September 22, 2008 4:14 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
A+,
IT careers,
IT certification,
Network+,
Security+,
Work backgroundMany of the questions I get from readers and IT professionals might best be summarized as "If I earn the following cert(s), will it help my career?" More than half the time, in fact, one or more of the specific IT certifications mentioned in the query comes from the Computing Technology Industry...
September 19, 2008 3:05 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
A+,
Career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
Microsoft Windows,
Security,
Security+This is my 18th entry for this continuing "IT Career JumpStart" blog. I'm about six weeks into the process, and both I and my masters at TechTarget are reasonably pleased with the way things are going so far. I've managed to get some discussion going on over half of my posts, and have fielded at...
September 17, 2008 3:15 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Career planning,
IT certification,
Security,
Security+At the end of August, CompTIA announced that its Security+ certification had passed a significant milestone, as the total count of credentials granted topped the 50,000 mark. Over the past six years since this certification made its initial...
September 15, 2008 3:03 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
A+,
CISA,
CISSP,
GISF,
GSEC,
GSLC,
IT careers,
IT certification,
Network+,
SCNA,
SCNP,
Security,
Security+,
SSCPBack in 2005, the US Department of Defense aka DoD, issued Directive 8570 entitled "Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program." In a nutshell, this document states workforce responsibilites and requirements for...
September 12, 2008 5:49 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
soft skills,
Work backgroundIn my previous blog, I started digging into a recent article from Redmondmag.com entitled "IT Salaries on the Rise." Here, I'm going to continue that excavation by exploring and commenting on the section in the story whose...
September 10, 2008 3:40 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Career planning,
IT careers,
IT certification,
IT salaries,
MCP,
Work backgroundIn the latest issue of Redmondmag.com, you'll find a story entitled "IT Salaries on the Rise." It begins by observing that in times of recession, as goes the economy, so also go salaries--namely, down, down, down. But...
September 8, 2008 4:08 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
IT careers,
IT certification,
PMP,
project management,
soft skillsWhen it comes to getting any kind of serious IT work done in businesses and organizations, nearly all such efforts fall under some kind of project heading. I'm not talking about routine maintenance, provisioning upgrades, and other ongoing day-to-day efforts. I'm talking about implementing or...
August 29, 2008 2:18 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
CCIE,
IT careers,
IT certification,
SAP consulting certification,
soft skillsSoft skills have a lot to do with career opportunities and development, just as do harder technical skills. What's this distinction mean? Soft skills refer to abilities that make people better employees, and open doors to opportunities, that aren't directly related to the subject matter for their...
August 25, 2008 2:44 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
A+,
Career planning,
CCNA,
IT careers,
IT certification,
Network+This morning I found a message in my inbox from one of the readers of these blogs. I will paraphrase its contents as follows: "I am interested in a career in networking. I am taking A+ classes, after which I plan to earn Network+ and then the CCNA. Please tell me I am on the right track: although I...
