Ed Tittel investigates the makeup and mission of the IT Certification Council, which has more than 50 IT technology, training, and certification design/delivery companies among its ranks, including a surprising number of 800-pound gorillas.
Taking a certification exam is different for every individual. There are things that every exam candidate can do, on the other hand, to improve their odds of success.
After watching thousands of students crowd into their college dorms in Boston over the weekend, Ed Tittel ponders the importance of mandating basic IT and computer fluency as a standard element of college curricula.
The number of jobs added to the U.S. workforce in August is low, while unemployment rose fractionally. That's two ordinarily concerning outcomes.
It's important for any IT professional to take care of Number One. If you haven't got your health, then everything else in your life tends to suffer. In Part 18 of ourmultipart series, we focus on working from home.
For those entering the IT industry, whether as career switchers or first-time workforce participants, there are some well-worn paths to follow. It only makes sense to follow where others have gone before.
GoCertify continues its tour of the history of the world's most consequential invention. In today's installment: the first successful home computer.
Inspired by a recent article from Certification Magazine, Ed Tittel reviews and reflects upon the thoroughgoing process by which IT certifications are created.
It's important for any IT professional to take care of Number One. If you haven't got your health, then everything else in your life tends to suffer. In Part 17 of our multipart series, we focus on mindfulness.
Inflation is up (slightly), job growth is down (somewhat), and wages are growing faster than inflation for the first time in a year. Ed Tittel says all of that adds up to (mostly) good news.
