February 11, 2009 3:12 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
Career development,
CISSP,
Clement Dupuis,
continuing education,
infosec certification,
ISC-squared,
IT certificationAs I started working on one of our more successful books--it's now in a fourth edition, and continues to generate modest but steady earnings--I first stumbled across French-Canadian Clement Dupuis' outstanding CCCure.org Web site. For those prepping for the CISSP exam, this site is a real treasure...
February 5, 2009 4:45 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
Career development,
Career planning,
continuing education,
IT certification,
Microsoft Career Assist,
Microsoft certifications,
Microsoft e-learningAlas, the program details for the "Career Assist" program from Microsoft foretold to me last week have yet to materialize. The original launch date for this program was supposed to have been yesterday (February 4) and I waited on this blog to discuss them until the day had come and gone. Instead I...
February 2, 2009 3:58 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Career development,
Career planning,
IT certification,
Microsoft certifications,
Microsoft e-learningWhen I read on the MS learning center site last month that the company had plans to help cash-strapped IT professionals boost skills and knowledge, quite naturally I e-mailed their PR folks to ask what was up. At the time, they couldn't yet tell me anything but I have recently come into possession...
January 28, 2009 5:55 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
Career development,
continuing education,
IT skills development,
job seeking skillsAs veteran blogger and commenter Suzanne Wheeler (she writes "Views from the PIT-People in IT" blog here) noticed about my
January 19, 2009 9:17 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Career development,
Career planning,
continuing education,
IT certification,
job seeking skillsMy old buddy David Foote at IT compensation specialist firm Foote Partners, recently shared with e-week the results of his latest compensation data in a slideshow named "
January 9, 2009 11:06 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Career development,
IT careers,
IT certification,
Microsoft certifications,
professional developmentIn my ceaseless trolling of the virtual byways and highways on the Internet, I keep digging up interesting sources of IT career planning information. I can now cheerfully confess to needing a laugh rather badly today, having just elicited a few chuckles from this earnest and well-meaning...
January 4, 2009 10:03 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Career development,
Career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
IT certification lifecycle,
job skills developmentA list of New Year's resolutions for those who work in IT, and are seeking to improve upon or build their careers might include the following:
- Identify at least two new tools or technologies relevant to your job, and start to learn more about them. If you can obtain trial versions or...
December 26, 2008 2:51 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Career development,
Career planning,
Interpersonal skills,
IT careers,
ITKE grandparent,
Personal development,
soft skills,
Work background,
work/life balanceIt's too easy to get caught up in the working side of life, and to let it overpower other equally important parts. Perhaps because I have tendencies in that direction, I often find myself thinking about how all the different parts of life fit together, particularly work and family life, as the...
December 24, 2008 4:01 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
Career development,
Career planning,
CCIE,
CCNA,
CCNP,
continuing education,
IT careers,
IT certification,
job seeking skillsI play pool two nights a week on leagues that belong to the American Poolplayers Association (APA). My Thursday night 9-ball team is composed primarily of people who work in IT. Of the seven people on the team, one is a paralegal, another a hairdresser, and the other five work for Dell (1),...
