IT Career News

  • CompTIA’s Creating IT Futures Foundation’s Most Recent IT-Ready Class Sees 100 Percent Graduation Rate

    CompTIA’s Creating IT Futures Foundation graduated its thirteenth IT-Ready class in Minneapolis this month. Each of the 20 students in the class supported each other like a team so that everyone graduated – and 14 have already passed CompTIA A+.
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  • IT Pro Kicks Off Career One Month After CompTIA A+ Certification

    A skilled, lifelong tech learner, Jordan Breen was having a hard time getting a start in IT. At the urging of a coworker, he investigated certification, and within a month of receiving his CompTIA A+ he was getting interviews in the field and was well on the way to the best job he has ever had.
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  • Project Management: So Fundamental, the Girl Scouts Are Doing It

    Every box of Girl Scout Cookies tells us, “Selling Girl Scout Cookies helps girls develop five skills that they use throughout their lives.” These skills – goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills and business ethics – are also the essentials of project management, and certifying them can boost any career.
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  • Five Ways CompTIA Certifications Have a Positive Impact on You and Your Career

    The results are in. Earning CompTIA certifications makes a world of difference, both for career and self-growth. Check out five ways they do so here.
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  • How Project Management Skills Set You Up For Success

    CompTIA’s Project+ certification validates the communication and business skills you need to lead and/or participate in projects confidently. The certification validates your skills to manage and complete projects on time and within budget. And, the more successful projects you complete, the more you’ll see your stock in your company rise.
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  • Meet Chase Lucas: CompTIA Security+ Certified and Cybersecurity-Bound at Age 17

    An avid and enthusiastic learner, Chase Lucas first got A+ certified when he was only 11 years old. Now, at 17, as he continues to pursue the IT path with an eye towards a career in government-level cybersecurity, his certifications are mounting as quickly as his skills.
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  • Career Changers: Switches Into and Around IT

    The field of IT is a versatile one that draws people from diverse backgrounds with different professional interests and goals. Get to know three IT professionals who all either moved into IT from another career, stepped away from IT and re-entered it or made a big move within the field. In their different personal journeys each has found that a career in IT enables, inspires and supports creativity.
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  • CompTIA AMM Goes Unplugged

    CompTIA’s Annual Member Meeting at the Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park last week featured Power Talk Unplugged; a free-form session in which attendees drove the discussion.
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  • Partner and Vendor Advisory Council Meetings at CompTIA AMM Tackle Security and a SWOT Analysis

    At the Partner and Vendor Advisory Council meetings at CompTIA’s Annual Member Meeting this week, the PAC concluded that being a security expert is like being a weatherman and the VAC found the state of the vendor space strong – with some caveats.
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  • How Batman Could Defeat Superman, and What IT Pros Can Learn From It

    Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice is coming to theaters this weekend, and fans will see DC Comics’ most famous tech-savvy vigilante take on the Man of Steel. Learn what tools Batman has in his arsenal that could match Superman’s unbeatable powers and what lessons IT pros can take from this comic book rivalry.
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