The insatiable demand for tech skills today gives IT professionals a golden opportunity to distinguish themselves and reach new heights in their career. One way to get on the fast track? Earning an IT certification.
Certifications can help you get promoted faster, improve your job security, and help you stand out among the competition. In fact, a recent study from Pearson Vue reveals just how much certification pays off. Read on to learn about the benefits of certification — and how becoming VMware certified can turbo charge your tech career.
Why get certified?
Pearson’s 2023 Value of IT Certification Candidate Report notes that in the post-pandemic world, high demand for IT skills has become the norm. Meanwhile, the industry moves quickly, skills become outdated and new skills emerge, and recruiters continue to struggle to find people with the right capabilities. Three quarters of survey respondents said they pursued certification out of a need to reskill or upskill. However, once certified, IT professionals tend to feel more empowered and are able to bring higher value to their work.
The study, done with thousands of professionals all over the world who earned IT certification, found that 92% of respondents reported feeling more confident in their abilities, 84% felt more determined to succeed professionally, and 37% received salary increases.
Certification also offers big benefits for employers: 81% of respondents reported producing higher quality work, while 77% felt more innovative, and 72% said they were more efficient.
How the VMware Certification Program can drive career growth
Any additional specialized expertise you can offer to help meet demand, and drive progress wherever you work, is a major bonus.
If you’re looking for the ideal certification program, VMware is here to help. Regardless of where your company is on their cloud journey, VMware training programs are tailored to meet the needs of IT professionals, IT leaders, and the organizations they support.
With six different certification paths to choose from, VMware certifications validate the critical skills required to integrate and manage the technology that drives our customers’ desired business outcomes.
Whether you’re interested in becoming an expert in network virtualization, honing your security skills, mastering data center virtualization (one of the top paying certifications of 2022), or exploring cloud management and automation, end-user computing, or application modernization, we have the perfect program to help you raise the bar.
Our Cloud Management and Automation (CMA) certification, for example, focuses on the skills you need to install, configure, and optimize public, private, and hybrid clouds, and the VCP level is designed for administrators and engineers who install, configure, and optimize those solutions. More specifically, the VCP-CMA track validates expertise with the VMware cloud automation solution, while the VCP-VMC track validates expertise in delivering and administering different VMware-based hyperscale solutions. Both of these capabilities are critical components to the VMware ‘Cloud-Smart’ approach for the multi-cloud era.
With a VMware certification, you’ll be at the top of your game when it comes to your company’s latest VMware Cloud project, and you’ll be able to offer critical infrastructure services using your VMware skills. With a clear understanding of how cloud solutions work, for example, you’ll be able to automate time-consuming data center processes and prepare your cloud environment for potential disaster recovery.
Take your career to the next level
VMware Learning’s global presence allows IT professionals around the world to build skills sought by employers and knowledge that aligns with their ambitions. Our team of VMware Certified Instructors is dedicated to keeping you engaged, making you successful, and assisting organizations on their multi-cloud journey.
Overall, IT certification is one of the best ways you can enhance your career and boost your professional prospects. It’s a stepping stone to earning higher-paid positions with more responsibilities, increasing your job security, and giving you a leg up over the competition. There’s never been a better time to advance your IT career.
To learn more about how you can accelerate your career growth today with certification from VMware, visit our Certification page, check out what’s new and see how you — and your employer — can benefit.
