AWS Wants to Help You Pass Your Next Online Certification Exam
The world of certification exams was for decades locked in a tight orbit of testing centers, where exam candidates would prove their IT mettle (or not) under the watchful eye of an in-person proctor. All of that changed, more or less overnight, when the COVID-19 pandemic swept around the globe and essentially forced a change overnight that IT certification programs had been, up to that moment, only progressing toward by inches. A few short years later, most exams are still proctored, but the setting is quite often wherever the exam candidate can connect to the internet. A new post to the AWS Training and Certification Exam leans into this brave new world with a list of tips to help exam candidates succeed when taking an online proctored exam. For example, think through everything that you might need (and be permitted) when arranging your exam environment. The advice is specific to AWS exams, but much of it applies no matter whose credential you have in your sights.
Cisco Touts Benefits of Certification Assisted by Authorized Learning Partners
Preparing for and passing an IT certification exam can be a hugely intimidating undertaking. Even if you're an experienced exam candidate with a couple of IT credentials already adorning your résumé, finding time to study, following through, and arranging your exam can still be a chore. A new post to the Cisco Leaning blog has got your back, however, with an overview of how Cisco-authorized Learning Partners can help to smooth your path. Learning Partners, as blogger Monique Rose puts it, function like travel agents, helping you to plan and carry out each next stage of your IT certification journey. If you need a degree of relief on your certification travels, a Learning Partner organization might be just the thing to help you get off the runway and into the air.
(ISC)² Offers Updated CCSP Training
In our highly modern era, cloud computing touches almost every aspect of personal computing and enterprise IT operations, and there is a critical need to secure the cloud infrastructure and tools that make it all possible. The Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) certification offered by cybersecurity professional association (ISC)² is one of the hottest cloud security credentials on the market. A recent post to the official blog of (ISC)² highlights the new-and-improved CCSP training available to exam candidates. As you might have suspected of something new-and-improved in the present moment, AI plays a part: "Official (ISC)² Online Self-Paced CCSP Training uses AI-led adaptive learning to provide individualized learning paths based on prior knowledge, learning speed and confidence levels." We should probably all expect to see more of this sort of thing very soon.
Microsoft Wants You to Unleash the IT Learning Beast Within
Like, that's not 100 percent exactly how they phrased it themselves. We can all read between the lines, however, of a new post to the Microsoft Learn Blog that addresses the need we all have to break out of our personal and individual comfort zones. In a nutshell, blogger Arafat Tehsin is saying that there's no room for fear and hesitation in IT career growth and development. Rather, instead of passively letting another year drift on past, you need to buckle up, Buttercup, and set some clear and achievable self-improvement goals. If you've been stagnating in your attempts to up your IT game, then you could certainly do worse than to click over and partake of the heady inspiration.
CompTIA Lists Best IT Support and Help Desk Certifications
IT support and help desk professionals fill a vital role in the lives of those who do not possess equivalent knowledge of computer hardware and software, the body of individuals collectively known as "the rest of us." The computer support profession isn't growing as fast as it was pre-COVID-19, but there are still plenty of jobs available, and a few years of working in IT support can be an excellent stepping stone to careers in other branches of the IT industry. Certification can be a great way to get started in IT support, and there are many good options available. A new post to the blog of tech industry association CompTIA — which offers the premiere IT support certification in the industry, the long-lived A+ — reviews what's out there and provides a guide to the best certifications in the field. If you're looking to jump into the IT support niche, then this is a great place to get information about potential points of entry.
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