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By Jamie Marturano
| April 10, 2014
As you dust off your bookshelves and open the windows for a fresh breath of spring air, don’t forget the cobwebs trailing into your professional life. It’s time to give your resume a clean sweep.
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By Doug Smeath
| April 09, 2014
Nineteen-year IT professional Emad Ahmed struggled for years to figure out how he could continue his education while balancing work, life and home, and found a solution through Western Governors University, a CompTIA Academic Partner. The online program — which made his IT certifications transferrable, let him work on his own time and offered a flat-rate tuition package — gave him the flexibility to complete a bachelor’s degree and move on quickly to a master’s.
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By Michelle Peterson
| April 09, 2014
Parked just south of the Capital Beltway, the LAYC Career Academy is an innovative charter school serving Washington D.C.’s disconnected youth. They offer GED training for those who need it, college credits for high school graduates, and direct pathways to careers in health care and IT. The self-paced curriculum lets students plot their own path to A+ certification.
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By Eric Larson
| March 26, 2014
With multiple CompTIA certifications and nearly two years of full-time practical IT experience in hand, IT-Ready Program alumnus Brad Clemensen says his career prospects represent a complete turnaround from where they were in 2012.
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By Lisa Fasold
| March 18, 2014
During CompTIA’s Colloquium conference in Washington, D.C., last month, executives from over 30 leading IT training companies heard from some of the largest tech companies on how they’re training their own staffs. How are they setting an example for their partners? How are they inspiring their employees to continually learn and improve their skills? CompTIA Executive VP Terry Erdle led off the conference and gave a quick rundown on the core education trends.
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By Natalie Hope McDonald
| March 18, 2014
Steven Holcomb isn’t just an U.S. Olympic gold medalist; he’s also a former combat engineer and self-described computer nerd. While training for the Olympics as part of the U.S. bobsled team, he earned his CompTIA A+ and CompTIA Security+ certifications, and even worked to maintain the network in the IT division of the U.S. Olympics. Along the way, he’s maintained his successful athletic career and battled severe health issues and depression.
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By Michelle Peterson
| March 05, 2014
Young and energetic Christopher Brito wasn’t interested in school when he was a student — just ask his family, he says — but 12 months at a Washington, D.C., career academy changed both his mentality and his career path.
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By Michelle Peterson
| March 05, 2014
Fiberlink Communications made headlines in late 2013 when it was scooped up by IBM, and the mobile device management provider keeps making noise with the help of CompTIA’s Mobility+ certification. Last month, Fiberlink unveiled a new certification for its partners called the MaaS360 Partner Certification Program. As a prerequisite, anyone entering the MaaS360 Academy must first earn the CompTIA Mobility+ certification.
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By David Dritsas
| March 05, 2014
When Heng-Chuen Mok was a child, his father would bring home technology and together they would tinker. This love of technology led Mok to a bachelor’s degree in information systems and a career in IT. Today, he’s a security architect at the National Bank of Australia and a CompTIA subject matter expert. His focus: delivering security solutions to core banking transformation programs, which involves various aspects of security to meet the business requirements and needs of his institution.
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By Michelle Peterson
| March 04, 2014
In just a few months’ time, an Alaskan woman with a dream of an IT career — and the energy to chase it — moved from working the front counter at a small-town computer shop to handling PC diagnostics for Alaska’s second-largest public school district. Thanks to CompTIA’s IT Certification Roadmap and mentoring through CompTIA’s Advancing Women in IT community, Mariah Sexton found an IT career that not only pays the bills, but also offers health insurance.
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