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By Michelle Peterson
| July 09, 2014
Priding itself in graduating job-ready IT professionals, Canadian owned and operated triOS sought out vendor-neutral certifications to enhance their offerings. A partnership with CompTIA complemented what the IT-based training center had already built.
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By Emily Matzelle
| July 08, 2014
If climbing the corporate IT ladder was a video game, CompTIA CertMaster would be the golden coin that helps you conquer the end boss. In CompTIA’s new YouTube video, Career Level Up, an entry-level IT technician uses CompTIA CertMaster to take him on an epic journey from his status quo cubicle to an office with a view.
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By Brian Sherman
| July 07, 2014
If you manage or work in an IT company, you are fully aware of the industry’s shortage of skilled professionals — and with the explosive growth of the technology field, the skills shortage will not go away without your help. From educating high school guidance counselors to sponsoring internships to joining CompTIA’s AWIT Community, there are plenty of ways you can get involved with filling the skills gap that affects us all.
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By CompTIA
| July 07, 2014
When it comes to a successful career in IT, relationship skills are as important as technical skills; this according to a recent national research study. The study, “Bridge to Career Success” by NOVA Workforce Development, the Economic Advancement Research Institute and San Jose State University’s Department of Anthropology, surveyed successful IT professionals. Researchers found that tech career success depends as much on a worker’s ability to navigate multiple and varying job opportunities as it does on the acquisition of technical skills.
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By Michelle Peterson
| July 01, 2014
UK-based Firebrand Training Center, which offers boot camp-style courses at its all-inclusive training centers, has some pretty impressive numbers to report about its apprentice program. Thanks to help from the UK government and CompTIA, 99 percent of Firebrand’s apprentices are offered a permanent job by their employer at the end of the first year.
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By Natalie Hope McDonald
| July 01, 2014
Hiring managers read resumes, sure, but more often their impression of you is defined by Internet search results. Rather than waiting until negative results pop up, experts recommend a proactive approach to updating your professional, online profile.
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By Natalie Hope McDonald
| June 25, 2014
Your online presence is critical to putting the best version of you in front of those who are hiring, so it makes sense to invest some time in what it looks like. When you’re creating a brand for yourself, a professional photo goes hand-in-hand with your message. Once you communicate your character and your story, the need to sell yourself disappears.
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By Natalie Hope McDonald
| June 24, 2014
Goal-setting is important to running a successful business, but without specifics can seem like an exercise in futility. The SMART system, often used in project management, is a simple, systematic and effective approach to goal-setting. Its recent implementation at Illinois State University gave the faculty a common language plus clear steps to systematically narrow down an outcome, establish a method of accountability and figure out the time, personnel and material resources needed to accomplish it.
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By Michelle Peterson
| June 09, 2014
CertMaster, a comprehensive new neuroscience-based learning tool from CompTIA, has already garnered fans in the IT community, like 43-year-old Sean Byrne, a warehouse and office manager from Ireland. “Once I start the tutorials, I find it hard to stop,” he said. The adaptive training program, designed to help people start or advance their IT careers, was built on research from neurobiology, cognitive psychology and game studies.
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By Nellie C. Scott
| May 19, 2014
The world of business revolves around financial numbers and terms, and learning to understand and interpret them will keep you ahead of the game. Success, for example, is measured on a balance sheet, a profit and loss statement, year-over-year growth, ROI and a host of other terms. It’s imperative you build a functional knowledge of finance and, more importantly, learn to tell the story of your contributions, build business models, and track and report results through numbers.
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