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- http://www.educause.edu/ero/article/credentialing-higher-education-current-challenges-and-innovative-trends
- Credentials, such as certification, can serve as measures, currency, and signals.
And also, "Making Credentials Matter", making that case that proof of training and associated professional credentials matter:
- https://www.edsurge.com/n/2015-03-31-making-credentials-matter
- (...)But today, there is a growing pool of workers that demonstrate—and employers that demand—proof of training and competency across disciplines that didn’t even exist ten years ago.
Fields like user interface design and the rapid emergence of new areas in computer and data science are creating new challenges for hiring managers and CEOs. This focuses the question on not just where you went, but on what you know and how well. However, this credential explosion is not just limited to high tech. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that one in four Americans has some form of certification or license distinct from an academic credential.
Credentials matter in a knowledge economy.(...)
- (...)But today, there is a growing pool of workers that demonstrate—and employers that demand—proof of training and competency across disciplines that didn’t even exist ten years ago.
First things first
Which certification should you focus on?
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