Re: How To Choose A Good TW Was Re: Giving a surprise test to interviewees?

[lynchdl -at- comcast -dot- net]

On that, I would agree. There are many companies out here that would not even look at you without that degree UNLESS you had a specific industry experience that is considered rarer than hens' teeth.

Diana


> 
> Three gigs ago, I worked with several project managers at a large
> communications company. If you got your PMI certification, you
> instantly got a $10k raise. Two gigs ago at a large ecommerce
> company, you couldn't BE a project manager without the PMI
> certification. 
> 
> --- Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> wrote:
> > Are they?  I've been working with project managers for some 30
> > years now, and PMI cert has never been cited as a candidate's
> > advantage in any PM interview/evaluation process I've ever been
> > involved in.
> 
> > > The PMI certification is taken very seriously. Why can 
> > > that be taken that way, yet a techwriter certification can't?
> 
> 
> John Posada
> Senior Technical Writer
>

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