Re: Certification -- what's in it for writers

[Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Yep, ultimately it comes down to company adoption rates. If they are
sold on it, then it'll soon be a candidate requirement. I wonder if
STC has considered this and has a large scale marketing effort in
place for this, as that will be the true make or break, not writer
adoption.

On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 12:07 PM, Lynne Wright
<Lynne -dot- Wright -at- tiburoninc -dot- com> wrote:
> < I don't think that having "certification" vs. "certificate" on my resume will make any difference whatsoever.>
>
> It will, if a recruiter is using electronic screening, and any cv that doesn't include "STC certification" is filtered out as a possible candidate.

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