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January 18, 2021
Artists, Pay Attention: Technology is for You, Too
While CompTIA Tech Grad Kendra Plant loved working in theater, she needed more financial stability and a better work-life balance. She found her career solution in IT.
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January 11, 2021
Service Industry Workers Are Tech Savvy
Workers in retail, hospitality and service industries find transitioning into IT easier than you’d think. Why? Such workers are more familiar with technology than you’d think.
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January 4, 2021
Gaining Financial Security & Career Passion with a Tech Job
Three IT-Ready graduates tell how their tech careers have provided continuing professional growth opportunities and sustainable personal financial stability – despite the pandemic’s economic challenges.
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December 1, 2020
IT Industry Still Hiring in the Pandemic
While not completely immune to the pandemic recession, the tech industry is faring better than most, and jobs are available to workers with the right training and skills.
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November 23, 2020
Why Military Veterans Make Excellent Candidates for IT Help Desk Jobs
U.S. Air Force veteran and CompTIA Tech instructor Stephen Padilla explains why the skills and work ethic developed during their military careers make veterans excellent candidates for jobs as IT support technicians.
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November 16, 2020
Career Switch: Caretaker to IT Pro
In two years since becoming an IT-Ready alum, Christina Maxwell has nearly doubled her salary, bought her own car, and found a new sense of self-confidence – all while becoming a go-to tech pro. The program changed her life “monumentally”.
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November 9, 2020
Finding New Career Paths during the Pandemic
While some service industries — like grocery stores — are thriving during the pandemic, most are hurting. And folks who work in those industries are feeling the pain. But tech offers a new career path for them.
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October 19, 2020
Skills Honed While in Military Service Open Door to New IT Career
While serving in the Army, Sarai Ekblad demonstrated resourcefulness and leadership — skills that carried over into a post-military career in information technology.
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October 13, 2020
From Server to Server: Career Switching from Service Industries to Tech
Waiters, cashiers, gig delivery drivers and others in hospitality, retail and service industries can transition into high-paying tech jobs more quickly and easily than you’d think.
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October 5, 2020
Tech Jobs Bring Stability to Career Changers
Are the unstable times of the pandemic motivating you to change careers? Consider tech training for a new job on the IT help desk in 2021.
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