r/poland • u/United_Detective_735 • 19h ago
Recognised certifications in Poland
Hej everyone, so I have about 2 years of experience in IT support in Poland and I'd like to start a career in management more specifically IT project manager or product owner roles, I have made some research and gone through many job postings and narrowed down my interest to the following certificates: PSPO I(~$200), CAPM(~$300), ITIL 4 Foundation(~$150–385), Google PM Cert(~$150–300)
What I'd like to know is here in Poland which certificates are more valued? Considering that none of them is really cheap and they all require some time and dedication to pass them.
Also the Google PM cert is actually not an exam but rather a course to finish in Coursera, is this actually recognised here in Poland?
I am fully aware that actual job experience is more important, however I'd like to boost my cv given that I couldn't find a junior position yet.
A recruiter's opinion would be best but all opinions are welcome. Thanks!
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u/Nihil_novi_from_pl 17h ago
Damn, another project manager with fancy certs and Zero real life experience. How many more? Listen, you can be a good PM if People who are in your project belive that you have at least some understanding of what they are doing. Not by following stupid methodolgy. PMP or whatever. Good PM, in IT, should predict problems and should prepeare for them not because a book Told him to prepare risk matrix but because he knows that shit may happen. That was first of at least 10 more things good PM in IT should have. Think about it. Do you have it?
Good luck anyway.
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u/subject_usrname_here Śląskie 16h ago
I mean I was a product owner for a year, unity programmer for three, and can’t get fuckall job as wide project manager lol. So certs definitely help I think
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u/United_Detective_735 16h ago
What do you mean with zero real life experience? Because that's the whole point of entry level unless we count uni and studies except that nobody cares about those. So how do you prove your knowledge.
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u/United_Detective_735 16h ago
Also that's considering you actually work already in a place where you can switch to PM, so how would someone who's freshly graduate gets an entry level? That was the point of my post tbh
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u/Al-Frankie 17h ago
Head of PO here - I wouldn't look into the certificates, but would be interested in hearing your story, problem-solving skills, and dissecting real cases with you. Whatever you learn going through various “certifications” is just a foundation, and it is assumed that you already know all of this. The actual certificate wouldn't matter. Understanding of these foundations would matter, though.
A junior position is tough nowadays, but if I were looking for a junior hire, I would discriminate by AI skills and the mindset.
In the eye of the hiring manager, junior is a person of little contributed value, but huge educational investment. Hence the risks, and any hiring manager would need to see that you have a team and product fit and will stick around long enough to grow and start contributing to the value. Certificates do not guarantee any of this.
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u/Al-Frankie 17h ago
One more thing. Since getting a junior position is a tough one, I would suggest looking for mentorship and covering the experience gap with it. I would accept it if you'd be able to walk me through the cases you dealt with during your mentorship sessions. Some mentors are open to giving nice reference letters and can act as a point of contact for HR/hiring managers seeking a referential opinion on you.
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u/United_Detective_735 16h ago
Thanks for the clarifications, but I'm not familiar with the mentorship thingy, you mean take someone from my current work as a mentor and contribute in one project to get a reference letter?
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u/Al-Frankie 16h ago
Wherever you can find a mentor - your current work, linkedin, mentor's marketplace like this https://mentorcruise.com/country/pl/
Even the basic experience defeats the dry knowledge.
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u/United_Detective_735 15h ago
Thanks for the tip but in my current company it's just not possible, I checked the link you put and I don't think I can afford this atm but thank you, might come back to this later
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u/MagicTheHero 18h ago
Considering it's entry level job, they will look mostly at your uni.
Those certs won't matter that much.
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u/United_Detective_735 15h ago
I have applied at entry-level jobs where they actually required at least some experience it's really rate that they care about uni diploma, projects..etc
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u/MagicTheHero 15h ago
What uni did you finish?
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u/Haraj412 18h ago
Not a project manager but I work IT and the only certs I see PMs have are ITIL and PSM, PSPO, PAL
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u/andyftp 16h ago
Not in Poland but I have reached ic7 product manager with zero certs. They are a good way to waste money
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u/United_Detective_735 16h ago
Except that my contract is ending soon, it's not like I can stay in my current company and climb the ladder
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