ISACA Hosts Online Career Fair for Job Seekers, Employers
Computer skills are in demand. If you have a sound understanding of basic information technology (IT) principles and solid knowledge and skills in a particular area, then someone out there would probably love to hire you. What's less straightforward is the process of making an initial connection between the person who needs IT employment and the person who has an open IT position. Cybersecurity and governance association ISACA stands in that gap two times a year, and ISACA's first Online Career Fair of 2019 is coming up in the first week of April. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Eastern) on April 3, ISACA will have a variety of resources available to help forge connections between job seekers and hiring managers. As noted in an ISACA media release, "The Online Career Fair is part of ISACA's Career Centre, which offers free resources to build and improve careers, such as videos on building personal brands and networking skills, career tips, resume/CV writing, career coaching and social networking profile development." Registration for the career fair and other details are available online.
CompTIA Can Help You Become a Cloud Architect
Cloud computing is taking over the information technology industry. In the not-too-distant future, a great deal of what we traditionally think of as hardware and software could transition from being widely dispersed distinct units managed and operated by individuals to being physically present only in giant server farms in remote locations, managed directly only by specialized technicians. One job role essential to the ongoing growth of cloud computing is cloud architect, or the individual responsible to plan and design cloud computing environments. There's a cool post to the IT Career News blog of tech industry association CompTIA this week that gives an overview of what it takes to prepare for and assume a position as a cloud architect. CompTIA's Network+ and Cloud+ certifications are both touted as providing integral foundational knowledge, and employers generally expect incoming cloud architects to have at least a bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or mathematics. Cloud architects are on the leading edge of IT compensation, with a media annual salary in 2018 as $135,000.
Oracle Releases New Java Certification
The long reign of Java as one of the leading general-purpose computer programming languages just keeps on rolling, and demand for professionals who have solid Java skills remains high. Java is owned by Oracle, which means that one of your best means of acquiring and maintaining Java coding skills is to study and get certified via the Oracle Certification Program. The latest new Java certification is the just released Java SE 11 Developer credential. A new post to the Oracle Certification Blog has relevant details about the new certification, including a helpful infographic that lays out which course of exams should be followed to get up to speed.
So You Want to Be a Data Scientist
Speaking, as we just were, of red hot IT technologies that are changing the face of everything, there has been enormous growth in recent decades in the ability of humankind to generate, capture, and store massive amounts of electronic information. A vast cache of data, however, is only meaningful if we learn from it. That's where data scientists come in. It's also where Certification Magazine comes in, thanks to a web-exclusive feature published this week that gives a broad overview of data science and data scientists. Much like the aforementioned CompTIA piece, this feature describes what data scientists do and provides instructions for Big Data newcomers who are looking to enter the field. If you've heard about the ungodly salaries being offered to data scientists, or if you just like the sound of being employed to tug on various threads in a vast tapestry of digital information and see where they lead, then click on over and take a look.
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