February 23, 2009 5:14 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
continuing education,
funding IT skills development,
IT career development,
IT certification,
IT skills development,
IT training,
Microsoft certifications,
Microsoft e-learning,
Microsoft Elevate AmericaWith somewhat unusual timing, Microsoft announced on Sunday, February 22, a new job training program called "Elevate America" that aims to proffer technical skills training to lots of Americans (as many as two million according to an annoucement-day
February 19, 2009 4:14 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
academic degree plans,
adult education,
Career planning,
certification training,
community college,
continuing education,
IT career planning,
IT trainingIf you want a real eye-opener about some companies that operate in the post-secondary technical training market, check out Linda Briggs 2004 story: "Federal Probe Targets ITT Tech." In particular, you must read the...
February 13, 2009 3:18 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
Career planning,
continuing education,
IT career planning,
IT certification,
IT job searchOf all the questions I receive regularly from readers, site members, and the public at large, none is so poignant to me as those that might be summarized as: "I'm looking for a job in IT. I have certifications x, y, and z. Nobody will talk to me, or take me seriously because I have no IT work...
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 9, 2009 5:08 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
continuing education,
exam preparation tips,
IT certification,
IT certification self-study,
IT certification study materialsPearson Publishing is the parent company for Cisco Press, InformIT.com, and Que (the publisher of Exam Cram and Exam Prep titles, for which I was series editor until January 1, 2006). They are currently offering a free flash card pack to anybody who visits
February 6, 2009 4:57 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
Career Assist Program,
Career planning,
continuing education,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
Microsoft certifications,
Second Shot ProgramMicrosoft Certification Project Manager Ken Rosen has let slip the details on the "Career Assist" program in a post to his Born to Learn blog. It actually went up on Wednesday as I was waiting for official word from MS, and reports the same Friday, February 6, public release date that MS...
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...
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 9:40 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
continuing education,
IT certfication,
IT job search,
job seeking skills,
professional developmentI just did a follow-up phone interview with TechTarget news writer MIchael Morisy, who raised the question with me "Will people really spend money on certs in a down economy?" Notice carefully the use of "people" in this question: we're talking about individuals spending their own hard-earned...
