It would be vital to get the insurance companies to accept the certificate in lieu of flight time.
Having spent considerable time, effort and (inevitably) money on getting the "PPRuNe Class A heli-ops" certificate with "Vertical Reference" and "VIP Pampering" endorsements, the newbie would be awfully cheesed off if s/he still couldn't get a job because operators can't affordably insure aircraft flown by pilots with less than umpty squillion hours P1.