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 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...
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 6:13 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Career planning,
IT careers,
IT job searchMy weekday morning wake-up routine always includes at least a half-hour of news from National Public Radio, and this morning was no exception. I did hear an interesting bit in their news coverage today, however: some very good advice about how to cope with a layoff. I can't find the story on their...
January 23, 2009 3:46 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
funding IT skills development,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT certiicationAs 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 14, 2009 6:50 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
adult education,
Career planning,
continuing education,
IT careers,
IT certification,
job seeking skillsIn some e-mail with a fellow certification market follower recently, my correspondent opined that those who find themselves out of work in IT can look for a silver lining in such dire circumstances. The sudden change of work status creates a fabulous opportunity for study, learning, training, or...
January 12, 2009 6:50 PM
Posted by: Ed Tittel
Christopher Alexander,
design patterns,
IT career planning,
IT careers,
IT skills development,
soft skills development,
software developmentEvery now and then a book comes along that reshapes how people look at the world in which they live and work. Surprisingly to many, a work of traditional architecture by Christopher Alexander called A
