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An Analysis of Acceptance of ECDL Certificate for Administrative Professions
Darko Matotek

Last modified: 2013-08-10

Abstract


This research paper analyzes the acceptance of European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) certificate in labor market in Republic of Croatia. ECDL Foundation has successfully delivered certification programs to 10 million people throughout 148 countries, in 41 languages. ECDL certificate should be used as evidence of computer literacy and computer competence. The certificate is accepted in strategic documents in Republic of Croatia - its applicability and usefulness is observed in this research. The study was conducted by observing the ads for jobs advertised on the web portals. All ads for administrative and similar jobs were observed on a particular day: March 18th 2010; and a second survey was conducted on February 26th 2012.