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CompTIAs Certification Renewal Program
CompTIA recently announced plans to require a certification renewal program for individuals certified in A+, Network+, and/or Security+. Previously these three have been lifetime certifications, meaning for example the A+ certification I obtained in 2000 is still valid today. This “certified for life” has been challenged by a perception that certified individuals may not be up to date on the latest technology. Wireless technology for example has changed drastically in the past ten years.
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Photoshop Tricks and Tips
LearnKey is known for offering high quality training videos to help people who want certification, or simply want to enhance their skill set. One of the training packages of which we are most proud is the Adobe Creative Suite which includes the ever popular Photoshop. We are, of course, eager to provide you with the complete Photoshop training program which you can purchase on our Photoshop CS4 Online Training page.
If you are just looking for some quick ideas to enhance your Photoshop abilities check out the Photoshop Tricks series we have on our YouTube page.
Photoshop CS4 Photo Retouching
Photoshop CS4 Image Adjustments
Photoshop CS4 Preparing for Output
Photoshop CS4 Working With Images
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The numbers above may seem cryptic to some, but those familiar with Microsoft’s Certification Exams will likely recognize the format. This particular combination of numbers refers to the most recent Windows 7 exam. : TS Windows 7 Configuring. This is the nuts and bolts. How to install, deploy, and upgrade to Windows 7; how to use existing hardware to connect, maintain, recover and functionally use Windows 7 in a network environment, and how to check for compatibility in place upgraded hardware is required. Useful information for anyone from a home network enthusiast, to a network admin, the certification itself and skills neccessary to use Windows 7 effectively are geared specifically towards IT professionals.
Getting America Back to work.
Despite the high unemployment rate in the United States, there are more than 450,000 IT job openings in the country. If you look around carefully you may see that it’s not a matter of not enough jobs to go around, it is a matter of not enough qualified and trained individuals to fill the jobs that are. Police, Medical Practitioners, Instructors, and as noted above IT jobs are going unfilled. It is into this atmosphere that CompTIA, Industry leader in technical certifications, selflessly rushes in with thier “ Initiative”. Continue reading “Getting America Back to work.”
2010
“An optomist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old one leaves.” – Bill Vaughn
“Making resolutions is a cleansing ritual of self assessment and repentance that demands personal honesty and, ultimately, reinforces humility. Breaking them is part of the cycle. Eric Zorn
Whatever your reason for celebration this holiday season. May it be a time of reflection, and resolution. As you look over your past year may you find there to have been more successes than failures, and as you look forward to the new year may it be with a sense of wonder and opportunity, for this upcoming year. Wishing you all a brave, uninhibited, fierce Year of the Tiger.
The Death of Microsoft Windows?
There have been a number of articles and blogs recently proclaiming that Windows 7 is the end for Microsoft. Or at least for Microsoft’s stranglehold on OS (The Operating System that most PC’s run on.). Sure, Microsoft has competition. Apple has always served as an alternative to Windows, and more recently Linux has taken a chunk of the market share, but Microsoft has maintained it’s “king of the mountain” position. According to the latest news, that may be about to change.
A Holiday Wish
We at LearnKey would like to wish all of you; whether you be clients, prospective clients, or even competitors; a wonderful Holiday Season.
Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or even Festivus, may it be with loved ones.
A Plus 2009 is Here!
At long last the A+ Training Course is complete and we at LearnKey could not be more thrilled.
A+ has always been one of our most universally useful training programs, as an A+ Certification is considered a first step for most any job in computer repair, maintenance, disaster recovery, administration, or similar “hardware – based” positions. Microsoft even accepts A+ as an elective for their prestigious MCITP certification.
But I don’t need to tell YOU that. If you have found this page, it’s because you already know what A+ is and why you need it. So, let me tell you instead what you don’t know.
We are so excited about the release of A+ that we are offering nearly a 30% discount for the month of December. That’s right it’s Christmastime, and what better present can you get your children than the training they need to get the kind of jobs that will help them support you in your senior years?
Then again, if you found this page, you are probably the person seeking to get trained, in which case you are shopping for yourself during this holiday season. Good for you! Just think of what a gift you will be giving your family by making yourself more marketable? Or better yet, convince them to buy it for you. But get it fast before the year ends, the excitement wears off and the regular price is restored.
Get it here : CompTIA A+ 2009 Training.
A+ 2009 Webisode #6
Started in 1982 as an “Association of Better Computer Dealers” the company that would become CompTIA emerged as the “Standard” for computer technicians. In fact, in April of 2007 some of CompTIA’s certifications (including their flagship product, A+) were recognized by the American National Standards Institute. A+ is meant to ascertain an individuals overall ability to handle computers. It is specifically meant to be vendor nonspecific, so a certified individual should be able to handle any computer whether it be an Apple, a PC, or Linux, and should be competent in dealing with the various hardware configurations for each. In short, it is the benchmark for proving technical competency, and it is a must have for anyone seeking a career in computer repair/maintenance/administration.
Featured Product : Indesign CS4
For anyone who read this post on Dec 3rd, I offer a sincere apology. It was woefully inaccurate. Just so the rest of you are in the loop, in attempting to describe Adobe’s Indesign CS4 product, I compared it to a print version of Adobe Photoshop CS4. Let it be known that I am (now) fully aware that Indesign and Photoshop are entirely different programs. For one thing Photoshop functions as a verb. You are not likely to hear anyone saying, “That brochure looks indesigned.”
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