Where Do You Keep Your Certificates

@wolfie34 (26771)
United Kingdom
April 7, 2007 7:51pm CST
Most of us have got certificates or qualifications, but where do you put your certificates? Do you get them framed? Do you file them, or are they just locked away in a filing cabinet, closet or out of sight, never to be seen by human eyes again? I am very proud of my NVQ3 certificate in childcare, not that I am going to use it now but I got it framed and it now sits pride of place in the lounge for all to see! Where do you keep your certificates and what do you do with them?
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@Stiletto (4579)
8 Apr 07
I have no idea where stuff like my "O" and "A" level certificates are - in a box or drawer somewhere but I've not seen them for a while. The professional qualifications I have are kept in my filing cabinet although I've not seen them for a while either but I imagine they're still there! In the days when I worked for someone else I had a couple of certificates hanging on my office wall but that had more to do with office politics than any real sense of achievement I got from seeing them there.
@patootie (3592)
8 Apr 07
I don't remember ever having been given my 'O' and 'A' level certificates .. just a flimsy sheet of paper showing what grades I'd got ..
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@Stiletto (4579)
9 Apr 07
It's maybe because I didn't sit them when I was at school. I did most of them by evening classes or open learning so I didn't take them all at the same time either. Even if I just had one sheet with them all on it I'd probably still lose that as well though!
@4cuteboys (4099)
• United States
8 Apr 07
Well that's a good question. Right now me and my hubby put all our certificates in this rubbermaid drawer that currently is sitting under my bed! Not the best idea. I probably wont frame any, but I at least need to get a fire proof box to keep them all in!
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
8 Apr 07
Well at least you know where they are!
@nangel78 (1454)
• United States
8 Apr 07
Right now I have them filed. I need to get frames for some of them.
@patootie (3592)
8 Apr 07
Yes I have my MENSA certificate framed and my City and Guilds certs .. and my systems auditor cert framed .. they used to be on my walls when I was working .. but now I am not workling they are filed away .. I might put them up again one day ..
@lols189 (4742)
8 Apr 07
i keep my certificates in a file in my loft well out the way as they are precious to me and they could get destroyed
• United States
9 Apr 07
My high-school diploma, Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree (MBA), and all of my other professional certification degrees are stored in a safe-deposit box at my bank, as there is little reason for them to be displayed within my office, and in my bank, their safety can be ensured so that I won't lose them.
@aprilgrl (4460)
• United States
8 Apr 07
I have them in a folder and my hubby stored some in his folders too but I am thinking about getting a file cabinte to put them in. Some certificate I had it framed.
@charms88 (7538)
• Philippines
8 Apr 07
Hi wolfie, through the years, I got a lot of cerificates that's too many to count. For the old one, I placed them neatly in a special folder. You can see my house with lots of certificate nicely framed up. They are mostly of my girls. Graduation and honor certificate, stuff like that. I like to show to everyone who dropped by my house how proud I am with my girl's achievements. :)
@nancyrowina (3850)
8 Apr 07
I have a folder called my "record of achievement" that my school gave me all my certificates are in that. I've never wanted to put them walls I just don't think they look attractive.
• India
8 Apr 07
i love keep all my certificates safely, i and brother still keep our 1 st to 10 grade report cards till now. we safely keep them a thick folder and store it in a cupboard which is used very rarely.
@DeaXyza (577)
• United States
8 Apr 07
oh wow! framed nice. I have all my certificates, my college degree,my work experience certs, my recommendation letters all in filed in a single file. They are all in plastic covers and the delicate ones (like the one from 10th grade or my birth certificate) are all laminated so that they do not disintegrate. I keep my file with all the important files in a drawer. It is not fireproof but I know where they are also what I have done is I have scanned all our important stuff and kept them in a pen drive which sits inside our fire proof briefcase. so that if something does go wrong I have a back up copy atleast and I do not lose my identity totally even if it is for a few days!
@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
8 Apr 07
Most of mine are framed, since I went thru a lot of training to get them, they are mostly in wildland fire fighting and other related subjects, hazardous materials, and such to do with fire fighting. They are hung in my home office
• Canada
8 Apr 07
All of my certificates sit at the top of my closet in a box of other important papers just collecting dust.
• New Zealand
8 Apr 07
When I get a certificate, such as my Bachelors Degree (okay, that one is the one exception - as soon as I get a frame for it it'll be on the wall), it sits on the piano until I remember to remove it. :) My Mum started for me as a kid, some folders for me to store certificates through the year, and its quite a big folder and it has pretty much ALL my certificates in it so you can leaf through it in year order.
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
8 Apr 07
I have mine filed away I used to frame them and put them up but now they are away in a File where they are safe and out of the way and not reminding me of the Days when I was able to work
• India
8 Apr 07
I use to keep my certificates in a file and keep it in a separate shelf, so that it will easy to take it for going to the interviews. If we frame it out, then it will not be easy to carry for the interviews. So, it is better to keep the certificates in files
• Australia
8 Apr 07
I have some from school that were placed in a photo album that cant be removed now. They would come apart if they did. My most important certificates are kept in my job folder as I feel that they are safe and I know where to find them when the time comes.
• Turkey
8 Apr 07
My certificates are in a selved file, which is in a box with lots of other stuff I don't use/need. The box I think is in the basement at the moment. As we move houses alot its hard to remember where I place things!
@askguru (96)
• India
8 Apr 07
I have framed all my certificates which i receive as an award,I keep the certificate like highschool alike in the locker.I have framed five cerficate,one is my degree certificate and rest four certificates are awards which i receive during academics.
@diablouk (598)
8 Apr 07
I keep all my certificates in an envelope in an old briefcase which is kept in the bottom of my wardrobe. I've never framed any of them - the last sort of certificate I ever took pride in and displayed was my 50m swimming badge when I was a child - it was sewn onto my swimming trunks