CompTIA Helps Get America Back To Work

CompTIA launched today a new initiative aimed at boosting high-tech employment opportunities. CompTIA’s Getting America Back to Work initiative will assist local Workforce Investment Boards across the country and their “One-Stop Centers” to help individuals with adequate technical aptitude gain the training and certifications needed to secure IT jobs. The program is designed to streamline the process that Workforce Investment Boards and One-Stop Centers use to place unemployed individuals, career changers and people new to the workforce into an IT job. The process has just four steps:

Assess – MeasureUp, Inc., an assessment and certification practice test company, provides an aptitude test to measure an individual's technical knowledge and ability to determine if they should pursue a career in IT.
Train – Individuals who show promise can take IT certification classes at one of CompTIA's Education to Careers member schools or commercial training providers that teach to the skills required for certification.
Certify – CompTIA’s vendor-neutral certifications map to the skills required for many of the open IT jobs across the country; and many employers mandate or prefer IT professionals with industry certifications. At this step, individuals are directed to the right certification test upon completion of their training.
Place – A job placement tool filters through local job opportunities by zip code and job titles that are consistent with the skills covered by CompTIA certifications to hasten the placement process.

CompTIA’s Getting America Back to Work web site is free.  Click here for more information!