Employment: the certifications that will make you shine

You have been in professional life for many years and the desire to change professional horizons makes youeye ? Do you also have projects? Then you are probably ready to acquire new skills or to enrich your professional experience and especially your CV. Distinguish yourself with training and certifications eligible for the CPF that will make the difference with your employers or recruitersfor example in these always useful fields of activity:

Language skills

The trainings in languages allow you to develop your skills at work and stay competitive. Nowadays, it is essential to be trained in a language, especially in English. There are many language training or certifications:

• English training for all levels, this training can help you prepare for the TOEIC certification (Test of English International Communication). This reference test allows you to validate your level of English in a professional context. It is valid for two years and makes it possible to measure one’s abilities on the basis of oral and written comprehension and expression.
• Training in French in order to obtain the Voltaire certification which estimates your level of spelling in French. All trades require a minimum of writing. Simple texting in project writing, it is always difficult to take a professional seriously when every sentence is full of mistakes! the certificate Voltaire is valid for 4 years.
• You can also do vocational training in a wide choice of languages : English, German, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, French as a foreign language and French sign language…

IT skills

Nowadays, the use of software office automation (such as Excel, Photoshop) is essential and these computer skills are increasingly in demand by recruiters. There are several office training courses for all levels that will allow you to obtain a certification:

• The TOSA (Test on Software Applications) evaluates the skills computers and is recognized in around thirty countries. It concerns, among other things, the Pack Office and the Adobe suite but also the language PHP. The tests can take place in the examination center or online and are in the form of multiple-choice questionnaires including manipulations.
• The certificates Oracle validate knowledge and skills for the use of mysql, Database or Java.
• Microsoft offers about a hundred certifications; they are, of course, relative to the Office Pack but also to HTML, CSS and Java.

Finance these trainings with the CPF

Remember to finance your training or certifications with your personal training account so as not to spend 0 €. Indeed, everyone (employee or job seeker) has a CPF from the start of working life until retirement. Allowing the employee to be an actor in his professional career and more autonomous in the choice of his training.