Janet Pinkerton Posts

  • CompTIA Linux+ Will See Minor Changes to Exam Objectives this Fall

    Jul 9, 2012, 15:00 PM by Janet Pinkerton
    CompTIA will make minor changes to the CompTIA Linux+ Powered by LPI exams this fall. The objective changes are reflected in the current exam objectives available for download and will be reflected in both CompTIA Linux+ exams, LX0-101 and LX0-102, by the end of August 2012. The CompTIA Linux+ Powered by LPI exam is a high-stakes, vendor-neutral certification that validates the fundamental knowledge and skills required of junior Linux administrators. The certification is the result of CompTIA ...
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  • IT Certifications Help Veterans Advance Civilian Careers

    Jul 5, 2012, 20:13 PM by Janet Pinkerton
    Air Force veteran Shawn Cooper and Navy veteran Jeremiah Mane followed different paths to the same point: After serving as IT network administrators while in the military, they turned to New Horizons Computer Learning Centers of Orlando, FL, for IT certification training and job search assistance to launch their civilian IT careers.
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  • IT Certifications Help Veterans Advance Civilian Careers

    Jul 5, 2012, 17:00 PM by Janet Pinkerton
    Air Force veteran Shawn Cooper and Navy veteran Jeremiah Mane followed different paths to the same point: After serving as IT network administrators while in the military, they turned to New Horizons Computer Learning Centers of Orlando, FL, for IT certification training and job search assistance to launch their civilian IT careers. On the same day in early April, they both began work as technical engineers for Convergys' Orlando, FL, contact center. "It was a lot harder to look for a job, ...
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  • Veteran Uses IT Certification to Accelerate Career

    Jul 4, 2012, 16:00 PM by Janet Pinkerton
    Derek LeMay wanted to leverage his five years as a Marine Corps IT system administrator into a civilian career, but found that earning an associates degree at a local Florida community college wasn't getting him where he wanted to go fast enough.So in late 2011, LeMay enrolled in New Horizons Learning Centers of Orlando's accelerated IT certification track. The training and the certifications ultimately helped LeMay land jobs with not one, but two veteran-friendly employers."IT certification was ...
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  • Veteran Uses IT Certification to Accelerate Career

    Jul 4, 2012, 14:00 PM by Janet Pinkerton
    Derek LeMay wanted to leverage his five years as a Marine Corps IT system administrator into a civilian career, but found that earning an associates degree at a local Florida community college wasn't getting him where he wanted to go fast enough. So in late 2011, LeMay enrolled in New Horizons Learning Centers of Orlando's accelerated IT certification track. The training and the certifications ultimately helped LeMay land jobs with not one, but two veteran-friendly employers. "IT certificat ...
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  • How to Ace The Job Interview

    Jun 26, 2012, 19:00 PM by Janet Pinkerton
    If you really want that job, you have to prep thoroughly to nail the interview. Here's how.
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  • College Finds Success Teaching IT to High School Students

    Jun 21, 2012, 16:00 PM by Janet Pinkerton
    Indianapolis Public Schools students Christopher Williams, Nigel Leitzell, China Harris, Andrea Williams, and Scott Patrick earned their CompTIA Strata IT Fundamentals certifications after an enrichment class in conjunction with Harrison College. Harrison College's offer to teach a CompTIA Strata IT Fundamentals technology class to a group of Indianapolis public high school students was a handshake deal that became a success. Thanks in no small part to the students' aptitude and hung ...
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  • College Finds Success Teaching IT to High School Students

    Jun 20, 2012, 17:00 PM by Janet Pinkerton
    Indianapolis Public Schools students Christopher Williams, Nigel Leitzell, China Harris, Andrea Williams, and Scott Patrick earned their CompTIA Strata IT Fundamentals certifications after an enrichment class in conjunction with Harrison College.Harrison College's offer to teach a CompTIA Strata IT Fundamentals technology class to a group of Indianapolis public high school students was a handshake deal that became a success. Thanks in no small part to the students' aptitude and hunger for IT, th ...
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  • How to Succeed as a Woman in IT

    May 31, 2012, 13:33 PM by Janet Pinkerton
    High school students learn about potential careers at Harvey Mudd College's Women Engineers and Scientists of Tomorrow event in February. Photo: Schenck and Schenck Photography Through her advice and her own career story, Maria Klawe, president of STEM-centric Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif., offers many insights about how women can secure the experience, knowledge and support for successful IT or STEM-related careers. Take hard-core computer science courses—lots of them—an ...
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  • How to Succeed as a Woman in IT

    May 31, 2012, 13:25 PM by Janet Pinkerton
    Through her advice and her own career story, Maria Klawe, president of STEM-centric Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif., offers many insights about how women can secure the experience, knowledge and support for successful IT or STEM-related careers.Take hard-core computer science courses—lots of them—and don’t be intimidated.Continuously taking computer science courses is a matter of necessity, given technology’s lightning speed rate of change, Klawe contends.“If some students appear to kno ...
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