You were dishonest and MisLED them.

Posted By: Correcton: Sorry about that on 2006-06-05
In Reply to: Actually they will, because you were dishonest and mislead them - MT Supervisor

Employers do prefer not to have dishonest or incompetent peopel around. If you don't even know that it's improper to use credentials you don't have, that's almost, but not quite, as bad as using false credentials on purpose.

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Can you get a CMT from school or just through AAMT? - not so new but confused
- A woman told me this week her community college "certified" her as an MT. - MT Pro
- She is wrong--- you cannot even take the CMT exam -sm - XXX
  - No, she is right - you can be certified by anyone, anywhere, anyhow - - Michigan MT
    - You can, but it isn't honored by anyone but you and using it is not wise - HOM
    - but the employers are going to fire you when they find out you misled them - :)
      - will not - not if you're competent. If you're incompetent they will fire you anyway - nm
        Actually they will, because you were dishonest and mislead them - MT Supervisor
        You were dishonest and MisLED them. - Correcton: Sorry about that
- The Community College I went to offers - sm
  - If the school does claim it, it's false, unethical, and probably illegal - Please give details
  - How can that be? - PugetSound
    - As I said, I don't know all of the details... - sm
      - I do know at least 1 disreputable school that claims grads are CMTs - CMT
        One school tells you to put "MT" after graduation - Experienced CMT
  - That's cheaper than AAMT. Is a 3-part test, too? - not new
    - I'm not sure...I'll try to find out the details - sm

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Actually they will, because you were dishonest and mislead them
Nobody wants people working for them who are dishonest or so incompetent that they don't know that you don't put credentials you don't have after your name. That's a cardinal rule in this business.

but the employers are going to fire you when they find out you misled them
When people put CMT after their name, they are assumed to have passed the CMT exam through AAMT. We could all put MD after our names too and call ourselves Minnie Duck, but we won't get far.