Given that the promotions will be slim to none in the next few years, I am on a quest to get as many certifications as possible to be ready when the market is up again. In your experience, what certifications have been most useful or in demand? I am going thinking PMP, CISA, Tableau?

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I took PMP 14 years ago, never used it. AWS is good, CISSP as well

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As an interviewer I give deference to certs that show commitment to the field I’m hiring for. This typically means giving less weight to certs such as PMP that are useful across many disciplines and instead preferring certs such as the CIPP that show dedication to a narrow field.

I offer this to say that some people look at your certs for reasons other than evidence of technical proficiency. There are exceptions to this based on the level of the person I’m interviewing and I’m sure it’s different in other areas so YMMV.

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Throw in a cloud certification in there. AWS is the most popular followed by Azure and GCP.

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If you’re technical - a cloud based certification - AWS, Azure, etc

Tableau cert is fairly worthless IMO

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M1- you need to do a bit more research on Tableau certifications. There are 3 levels - the Specialist is probably the one you’re referring to, the Certified Associate is fairly easy after you’ve used Tableau for around 6 months. The Certified Professional is hard. It requires building visuals and dashboards and stories and also tests you on visual best practices. That one IMO can help you stand out.

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Are you on the fed side? If so, I'd say PMP, SAFe Agilist, CSM/PSM, and CPO/PSPO are some good tech-agnostic certs to get.

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PMP is of rather limited utility outside of the fed market, but the others should be equally valuable in commercial.

If you go the route of focusing on agile certs, there are tons to choose from to continue to bolster your credentials. SPC would a key one, as well as the variety of certs offered by ICAgile.

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You sound like our offshore team. Every member of the team has about 10 certifications to their name and each month they take time off to sit for a new exam

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I am also a foreigner and have an accent. I you have an accent, unless you have a long strings of certifications behind your name no one will listen to your opinion or get you promoted. At least that has been my experience in my company.

Cloud is always in high demand.

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Have you done a cloud certifications? If so, how long did it take you? I am not technical but aspiring to be.

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I already have an MBA.

Workday Financials cert - yay or nay on job prospects?

Why AWS > Salesforce?

I am not technical. What is the connection between AWS and Salesforce?

There isn't other than it's a cloud specialty

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