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<jats:p><jats:bold>Abstract.</jats:bold> <jats:italic>Certification is one criterion that employers seek when hiring network professionals. Many employers assume a certified network professional is better able to manage networked resources than is a non‐certified counterpart. Therefore, employers often offer a monetary premium to attract certified network professionals. By measuring end‐user perceptions, the current study empirically assesses the popular industry assumption that certified network professionals are more adept managers of network resources than those individuals who are not certified network professionals. Analyses of a data derived from 299 end‐users of 11 separate local area networks indicate no statistically significant difference exists between the capabilities of certified network professionals and non‐certified network professionals.</jats:italic> </jats:p>