May 22, 2009 4:11 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
continuing education,
IT career development,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
IT trainingOne question that comes up all the time in reader e-mail and interaction, and in my "Ask the Expert" dialogs, is the one that entitles today's blog. Actually, this has been on a lot of people's minds lately--as a quick perusal of my earlier postings here and elsewhere will ascertain, and as many...
May 11, 2009 5:21 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
continuing education,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
MC Master,
MCITP,
MCP,
MCSE,
MCTS,
Microsoft Architect,
MS certificationIn the latest round of articles posted at one of my favorite IT Certification Websites, GoCertify.com, guest author and full-time trainer Brian Nelson raises some interesting issues about the latest...
May 6, 2009 1:52 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
continuing education,
free Windows 7 learning/training,
IT careeer planning,
IT careers,
Microsoft Learning,
Microsoft Learning SnacksAs I cruised through the MS Learning site this mornign, I noticed a promo teaser for Windows 7 training. Clicking on their "You be the expert" link, I found myself on a page that included a heading that reads...
May 4, 2009 3:27 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
A+,
adult education,
CCIE,
CCNA,
CISSP,
continuing education,
IT career planning,
IT certification,
MCITP,
MCSA,
MCSE,
MCTS,
Network+,
PMP,
Secuirty+In digging through some Microsoft PR materials recently, I came across mention of a Top 10 IT certification list that Erik Eckel put together for TechRepublic, later reprinted by big-time training company Global Knowledge. Though it's...
March 13, 2009 4:33 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
640-460,
640-553,
640-822,
adult education,
CCENT,
CCNA Security,
CCNA Voice,
Cisco certification,
continuing education,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certificationCisco Press gave me 5 licenses for each item for the contest, so I'm able to give the first 5 posters a license for the 640-533 CCNA Security exam. That means the following posters should contact me to obtain their license keys--namely:
- Rob M, Provo, UT
- Kathy B, Twin Cities,...
March 11, 2009 4:13 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
advanced degrees,
certification ladder,
college degrees,
continuing education,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
job experience,
job seeking skills,
soft skillsI was just musing on the state of the current job market, where it's not unfair to say that there are a lot more people chasing jobs than there are jobs chasing people. Once again, I find myself pondering the "Big Three' ingredients that all employers consider when selecting among multiple...
March 6, 2009 7:47 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
Cisco CCENT,
Cisco CCNA Security,
Cisco CCNA Voice,
Cisco exam 640-460,
Cisco exam 640-553,
Cisco exam 640-822,
continuing education,
IT career development,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
IT certification study materialsWe've gotten such a great response to my last posting, that I'm going to extend the contest for the Flashcards and Network Simulator through Friday, March 13 (duh! duh! DUH!!!)....
March 4, 2009 2:24 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
Cisco CCENT,
Cisco CCNA Security,
Cisco CCNA Voice,
Cisco exam 640-460,
Cisco exam 640-553,
Cisco exam 640-822,
continuing education,
IT career development,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
IT certification study materials[Updated 3/11/2009: see update info at end of post!!!]
On February 9, I blogged about Pearson/Cisco Press's CertFlashCardsOnline offerings. One of their publicists contacted me to...
February 27, 2009 4:42 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
Career planning,
continuing education,
IT certification,
IT certification planning,
skills developmentA perennial question among IT job seekers might be succinctly summarized as "Does certification help?" Anne Martinez and the crew at GoCertify.com posted an interesting set of numbers in January, 2009 that tally the job postings at Dice.com and Monster.com that make mention of specific credentials....
