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Survey: Why are you preparing for Oracle Certification?

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 have been reading with interest the two recent postings by Paul Sorensen, Director of Oracle Certification Program on the topic "To Certify or Not To Certify".
As Paul emphasizes, "It can be an important career-building tool for people who take the process seriously. However it’s my strong feeling that certification alone is only a part of the equation in building your career". To a large extent, certification is a means and not the end. Paul adds, "The true value sought by professionals and their clients is found in the steps that a person must goes through in order to pass the required exams". Indeed, for this reason I would encourage blog readers to actually prepare for the exams the hard way by going through the exam content and reading training guides, user guides, handbooks and so on but please avoid dumps at all cost. Not only it violates clause 3.3 of the Certification Candidate agreement, it defeats the very purpose and dilutes the value of certification. There is no greater joy than the enjoying success through your hard-earned effort of weeks or months of preparation. Oracle E-Business Suite certification exams employ questions that tests the real world experience is not a straight out of the manual memorization exercise. Paul highlights this when he says, "The breadth and depth of what is covered on the exams (or the exam objectives) typically requires even experienced professionals to prepare well – think, practice, train and study".

Here are few reasons that are top of my mind why one would seek Oracle certification:
[1] Provides industry-standard validation of my Oracle expertise recognized around the world

[2] Brings prestige and recognition from my peers and my employer
[3] Provides me an incentive to keep pace with new Oracle technologies and releases
[4] Demonstrates proof of my professional competence
[5] Provides greater opportunity for my career advancement within the organization (including salary increases, job role changes and promotions)
[6] Increases my marketability outside the organization
[7] Raises my clients or end users confidence in my Oracle skills
[8] Oracle certifications are HOT! I see everone is going for it.

What are the top 5 reasons why you are attempting to get Oracle certified?

I encourage you to please take the survey on this blog so that we can find from our blog readers around the world.
On a lighter note, if you are looking for top five reasons why you should NOT get certified, please read the humorous article that I came across on about.com -

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