I was just recently approved to sit for both the CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management) and the CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional) exam and wanted to know if anyone had these certifications. If so, are they worth getting? I have a few years of project management under my belt (not enough for the PMP exam though) and would like to move away from procurement and into a more encompassing supply chain position with another company. I think these certifications will increase my marketability and lend some further credibility to my experience and skill set. It seems like a good number of job postings I see in these areas look for these certs and having both might be a double shot of career powering-up.

Any insights?

 

I actually never heard of these two certificates. I personally don't think certificates are any useful unless they are accepted worldwide. I mean if you type those two abbreviations on google, they don't even appear as the first one. The first thing that came to my mind when reading CAPM was Capital Asset Pricing Model . I'm in finance and I know the CFA certification I'm doing is worth every penny. Have you done any research on those two?

 

Here's a practical test: go to the job postings on Craig's List, tell it to search for project management listings, add CAPM and CSCP as keywords, and see if any listings come up that require / prefer them.

I'm a member of PMI so I know that the PMP designation is useful. (I don't have mine and probably never will, simply because I don't want to take the time to study for another exam.) I'm (at least) one step ahead of Vik2000: I already have my CFA - Chartered Financial Analyst - designation, and I can assure you it's worth the effort. (Try the Craig's List test on project management positions with keyword PMP and finance positions with keyword CFA and you'll see.)

Best of luck!

 

Thanks! I'll have to do some more research on the CFA.

Edit: It looks like a good number of those jobs require a Bachelor's in Finance/Accounting/Econ (I have a Political Science degree). Look for another thread in the future about a second degree in an actually useful field of study.

 

for specialized degrees, Craigslist is not the best way to search.
My degree (M.D.) yields some weird responses (biller, nurse, technologist).

 

[QUOTE=S2020,Mar 24 2008, 02:14 PM]for specialized degrees, Craigslist is not the best way to search.

 

I ran the same search on Monster, for example, and found an equal number of jobs in the areas I was looking at that I was qualified for (between PMI, CSCP, and CFA certifications).

To add to my thought process, I looked at a CPM cert briefly for reference, but I thought that would pigeon-hole me too much. I thought the ones I mentioned in my initial post gave a good, almost generalized, background.

 

I'm doing the CFA also. I already have my CPA, Series 7 and 24. Hopefully my accounting and securities industry background will help a bit on the CFA. It's a big but worthwhile commitment.

 

^It should be a helpful in level 1 in financial statements part .

 

Thanks dude I hope I pass... By looking at the cirriculum, I think it's a good complement to the CPA.

Good luck on the exam. Which one are you studying for? I'm taking L1 in December.