the issuing authority has just changed the rules so that actual work experience and community service no longer counts and 60 hours of coursework is required instead. It's ridiculous, just a money grab for the course providers.