ABSTRACT
The Certification Jungle Certification represents one of the fastest-growing multibillion-dollar marketplaces that has engaged a multitude of businesses in an amazing race to offer a vast array of products in services as they strive to increase the value of human capital. One way to describe it is a jungle where people, vendors, and professional associations
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and professional organizations are swinging back and forth to make connections. Christianson and Fajen (1998) discuss the more than 300 certifications that were available for computer and network professionals, and that number has dramatically increased since the turn of the century.
