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Title: PMP Certification for Working Professionals – Legit or Hyped!


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PMP Certification for Working Professionals
Legit or Hyped!
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  • Are you a working professional? Do you want to
    have a certification that will enhance your
    resume? Getting a Project Management Certificate
    is one of the options you must indeed look at.
    PMP certification can benefit your personal as
    well as your career growth.
  • To get a PMP certificate, you need to have all
    the details regarding the same. From what is a
    PMP certification to getting PMP certified,
    every bit of detail is made available to you here.

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What is PMP Certification?
  •  Project Management Professional Certification
    provided by Project Management Institute is the
    action or process of providing a professional
    with an official document stating that the
    certified professionals can meet certain
    experience criteria required by organizations.
  • Having a PMP certificate means you have a
    documented experience and all-round knowledge of
    the common project management process.

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PMP Certification Why?
  • As you have understood what PMP means, let us
    know why it is crucial. Whether you should
    proceed towards getting certified or not? You can
    check here the benefits of getting certified for
    project management.
  • Adds value to your résumé  Candidates can move
    towards many certifications however, PMP is one
    of the best certifications. Candidates may land
    at a job profile that of a project manager. Thus,
    the recruiters will lean towards the profiles
    with a project management certificate.
  • Helps in providing industry recognition  PMP
    certificate provided by PMI is recognised
    universally. It is applicable for every industry
    thus, this increases the profitability of
    certification
  • Improvement of skills  There are many project
    managers thus, candidates having a project
    management certificate will probably have the
    edge over the other project managers. PMP
    certified candidates will have an extra set of
    skills. Candidates can get the skill-set without
    the certification with experience. However, if
    you get certified, you will get the skills in a
    lesser period.
  • Boost in income  Got the PMP certificate? Surely
    you can now get a better take home salary. You
    will see this growth in a lesser period. The
    average salary of a certified project manager is
    1,08,000. If you hold a project
    management certificate, you can expect around 20
    more salary than the project managers not having
    it.

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PMP Certification Why Not?
  • As you already know that the PMP certification
    for working professionals has several benefits.
    However, you must know the disadvantages of
    proceeding towards it. Here are some of the
    demerits of the project management
    certificate offered by PMI.
  • Big budget certification
  • For non-PMI certified professionals, the cost of
    having a PMP certificate is somewhere around USD
    555. However, for the members of PMI, an amount
    of USD 405 is applicable to take the exam. If you
    wish to get a PMI membership, it will cost you
    around USD 139, which has a high cost too. You
    may fail in the first attempt of the exam for PMP
    certification further, to retake the test, you
    will have to pay an immoderate amount of 275 USD
    if you are a PMI member. If you are a non-member,
    an amount of 375 USD will be applicable. Other
    than the exam cost, you will have to pay an
    amount for the preparation, including books,
    sample papers, and more.
  • It is difficult
  • PMI offers the PMP certification and makes the
    value of a candidate that of an experienced
    project manager. Thus, the exam for PMP is
    difficult as it provides the value of level that
    an experienced asset holds in terms of knowledge.
    The exam is set with great difficulty as the PMP
    exam tests the memory of the concepts and their
    practical application. You will have to answer
    200 questions within 240 minutes.
  • It is time-consuming
  • More than the budget included in appearing for
    the exam, the cost of time is a problem when
    looking at the bigger picture. Preparation for
    the exam consumes the most time. You must have
    access to the best books required to crack the
    exam for a project management certificate.
    Preparation of the exam will include accessing
    the preparatory sessions. All the activities will
    take up a significant amount of time.
  • The problems mentioned above seem intimidating.
    However, as compared to the advantages of such a
    certification, the disadvantages hold no
    relevance. Thus, in my opinion, you must indeed
    proceed with the PMP certification offered by
    PMI.

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How to get PMP certified?
  • There are several requirements that professionals
    must meet before they can apply for
    certification. Once an application has been
    accepted and approved by the official conducting
    body, the individual must pass a comprehensive
    exam to become a certified associate in project
    management.
  • Aspiring professionals will be required to appear
    for an exam conducted by PMI to gain
    certification in project management. The PMP
    certification exam will test the candidates on
    the following parameters as mentioned below.
  • Initiating the project (13)
  • Planning the project (24)
  • Executing the project (31)
  • Monitoring and controlling the project (25)
  • Closing the project (7)
  • Reading the above details, some people might view
    PMP certification as expensive or time-consuming
    or difficult or all three. But, you must know
    that most HR experts treat this certification as
    an essential certification that can enhance the
    reliability of your resume. Moreover, having a
    PMP certificate will lead to gaining the skills
    of an experienced project manager before having
    much experience in the field.
  • Giving my opinions on whether the working
    professionals must go for PMP certification or
    not, I suggest you must surely go for it as a
    working professional.
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