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:
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Roles where the right certification secures the position or increases the rate:
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3 Y/ d: e% l7 g  d% BSecurity 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:
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/ I7 h. p8 g6 D: V# c+ _& U& J) xProject Management - PMP (Certified Project Management Professional) Database Administrator - OCP (Oracle Certified Professional) Java developer SCJD (Sun Certified Java Developer)

" y; D% M/ X6 I# r" h: ERoles where certification really is not an influencing factor at all:
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Business Analysis
Most Software Development
Quality Assurance
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Business Intelligence
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The top certifications for salary increase according to a recent 2005 survey by Certmag are:
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MCSE+    - average $12,909 increase
8 Q, {8 `, _( ?2 w+ F+ `MCT      - average $11,723 increase
CCNA     - average $9967 increase
' T) Z1 y1 U, {4 T) A, ~, T9 vCNE      - average $7262 increase
( d" ]4 A( j7 x, h: |! t7 Z- PMCP+     - average $7072 increase
CNA      - average $7061 increase
Network+ - average $6487 increase
A+       - average $5134 increase
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9 M, i8 c4 U0 @( w' _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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7 o; f6 |; n! D: E  g+ ?3 A5 pTop 10 replies by programmers when their programs don't work:

9 K# ], y8 D1 G( l. t+ P% Y10. "That's weird..."
& Z: ^/ f/ y: ~5 j( W0 u9. "It's never done that before."
8. "It worked yesterday."
1 U, F8 s' e1 H6 o7 V, Q% [/ [& X7. "You must have the wrong version."
" Q3 r5 c  z: H+ I6. "It works, but it hasn't been tested."
5. "Somebody must have changed my code."
4. "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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  v7 s, ~, P4 n; dand finally ...

" `: c/ a5 ~: Z1. "I thought I fixed that."

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