Professional Development

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Anonymous wrote:I did employer-paid executive development programs at two different Ivys. They were useful both in terms of imparting relevant training/education for my field and in connecting with new professional contacts in my field from other employers. It probably also doesn't hurt my resume or LinkedIn to be able to cite those institutions as part of my "educational" background.

Those “elite” certifications are so cringe

How are they cringe?

I attended a month-long one in person and it was fantastic. I came back smarter, refreshed, energized... it was well worth the investment for both me and my employer. I don't pretend that I'm some Ivy graduate now if that's what you mean. But I got real value out of it.

I don't think going is cringe, but putting it on LinkedIn is, because it does seem like that's the claim being made.

And it's not clear when people do that if their employer paid.

LinkedIn is for factual information about one's qualifications, education, and experience. Executive education programs and relevant substantive professional certifications certainly qualify. Why would one deliberately underrepresent oneself?

I disagree that it's a qualification. They're cash cows for universities, and that only works because they don't actually dilute the brand because they're not taken seriously. The signal this conveys to me on LinkedIn is that the person posting it doesn't realize that. But maybe whoever you want to hire you feels differently.

DP I don’t disagree with the first part of what you said. Yes they are cash cows. And everyone knows that the ‘executive development program’ at Northwestern is not the same as getting accepted into and attending Kellogg MBA. But people should definitely put it on their resume and LinkedIn. If someone can put a credential on LinkedIn after attending a 4 day virtual course why wouldn’t they put a development program that spanned 9 months and multiple weekends or in person weeks?? It’s a legitimate investment of one’s time and there’s no reason to be so cranky about it.

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Anonymous wrote:I did employer-paid executive development programs at two different Ivys. They were useful both in terms of imparting relevant training/education for my field and in connecting with new professional contacts in my field from other employers. It probably also doesn't hurt my resume or LinkedIn to be able to cite those institutions as part of my "educational" background.

Those “elite” certifications are so cringe

How are they cringe?

I attended a month-long one in person and it was fantastic. I came back smarter, refreshed, energized... it was well worth the investment for both me and my employer. I don't pretend that I'm some Ivy graduate now if that's what you mean. But I got real value out of it.

I don't think going is cringe, but putting it on LinkedIn is, because it does seem like that's the claim being made.

And it's not clear when people do that if their employer paid.

LinkedIn is for factual information about one's qualifications, education, and experience. Executive education programs and relevant substantive professional certifications certainly qualify. Why would one deliberately underrepresent oneself?

I disagree that it's a qualification. They're cash cows for universities, and that only works because they don't actually dilute the brand because they're not taken seriously. The signal this conveys to me on LinkedIn is that the person posting it doesn't realize that. But maybe whoever you want to hire you feels differently.

DP I don’t disagree with the first part of what you said. Yes they are cash cows. And everyone knows that the ‘executive development program’ at Northwestern is not the same as getting accepted into and attending Kellogg MBA. But people should definitely put it on their resume and LinkedIn. If someone can put a credential on LinkedIn after attending a 4 day virtual course why wouldn’t they put a development program that spanned 9 months and multiple weekends or in person weeks?? It’s a legitimate investment of one’s time and there’s no reason to be so cranky about it.

I'm not the linkedin police and I'm not prohibiting you from putting it there or anywhere else, I'm just explaining what I conclude from it.

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Anonymous wrote:I did employer-paid executive development programs at two different Ivys. They were useful both in terms of imparting relevant training/education for my field and in connecting with new professional contacts in my field from other employers. It probably also doesn't hurt my resume or LinkedIn to be able to cite those institutions as part of my "educational" background.

Those “elite” certifications are so cringe

How are they cringe?

I attended a month-long one in person and it was fantastic. I came back smarter, refreshed, energized... it was well worth the investment for both me and my employer. I don't pretend that I'm some Ivy graduate now if that's what you mean. But I got real value out of it.

A lot of people stretch any connection to Harvard. I have lots of coworkers who put Harvard Business Publishing Courses on their LinkedIn. I would feel skittish about mentioning that since I have a grad degree and undergrad from other schools. I only put the course my employer paid for on my internal resume. It was facilitated on a Harvard platform and had a Publishing arm staff team who work for Harvard. But it was not live-taught.

Not just Harvard - people pull this s**t with any of the top schools. I interviewed once a guy who had Wharton listed under his academic credentials. He made a big deal out of it, as if he had gone there. It turned out he just completed a Wharton coursera course.