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Have you recently been laid off and are thinking of switching careers to something completely new? If you are facing a recent layoff, now is a perfect time to reevaluate your career path and potentially change careers. If you haven’t thought about it before, now might be the time to get into IT!

In September 2020, CompTIA podcasts covered marketing tips for MSPs, automation, workforce enablement, DEI, and much more. Find out what we overheard then subscribe and start listening today.

Advanced IT jobs require more than just technical skills. You’ll need to develop people skills, planning skills and learn how to make tough calls — even when they make people unhappy.

Learn how cybersecurity has evolved into three distinct divisions: infrastructure, operations and management.

CompTIA’s IT team discusses the challenges that many companies faced when employees began working remote during the pandemic, best practices for IT departments, and recommendations to enable productivity and secure remote work environments.

Wondering what it’s like to have a remote IT job? Read about the daily expectations and hear how to get one, from seasoned IT pros.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, technology has connected us like never before—solidifying its value during this unprecedented time in history. But beyond doing the important work of moving applications to the cloud and implementing collaboration platforms, the tech industry is playing a critical role in the front line fight against COVID-19.

The CompTIA Tech Career Academy trains students who have little-to-no information technology experience and gives them the skills to launch an IT career. Wood was one of CompTIA Tech Career Academy’s first fully remote students, and the program changed his life.

Over the past 18 months, digital transformation efforts have started to introduce new qualities to each of the four pillars of IT, including infrastructure, development, security and data. Here's a look at the shifts that are taking place now.

Rust on a Land Cruiser is a pretty good analogy to hackers in a network: Hackers and rust are both persistent, quiet and insidious.

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced entire industries into at-home work and students into distance learning, technology became a lifeline, replacing in-person interaction as the primary means of communication. MSPs jumped into action to help keep businesses, students and customers connected and secure.

Chicago Lyft driver Preston Wood found a silver lining in the pandemic shut down and opened the door to a new IT career with CompTIA Tech.

Just when we’re about to write off 2020, JJ Adams proves your goals don’t have to take a backseat.

You’re likely going to come across shell scripts that are not well documented and difficult to trace as a result. Here are four ways to overcome this.

Diversity matters, even for small businesses. The Advancing Tech Talent and Diversity Community recently created a Diversity Pledge to help small businesses begin planning for a more diverse and inclusive workplace.