Crikey Bikey! New job has asked for proof or certs!

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Hi all,

Since getting my certs NO employer has EVER asked for proof! Yesterday I got a call from the new employer, I start on Tuesday, requesting - amongst other things - that I bring in the A+, N+, MCP, MCSA and ITIL certificates on my first day! Oddly, I'm now starting to feel that it was worth it to work towards those certs as previous employers seemed to not give a sh1t! Of course it was worth it to gain the knowledge that has - to me - been invaluable during my career...but the opportunity to dust them off and hand them over fills me with a certain sense of pride! I'm going to print off that MS cert schedule thingy too!

Thought I'd share that with you...now where on earth did I put them??? LOL!

Cheers!

 

Congrats on the new job (more details maybe?)

When I was starting my current role I was asked to provide a proof of everything I had on my CV: eduation, certs, references, languages spoken, followed by technical chat related to skills and experience listed. So it does happen by the looks of it.

Best of luck in new job.

 

Sorry guys, original announcement is at http://www.certforums.co.uk/forums/thread38733.html

Cheers for the congrats!

 

proof of Certs...I meant 'of' not 'or'...damn!

 

You don't need to provide physical certificate proof. What your employer needs is electronic verification directly from CompTIA and Microsoft, and if they don't know that it's available, you should let them know. After all, anyone can print off a bunch of certificates that look like the real thing. On the other hand, it's nigh difficult-to-impossible to forge an electronic verification that is viewed straight on Microsoft's or CompTIA's Web site. ;)

 

The only job I've ever had that required physical proof was Transcender, but that was back before Microsoft offered an online transcription that was publically viewable. Since I lived out of town at the time, I had to fax a copy of each of my certs to Transcender's office. Old school! Now, as Michael mentioned, it's pretty easy to show proof via Microsoft and CompTIA's online verification tools.

 

Congrats and best wishes. It's good to hear that certs do have their place when used along side hands on experience.

 

I have had to prove my credentials in my current role as they linked by my Cisco, Citrix and Microsoft qualifications to there Company.