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By Matthew Stern
| April 01, 2015
Long days don’t bother Paul Busby. Since getting numerous CompTIA certifications and a bachelor’s degree in technical management, there has been one big factor—besides, of course, the money—that makes all the work worth it for him. “It’s something I want to do,” Busby said.
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By Jamie Marturano
| March 25, 2015
The learning curve was steep in 2008 when Joy Dark first entered the IT industry and landed smack dab in the healthcare environment. But today there’s a cert for that.
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By Natalie Hope McDonald
| March 25, 2015
It’s not enough for today’s IT professionals to be talented and focused. With security, mobility and evolution changing the way we use tech every day, it’s essential that IT professionals grow their skills in line with current technology trends. The best candidates will be those who take pride in continuing their IT education and, as a result, meet future industry demands.
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By Matthew Stern
| March 19, 2015
When a teacher’s computer goes down in a Doss High School classroom, it isn’t the school’s tech support person who shows up to fix it. Rather, it’s one of the students in technology coordinator J.R. Drummond’s help desk class, putting into practice in the field everything they’re learning in the classroom.
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By Matthew Stern
| March 13, 2015
From a single mother who was in dire financial straits now thriving at a distribution center for a large retailer to a student now working as a database administrator for tax service Hewlett Jackson, IT pros from all walks of life have gotten their starts at Manatee Technical College – with an assist from CompTIA certification.
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By CompTIA
| March 11, 2015
For eight years, Blong Yang worked his way through retail management positions of increasing responsibility and importance. Yet despite his successive promotions — and multiple performance reviews saying he had exceeded supervisor expectations — Yang didn’t feel like he was getting anywhere. CompTIA's Creating IT Futures Foundations IT-Ready program helped him move forward, earning his CompTIA Network+, Security+ and Server+ certifications.
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By Matthew Stern
| March 05, 2015
Learn about how Joshua Wragg went from struggling as a tech novice to owning his own tech support firm; a rising success he credits to CompTIA A+.
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By Michelle Peterson
| March 03, 2015
High school junior Shannon Watkins didn’t have a career path in mind when she started at Sarah E. Goode STEM Academy in Chicago, but her skills-based learning experience at one of Chicago’s five Early College STEM Schools (ECSS) — plus exposure to real IT workplaces like IBM and Razorfish — opened her eyes to some wild possibilities.
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By Jamie Marturano
| February 25, 2015
As the original pioneers in the IT industry look toward retirement, the younger generation is prepping to take over. And they’re starting early, as the certification age skews slightly younger. In some cases, they are studying as soon as they learn to read.
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By Matthew Stern
| February 18, 2015
These seven new things about the CASP certification will show you a few of the ways that CompTIA is preparing the top-level IT pros to keep the online world safe.
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