Most impressive DL resume fluff for under $10K?

So, I've been thinking of getting PMP certified (still undecided). When looking at my options, I ran across a number of distinguished schools that offered impressive sounding DL certificates.

My question is, what is the most impressive sounding resume fluff you can get for under $10K?

Here's an example:

Business Leadership Skills Certificate Program Online | eCornell

Come in at $5200.

By the way, are these types of certificates worth the money just to have "Cornell" on your resume?

 

At $2,900, this is probably the best value for the money:

http://www.ecornell.com/assets/PDFs/ExecutiveLeadership.pdf

"High above Cayuga's waters, there's an awful smell, Cornell!" (sung to the tune of Green Day's Basket Case)

 

Are you looking at some certificates to just add a name or graduate level cerificates (credits) to add more indepth knowledge and a name? My UF graduate certificate cost $2,400 for 9 credits but has tripled in price since 2007.

I am looking at USF online programs offered through Gatlin. Many are $2K or less.

 

There's a list of "resume boosters" (certs and so on from known schools) available here:

e-Learning Pundit | Online Certificates

The site's blog also lists some that they've found since they published that list:

e-Learning Pundit | Resume Boosters

 

Those links are gold...thanks for sharing this.

 

Stanford has some great certificates that you can complete totally online or with a mix of online and oncompus class (you decide).

Certificates & Degrees | Stanford University Online

My brother (who is living in Brazil) is finishing the one in Strategic Decision Making and Risk Management and he was able to complete two of the modules oncampus when he visited me here in San Francisco.

You can really go much higher in terms of Brand name than Stanford.

 

I can't speak to Stanford, but I was speaking with an older gentleman from Argentina that was attending an exec ed program at Harvard back in June, he mentioned his son was graduating from Tuck (the b-school at Dartmouth) and said that no one in Argentina had any clue what Dartmouth is. My friends in the Netherlands aren't really familiar with any schools in the US besides Harvard, Yale and Princeton. I would say Stanford is as good as any of those three but it has little to no name recognition there.
My guess would be the situation is similar in Brazil.

 

Stanford is pretty well known as Harvard in Brazil, more than Yale I'd say. Princeton, MIT are pretty well known

Tuck - no one ever heard about it.

We have to keep in mind that outside the USA a lot of the name recognition of an american institution is a mix of their historical and academic importance and their use in pop-culture (movies, tv series, etc..).

That's one of the reasons UC Berkeley is so well known internationally, more than a lot of school with higher ranks - because the school is remembered every time someone talk about counter-culture, the 60's, etc... in movies, documentaries, tv shows, etc...

 

Don't go to an expensive school for PM training. The actual professional certification is what impresses employers - no one cares where you got your training as long as you pass.

Those non-credit certificates are nice, but they are what they are: professional/academic certificates for professional/personal growth. They won't make you a Cornell graduate or whatever.

10,000 bucks buy you an MS from Alabama. Probably not in the field you are looking at - I'm just throwing this out there for comparison. Institute for Interactive Technology The University of Alabama

 

I think the value of degrees by those very few schools which are immediately recognizable are in our globalized world more and more going up...

 

I actually wasn't planning on going to an expensive school for PM, I just came across Cornell in my search.

Do you have a recommendation for a cheap program that satisfies PMI's classroom requirements?

 

If you do it through Gatlin does the certificate say "Gatlin" on it or "USF" ?

 

I would disagree about UC Berkeley. I think very few people outside the U.S. associate it with the counter culture of the 60's. It's recognizable because it has, perhaps, the best graduate programs, overall, of any school in the U.S.

 

It should have USF. I did an accounting class through St Petersburg College (which was through Gatlin) and it says St Pete College.

 

Dude, I'm a foreigner and I can tell you that in my country (which, by the way, has more than half of the population of the whole South America) UC Berkeley is known pretty much because of that.

And I also have European friends here in the USA that came to the Bay Area to study at UC Berkeley specifically because of that - it's considered a haven for left wing intellectuals.

And, seriously dude, do you even watch american movies and documentaries? Every time some talk about 68, counter-culture, opposition to Vietnam War, etc... UC. Berkeley is cited.

I'm not saying it is ONLY known for that, I'm saying that because of that, and its academic quality, UC Berkeley is more well known than other top ranked schools.

 

Thomas Jefferson:
PMI's requirements are "35 contact hours" only. That's it. Doesn't mater how you get them and they don't have to be an REP Provider. If you already have the PM knowledge you can find courses that provide the hours for as little as $100. Not much knowledge, but the hours.

 

I personally would think that industry designations would make a larger impact on the resume. Over the past week, I have been looking nationwide for a job with more responsibility and money. I would agree that if you obtain certificates in a certain major like finance, accounting, or risk management, it could be viewed as Experience or special skills and maybe enhance your resume, but I'm seeing more examples like below:

Education:
*College degree with major in finance, accounting or risk management
*CPA, CRM, ARM designation or CPCU course work a plus

I don't see certificate mentioned, but again I can see it listed as a demonstrated capability. With this in mind, I would think that going to a community college or do something low cost to gain the knowledge necessary, in order to get certified in certain professions. For example, I would like to gain more acknowledge in accounting, but also want an MBA. I decided to do the MBA in Accounting and this allows me to have enough credits to sit for the CPA exam in.

If someone wants to gain a CPA or CFA and say they have no desire for MBA or graduate degree, I would think getting your courses would not make a big difference as long as you have pass all the exams for CFA or CPA because that shows you have the employer you have the aptitude of knowing accounting or finance than not having a CPA or CFA, but got the certificate at UC Berkeley or say UCONN.

Of course, I'm only assuming because I am not either a CPA or CFA, but this is my opinion based on what I have been reviewing under the Qualifications on CareerBuilder.

 

Does an online class quality as "contact hours" ? Or do they need to be classes done in person?

 

You get more than "fluff" if you add membership in an appropriate professional organization such as this one:
Benefits of PMI Membership | Project Management Institute
Cost around $120/year (less perhaps for students).

For more info check out the article on page 16 of the publication:
https://www.excelsior.edu/Excelsior_College/Publications/Live_and_Learn_Magazine_Fall_Winter_2007.pdf