ITS Java
Preparation for industry certificate
12-13 January, 2024 (09.00–17.00)
Room: IF07 + online
General instructions
Value of Industry Certificates
„They’re looking for reasons to hire candidates ...
if they see anything that’s relevant to their industry, to their company,
to the specific position, it’s definitely going to help to make that
candidate more attractive.”
(Tim Gates, Adecco Staffing, Senior Regional Vice President)
(source: [Link])
Industry Certificates – Key Benefits
• Validation of knowledge
• Increased marketability
• Increased earning power
• Enhanced academic performance
• Improved reputation
• Enhanced credibility
• Increased confidence
• Respect from peers
(source: [Link])
Industry Certificates – Improve Academic
Performance
• Higher grade point average for certified high school students: 3.12 vs
2.78 (4.0 scale)
• Higher graduation rates for certified high school students: 97.5% vs
78.4%
• Increased post-secondary enrollment: 84% vs 82%
• Reduced dropout rates: 0.2% vs 1.0%
(source: [Link])
Industry Certificates – Advantages to
Professionals
• IT professionals with certifications have an average salary of $111,334, 7%
more than non-certified professionals
• IT professionals who gained new skills and/or certifications last year
received an average raise of $12,000-$13,000
• 91% of hiring managers report certification is an important criterion for
hiring
• Certification makes job candidates stand out in a crowded job market
• Certification makes a better case for that big raise or promotion
• Third-party validation of skills is far more powerful than self-promotion of
knowledge
(source: [Link])
Industry Certificates – CERTIPORT
(source: [Link])
Industry Certificates – CERTIPORT
(source: [Link])
Industry Certificates – CERTIPORT
(source: [Link])
Industry Certificates – CERTIPORT
(source: [Link])
CERTIPORT Certificates
(source: [Link])
CERTIPORT ITS Certificates
CERTIPORT Authorized Testing Center –
Faculty of Informatics
• [Link]
• For both:
• Higher Education
• Business
Industry Certificates – Faculty of Informatics
• Validating course
materials with our
industrial partners
• Validating available
industry certificates
with our industrial
partners (are they
indeed valuable?)
Industry Certificates – Faculty of Informatics
• Worldwide interest in
respected certificates
and company materials.
Industry Certificates – Faculty of Informatics
• Setting up authorized testing center(s)
• Integrating certificate materials into our courses
• Offering very economic exam possibilities to our students
• Motivating our students to gain industry certificates (grants,
mentoring, special college enrollment, credits for certificates,…)
• Motivating our lecturers to gain industry certificates
• Providing training for industrial partners
Assesment on Certificates (Students’ Opinion)
• Please fill in:
[Link]
Credits for Certificates at the Faculty of
Informatics
• See: [Link]
• 3 credits + mark 5 for each certificate
• Compulsory/specialized knowledge block (kötelezően választható
blokk)
• Extra (micro) credits
Credits for Certificates at the Faculty of
Informatics
• GI/BI BSc
Differentiated knowledge
Credits
Exam Preparation Materials
• You will get access to
[Link]
• Here you find
• Preparation materials
• Test exams (have similar (not the
same!!!) questions than the real
ones)
• …and more
Technical Information about the Exam
• All the information is available at [Link]/certiport, but
• Price of the exam is lower than on the market (we aimed to make it available
for low budget persons as well)
• Preparation is usually free for Faculty students/members
• Passing the exam successfully will be rewarded by some reimbursement from
the pre-paid exam price (no reimbursement in case of failure!); does not
apply to free courses
• In case of failure retake is possible (paid, also for free courses)
• You have to prepare a quize-like exam (~35-45 questions, ~45
minutes)
How to enroll to the exam?
• Everywhere use your …@[Link] account!!!
• Visit the Faculty CERTIPORT web page
([Link] and enroll there to the exam via the
corresponding form
• After that you will receive information on accessing the preparation
materials and how to register to [Link] and to the portal of
test exams, and also regarding the possible exam dates.
• Enrollment is open at any time
How to enroll to the exam?
• Enrolling to an Exam: [Link]
What do you gain? An ITS Java Certificate
ITS Java Preparation Training --
Instructor
Zsolt Berecz (for short: Zsolt)
He is a local CS MSc student and a DevOps
engineer intern in Budapest. Outside of work, he
is passionate about cycling, football, cooking up
new recipes, and diving into the world of books.
One of his favorites is the To Kill a Mockingbird.
Also, he travels and hike a lot with his friends, and
also playing video games if he has time.
ITS Java Objectives
● Java Fundamentals
● Data Types, Variables, and Expressions
● Flow Control Implementations
● Object Oriented Programming
● Code Debugging
TODO’s During the Training
• Fill in the Attendance Sheet (09.00-17.00 time frame for both days):
[Link]
• Fill in the Student Satisfaction Survey (anonymous/optional, but we
are really grateful for that):
[Link]
• Corresponding Moodle course:
[Link]
Contact for comments/questions
• Issues on the preparation lecture:
fircc@[Link]
• Issues on the exam:
certiport@[Link]
Thank you for your attention and
we wish you a successful training.
