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Post by tom400cfi on Jan 12, 2013 21:44:51 GMT -7
Welp...I've always said that they're not important. When I was hiring techs, what they could produce was more important to me than some certification.
Well, now that I'm looking for jobs (some shop jobs included) I've noticed that the majority require an ASE certification. SO...I figured it's time. I should take the some of the tests and see if I could pass some. I signed up for A1-8 and crammed them all into two days (couldn't get them to schedule all in 1 day).
Went down to the U this past Tues and Weds, took them all, and passed 'em all. I think that means "ASE Master tech" Certification? I guess I can fix a car now! LOL. Anyway, now I can add that to the resume. See if it helps.
-Tom
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Post by 500hp406 on Jan 13, 2013 7:47:01 GMT -7
d**n Tom, you mean you couldn't fix em before? I guess you can fix those opti's now.
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Post by highpockets on Jan 13, 2013 16:40:52 GMT -7
Congrats Tom. Although it seems unimportant(especially with your skill level) as you found out,in this job market the certificate sometimes means more than hands on( Only til you have been there a couple weeks and they realize you know more than most shop foreman ! Good luck on the job hunt,the trick will be finding somebody willing to pay you what you are worth !!!
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Post by tom400cfi on Jan 13, 2013 21:47:26 GMT -7
Thanks Vince! We'll see how things progress.
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Post by tachout on Jan 14, 2013 7:41:30 GMT -7
Congrats Tom. I know that the piece of paper seems to be mattering more and more these days. I have been working doing what I am doing for 10 years now, and have tons of experience and during the interview process I am always asked about my degree. They read my resume of where I have worked, and what I have done, and more than once I have had the statement, "They let you do all this with no degree?" I know what you are going through.
Back in the day I went to Lincoln Tech and when I left one thing that was highly recommended I do was to go take all the ASE testing. It was set up for all of us that wanted to become ASE Master Technicians, and so I took them all. They were fairly easy but then I was just fresh out of school,and the very last course was a course on taking those specific tests and passing. I basically just took the pieces of paper that came a few weeks later, put them in a frame, and hung them on the wall over my tool box in the shop I worked at. They lasted there for less than a week. It did not mean a thing to he guy whos shop I was working in. At his request I took them down and put them in a box someplace. Have not seen them since. I think it will be pretty much the same with you. They will just be a piece of paper. With your skill set, once they see you working, they will wonder why they ever worried about a piece of paper. If that piece of paper gets your foot in the door, then that is what it was worth. Just another tool in the search for a job. I know you will find that there are guys out there you will work with that have that piece of paper, and honestly know that much. Ask them to do most jobs and they will grab a book and look up how to do it.
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