Tags: Career Development, Careers, certification, Education, Education foundation, Foundation, Fundraising, IT Workforce, Training, Workforce
The CompTIA Educational Foundation, which since 1998 has been helping unemployed and other at-risk individuals find careers in information technology, has a new name: the Creating IT Futures Foundation. The new name will help to distinguish the Foundation from other continuing education and educational programs within CompTIA, while also positioning the Foundation to reach a [...]
{ 0 comments }
Tags: bkwy11, Education, Education foundation, Foundation, Fundraising
The popular perception of the IT industry often conjures images of computers, software, and networking gear — the rudiments of an emotionless, digital world. But a series of gifts by CompTIA, the IT industry trade association, through its 10 official communities around the globe, is showing that IT is just as much about connecting people [...]
{ 0 comments }
Tags: Career Development, Careers, DoE, Education, Education foundation, Foundation, IT Workforce, lenovo, STEM, Workforce
Even after all these years, Sam Morris still cringes when he hears it. The brutally honest student expression can determine whether or not that student succeeds or fails miserably in the 21st century global economy. He’s talking about those dreaded words: “Why bother? I’m never going to use this anyway.” Morris, a K-12 and college [...]
{ 2 comments }
Tags: cancer, Education foundation, Foundation, Fundraising, ingram micro, livestrong
In her job as a dispatcher at an IT company, Verna Matera, 54, spends long stretches at her desk, which makes losing weight a challenge. But a recent effort by several IT companies to raise money for Lance Armstrong’s cancer-fighting charity got Matera moving – and losing. The grandmother of two began an ambitious walking [...]
{ 1 comment }
Tags: Career Development, Careers, certification, Eaton, Education, Education foundation, Foundation, Fundraising, Training, Workforce
Since last June, the CompTIA Educational Foundation has been focused on becoming a more effective organization in the effort to find underserved populations lasting careers in the IT industry. Through research on our own program’s outcomes and studying the work of other non-profits and government organizations involved in workforce development, we found that our foundation [...]
{ 1 comment }
Tags: Career Development, Careers, certification, Education, Education foundation, Foundation, veteran
Through our Educational Foundation, we enable people to improve their lives through employment in the IT industry. Our foundation’s services help at-risk individuals and populations under-represented in IT prepare for, secure and be successful in IT careers. We’ve helped thousands of individuals, including military personnel and spouses. For instance last year, Christopher Venters, an Air [...]
{ 0 comments }
Blogroll