On January 1, 2017, the Federal Law “On Independent Assessment of Qualifications” came into force, which provides for the voluntary (at the initiative and at the expense of the employee or his employer) passing a professional exam for compliance with a particular professional standard. But is it worth it to rush to part with your money? Let's think together, because as first experience has shown, the price of such exams is quite considerable! What does “professional standard” mean and what is “standard” in general? Who do you look up to in your profession, who and what is your professional standard? Who would you agree to entrust to assess your competence, your professionalism? What prevented the initiators of the “independent qualification assessment” system from establishing it within the fundamental framework of the traditional “Soviet” system of vocational training. What was fundamentally wrong with the previous vocational education system? What are “qualification assessment centers” and “judges who”? What kind of experts are these, let's take a closer look at them, what kind of successes in the professional field give them the right to evaluate the professionalism and competence of your employees. These are just a few questions that should be answered before jumping into the “independent assessment” of qualifications. In this book, we do not shout about professional standards and do not teach adults what they themselves can read in a world saturated with information. We only help to professionally ask the right questions in order to professionally correctly navigate the crafty world of the sales market of “educational services”...