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CompTIA Certification Articles & Podcast

CompTIA Project+ Provides a Good Framework

Getting CompTIA Project+ certified has lent the consultants at IreeTec more credibility. Lisa-Ann Barnes, president and founder of IreeTec, Inc., served on the CompTIA Project+ committee when the certification was originally created. She earned her certification then and now recommends it to staff at her project management consulting firm.

Find out why Barnes recommends CompTIA Project+.

Lana LaMon Shares Her IT Experiences

Ms. Lana LaMon took an accidental path into IT, but she loved the challenge so much that she stayed. Ms. LaMon was born in Serbia, a small Central European country , and was determined to receive a university education in the United States. She left her home to attend the University of Illinois at Chicago where she earned her B.S. in Physics. Originally, Ms. LaMon intended to go into research and development when she graduated, she wanted to use her strong analytical skills, math skills and decision-making ability. She was hired at Bell and Howell Company in Lincolnwood, Ill. as a temporary Telecommunications Billing Analyst. She was soon offered a full-time job and expanded her experience to include telecommunications and IT systems administration.

Read more about Ms. LaMon's experiences in the industry.

Mike Meyers Talks CompTIA Network+

Mike Meyers is excited about the updated CompTIA Network+ certification exam.  Meyers shared some of his thoughts on the new version of the exam in this podcast, along with recommendations and other insights.

“If you want to do anything in networking, I don’t care if you want to become a router-head, or do local network administration for a Windows network, or if you want to set up Web servers for DNS – I don’t care what you are doing,” Meyers said. “CompTIA Network+, in terms of ‘ooh, ahh’ factor of getting cool conceptualizations, base conceptualizations into your head, can’t be matched. There’s no other certification out there like it and I think that is why so many people all over the country, all over the world are becoming huge fans of (CompTIA) Network+ …. If you like networks and don’t know where you want to or where you want to be, (CompTIA) Network+ is – you just gotta take it!”

The updated CompTIA Network+ will available in January 2009. The update of CompTIA Network+ is in keeping with CompTIA's practice of continuous and ongoing review of its certification content to assure that it addresses the latest changes in technology and reflects the skills needed by tech workers and required by employers.

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Chuck Whitley Shares His IT Experiences

Chuck Whitley always wanted to be in the theater, but he did not count on being behind the scenes. After high school, Whitley took a job at a vending machine company. After 28 years and going as high as he could within the company, he decided it was time for a change. Whitley enrolled at the Cittone Institute in Plymouth Meeting, Penn. He took evening classes Monday-Thursday and earned his CompTIA A+ certification. Whitley diligently searched for a job in the IT industry, but had a hard time finding one. Although he had the credentials, he did not have the experience to back them up.

Through his perseverance, Whitley now has a job he really enjoys.

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