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By Victor Johnston
| May 19, 2014
Marketing yourself can be a challenge, but you do have tools available at your fingertips. Through your online presence, your resume and interview, present yourself as competent and capable. You’re convincing a company that they need you, so tailor everything for the job that you’re applying for. Find ways to connect your credentials to the job at hand and weave in your core competencies and past achievements to suit the new job.
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By Nellie C. Scott
| May 19, 2014
Looking for your next career opportunity can be a full-time job. What if you had multiple people making referrals to you, or referring you to companies that are hiring and helping to get your resume in front of the right contacts? Networking is your best strategy for accelerating your search. Networking is like sales: It’s a numbers game. The more people you talk to, the sooner you get to the people who can help you.
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By Patricia Martin
| May 19, 2014
IT recruiting is very specific, and recruiters are looking for candidates with skill sets that are specific to their hiring manager’s needs. A well-formatted, easy-to-read resume is critical to attract and grab the reader’s attention and make the reader want to get into the details of your experience. In this article, Patricia Martin, Business Development Manager, walks through her recommendations to get your resume not just scanned, but noticed.
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By Victor Johnson
| May 19, 2014
Contracting is a great place to gain and build your resume. Many businesses will pass you over for other technicians if your experience is light, so consider getting some extra work on your resume by working the contracting game. You have two options: independent contracting and becoming an employee of a contracting company. They are in some ways similar, but have big differences when it comes to tax filing, employment insurance and work guarantees.
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By Michelle Peterson
| May 07, 2014
Accelerated learning is the hallmark of Firebrand Training, a UK-based global learning center that promises fast, quality results. There, IT instructor Gary Fildes has undertaken some experiments that move the curriculum along faster and take his UK apprentice students from IT zeroes to IT heroes.
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By Michelle Peterson
| May 07, 2014
Catch a ride this summer on Harper College’s new innovation: a charter bus turned computer classroom.
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By Terry Erdle
| May 05, 2014
As the world’s foremost vendor-neutral IT certification body, CompTIA is leading the new wave of neuroscience-based, adaptive learning with a comprehensive new training program: CompTIA CertMaster. This new learning tool, designed to help students and professionals better prepare for IT certification exams and future IT careers, goes beyond the typical race to the finish model and features a variety of techniques to help you learn, including adaptive learning, spacing and motivation triggers.
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By Doug Smeath
| April 24, 2014
Software engineer Joseph Cole took advantage of the partnership between Western Governors University and CompTIA to earn IT certifications while completing his bachelor’s degree in IT – all without going into debt. And if he was enrolling today, Cole would be the perfect candidate for a new WGU scholarship for CompTIA certification holders.
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By Eric Larson
| April 24, 2014
Nellie Scott is at the top of her game with Lenovo, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of personal computers. She serves as director of sales support & enablement, supporting the sellers and companies that sell Lenovo products and services. As someone who has advanced her career without a four-year degree, she's living proof you can beat the odds.
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By Eric Larson
| April 16, 2014
Everyone wants to be treated with respect, and nowhere are we more concerned about it than in the workplace. Most organizations are set up as a hierarchy — just like the families we grew up in — with several layers of leadership and management. It can be a tricky road to navigate, but if you make your actions and words worthy of respect, you are sure to be rewarded with a great career over time.
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