Oracle Corp normally provides a certificate and an indivdual carrying card for certification. You may ask the candidate to show you the card, if you want to ensure that he/she is certified, Reagrds Rafiq> Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 09:47:34 -0400> From: koehned@xxxxxxxxx> To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Certifications don't count! (from a good test-taker)> > A couple of years ago I got very frustrated when dealing with Oracle> Certifications. On both occasions I needed Oracle to verify that a> certification was valid (i.e. the person claiming to have a> certification actually had one) but Oracle went out of their way to> make verification difficult. When I needed to verify my certification> to a perspective employer I got some mail stating that verifying> certifications may take up to 2 weeks and the verification ended up> taking a 8 business days. The other time I wanted to verify someone's> claimed OCM and Oracle said that we needed permission from the person> we were interviewing to start the verification process and that> verification would take up to 2 weeks--I was suspicious about the> initial OCM claim so this person was filed in the circular filing> cabinet because of all the hassle.> > I have also had trouble proving to Oracle certification folks that I> have taken the required OCP Oracle class.> > With Microsoft, I believe that the person with the certification can> give you a number and you go to a Microsoft web site and are able to> verify any certification claims very quickly.> > Regards> Daniel> --> //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l> > _________________________________________________________________ Search that pays you back! Introducing Live Search cashback. http://search.live.com/cashback/?&pkw=form=MIJAAF/publ=HMTGL/crea=srchpaysyouback