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Qualified v. Certified

Qualified v. Certified

Qualified v. Certified

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I was helping a friend recently with a resume.  And I determined that just about anyone can be 'qualified,' but to be 'certified,' you had to have a piece of paper to back you up.  Am I off base?  What's the correct answer?

RE: Qualified v. Certified

I think you've summed it up nicely.

I would add that possession of a piece of paper doesn't necessarily mean that holder is really qualified.

RE: Qualified v. Certified

Certified equals having a certificate.  Qualified equals having a qualification, which sometimes involves a certificate too.

RE: Qualified v. Certified

Certified (in English) also means other things.  Got home once, many years ago, to find that one of my flat-mates had been certified.  That was a really odd weekend!

RE: Qualified v. Certified

Nella95,

   In a strict technical sense, certified means you have a certificate of some sort.

                         JHG

RE: Qualified v. Certified

I wouldn't say "certified" if I could help it, for the reason stated above.  If possible, simply list the name of the certificate that your friend has.  If the title of the certificate is "Certified Such and Such", then no difference, but if the is "Certificate of Such and SucH", then great!

Matt Lorono
CAD Engineer/ECN Analyst
Silicon Valley, CA
Lorono's SolidWorks Resources
Co-moderator of Solidworks Yahoo! Group
and Mechnical.Engineering Yahoo! Group

RE: Qualified v. Certified

I've heard of certified dead (has a death certificate) but not of qualified dead.  Probably has a different meaning.

RE: Qualified v. Certified

Someone said: certified does not necessarily mean qualified.
How about licensed then?   having a license (as a PE for the sake of the example) doesn't mean qualified either, does it?
There are gazzillions of certifications available today, certified manufacturing engineer, certified engineering manager (?!), certified hydaulics engineer, to name just a few but just one license as I'm aware of, Professional Engineer.
What are yout thoughts on this?
Thanks.

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