A certificate course is viewed as inferior to a degree course, but there are certificates which are ranked higher than some degree programs. Throughout the world, the certificates are more recognized than some degree courses, and here is a list of those certificates.
CHARTERED FINANCIAL ANALYST (CFA)
Chartered Financial Analyst is a globally recognized professional course, which contains three tough levels. The course ranks better than Bachelor of Commerce degree, even Master of Business Administration.
If you possess a university degree and CFA, employers would only use your CFA certification to offer you a job and ignore your academic degree.
In USA and most parts of the world, Financial Analysts earn more than 80 % of professionals.
ASSOCIATION OF CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANTS (ACCA)
Association Of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is a course for business professionals. The program takes at most two years to complete but once you are through and certified, there is nowhere on earth you will be rejected. ACCA pays better than a degree in education, degree in front office and customer care and several other degrees which will soon be declared useless.
ACCA is one course you can pursue and secure employment without even a diploma-it’s content is sufficient enough to make one and auditor or accountant, even a finance manager.
CERTIFIED FRAUD EXAMINER (CFE)
Certified Fraud Examiner is a short course but detailed enough to match a degree in Criminology and Forensic Science. The program has three levels, which are examined each year. It is mostly for people working as auditors or security experts.
Once you possess a CFE certificate, a degree course may be regarded as added advantage
ORACLE CERTIFICATION
If you are aiming for greatness as an IT expert, Oracle Certification is ideal certificate course for you. This course is extremely marketable and highly valued by IT professionals.
An Oracle Certification is enough to secure you a job at any top IT or Telecommunication company. This course entails:
- Database
- Java and Middleware
- Operating Systems
- Oracle Cloud
- Systems
- Virtualization
- Big Data
- Oracle Cloud
- Enterprise Manager 12c
- Human Capital Management
- MySQL
- Oracle Optimized Data Center
- Oracle Database 12c
- Oracle Solaris 11
- Security
- Storage
- Continuing Prof Ed (CPE)
COMMERCIAL PILOT’S LICENSE
When you want to become a pilot, a degree course is not needed, all that is required is a certificate, and in this case a certificate leading to piloting in commercial planes is ideal.
You can bear me witness that pilots are among the best paid professionals in any country, surprisingly, these people don’t spend so much time in college like medical doctors. As a pilot, you only require a certificate.
CERTIFIED INFORMATION SYSTEMS AUDITOR (CISA)
If you are a computer programmer or Information Systems Auditor, you definitely know what CISA entails. To be honest, this course is even better than some of the weak computer related degrees. Any individual with this certification will always beat you in a job interview.
CERTIFIED INTERNAL AUDITOR (CIA)
Certified Internal Auditor is definitely the best course for any professional who wish to leave a mark in audit and accounting industry. This course will provide all the skills you need for you to become authority in your field.
Actuarial Certification
To be an actuary, you have to pursue actuarial professional courses. To shock you further, a degree course is useless in this profession because once you have completed actuarial certification and become an actuary, no one will question your competency.
A degree in actuarial science is useless unless you supplement it with professional papers from recognized institutions in UK and USA.
