How do employers (or HR) feel about online course certifications?

Question

IT education

Now I am at the stage of searching for the direction of development, I have always been interested in IT and programming, so I decided to try myself in this. It is not possible to study full-time at a university, but everyone says about correspondence courses that it is a waste of time. I tried on my own, and everything seemed to work out more or less, but it dragged out for a long time, mainly because I could not force myself to sit down to study. So I decided to try an online course, I found a course from Harvard University in English for 300 bucks, according to the program everything seems to be fine, the question is actually in the title how HR will react to such a certificate? Or can you suggest something better?

Answer 1

Courses are different, employers too.
I know cases when they were looking for a red diploma and certificates as a priority. I know cases when the presence of a red diploma and certificates of courses was a minus (it was motivated by something like narrow-mindedness, the inability to independently obtain the necessary information and solve problems with non-standard approaches).
There are certificates that various regulatory bodies or suppliers require for the operation of an organization (a vivid example is 1C, which gives integrators discounts on their products if there are a certain number of employees with certificates).
When I see courses mentioned in my resume, I usually try to understand why a person went to these courses, and depending on the organizer of the courses, this can become both an additional bonus (quality courses) and alienate the candidate (when there is a feeling of a purchased piece of paper instead of knowledge).

Answer 2

I don’t care about papers in general, and even more so from courses.

Answer 3

In most cases, it doesn't matter where you studied, what you learned is much more important. The only way this course can help you is to set a time frame.

Answer 4

Do you think schools produce straight A's?
Or maybe institutions do it?
Or are courses different?
Some certificates from Cisco or Microsoft may be quoted, but mainly due to the fact that there are quite corrosive exams. All other certificates - well, they potentially say that you must have certain knowledge. But whether you have and know how to use this knowledge is unknown.
Therefore, treat all courses and certificates as knowledge, not pieces of paper.
If you confirm your knowledge in an interview, you will receive an offer. Confirm at work - poluchsh career growth.

Answer 5

How do employers (or HR) feel about online course certificates?

No way. A real employer needs your knowledge and skills. In the case of a large number of applicants for a position, the employer’s decision may be influenced by the presence of a serious VO, but not like a worthless piece of paper.

and everyone says that it's a waste of time.

Only idiots who have no education speak like that. You need to understand that a university is not a school, they don’t teach there, they control the process of your self-study. In correspondence, control is weaker, since less time is devoted to this and it is believed that a correspondence student is a more serious and responsible person. In addition, the diploma does not say anywhere whether you studied full-time or not.

I tried on my own, and everything seemed to work out more or less, but it dragged out for a long time, mainly because I could not force myself to sit down to study.

As I understand you, you simply have no idea.

So I decided to try the online course.

any courses are nothing more than one of the many ways to "honestly take money from the population"

found a course from Harvard University

Harvard University is an elite educational institution, the reputation for them is not an empty word. They will never allow some idiots to run around the world with papers that compromise their university.
Courses are basically a scam, but "a course from Harvard University in English for 300 bucks" is a scam in the cube.

how HR will react to such a certificate

The presence of such a certificate hints that you are an idiot, so they will treat you like an idiot

Or can you suggest something better?

Alas, if you cannot get together on your own, only a university education will help you. It is EDUCATION, not a purchased diploma.