I think
SCEA should help make them notice you.
Some people claim that the reason is
SCJP does not prove that you are a good developer. But then on what basis do they decide who is good developer. Look at the kind of questions being asked in the interview. Bags of apples and oranges or graph traversal algorithems ... I never had to tackle these problems during real development. And if i ever have to I m sure there is a good open source code for graph traversal if not at least algorithems are available online.
Saying "certification is useless" is just another way of saying "I am not certified". Knowledge you gained while taking the exam will find its use. So I hope ... as i m looking for job as well