I got Apple Pro Certification and it absolutely helped me get work. I did it the cheap way. I ordered the official training book for FCP for about $25 bucks and spent 40 hours going through it. Then I took the certification exam for $150, I think. So, $175 bucks and 40 hours of my life got me FCP on my resume and a freelance editing job at an ad agency. Granted, I had been editing on other software for years. Ironically, the agency switched entirely to the Adobe suite a few months later. But, had I not known FCP I wouldn’t have gotten in the door. The really funny thing is, that before I went through that book, I had never used FCP. One week of hard work can make all the difference. I have since been offered a full time position at this agency.