Blaze your own trail with training and certifications
We’ve heard a lot about the cybersecurity skills gap in the past decade — and it’s getting worse. While estimates of the total hiring shortfall vary a bit, everyone agrees that it’s bad, with a deficit of as many as …
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Employers need cloud computing expertise, but demand is outstripping supply
The last several months have certainly been a roller coaster of change for all professional environments. Even before the widespread disruption caused by COVID-19, however, the occurrence …
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Technology-focused certifications can help close the cybersecurity skills gap
The cybersecurity skills gap shows no signs of going away. With the workforce being more distributed than ever before as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of workers around the world will …
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Building the brand and market value of a new certification program
An industry colleague recently reached out for my thoughts on acceptable metrics for a new IT certification program, particularly for a program that was launched just over a year ago. As a bonus question …
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Six important career skills that IT certification programs are overlooking
Information technology certifications can be broadly divided into two categories: certifications that are primarily knowledge- and task-oriented, and certifications that include content specific to …
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The next five years of IT certification
What do you see yourself doing five years from now? It’s a question commonly asked at job interviews (and on more than a few first dates). The point is to get candidates to peer into the future…
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