When looking for Agile training in the USA, what type of methodology do you look for in order to make yourself adaptable to the widest range of prospective regional and national employers and projects? Your answer is almost certain to vary based on your concept of what “prospective” means for you. For instance, do you … Read More
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IT Training to Fill Gaps in Educator Training
A recent article at the Huffington Post has recalled attention to the issue of the too-slow integration of technology into K-12 education in the United States of America. It is a refrain that we have been hearing for years. Parents and politicians want the education system to reflect the different ways in which we acquire … Read More
What’s the Value of IT Placement Agencies?
Where should you look for Bay Area IT job placements? Well, as with any industry and profession, the first and most appropriate answer is, “Anywhere and everywhere you can.” There are placement agencies that exist for the express purpose of finding a match in the IT industry for your personal IT skills and training. But … Read More
Java Still Important after 20 Years
If you’re learning programming languages or applying them to ongoing IT training and placement, there’s a good chance that you have encountered some unsettled questions about Java. “Is it obsolete?” some of your professional colleagues may have inquired. “Are there limits on its relevant applications?” others might have more charitably asked. As of this year, … Read More
Scrum’s Popularity in IT Reflects its Versatility Beyond
Did you know that scrum accounts for two-thirds of all Agile frameworks currently in use in the professional world? This isn’t coincidental and there’s no reason to think that it’s temporary. The popularity of scrum is only growing, and it can be expected to dominate other Agile methodologies like extreme programming and feature-driven development for … Read More
How to Deal with IT Employers Hiring Errors
An article by Beth Stackpole at CIO looks into the hiring practices of IT organizations and concludes that many such organizations “may be getting in their own way when it comes to effective strategies for sourcing, screening and hiring IT talent.” She identifies four particular mistakes: maintaining excessively high standards, failing to diversify their hiring … Read More
Ladies: Will You Carry the Banner for All Highly Trained Women in IT?
Did you know that according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there has been an overall decline in the percentage of information technology jobs held by women since that figure hit a peak in the early 90s? That peak of less than 40 percent was surely insufficient considering that women now comprise more than half … Read More
IT Service Management Requires Broad-Based Training
The literature of the IT Service Management Forum declares that: “Providers of IT services can no longer afford to focus on technology and their internal organization; they now have to consider the quality of the services they provide and focus on the relationship with customers.” This is something to keep in mind if you have … Read More
Where Your Colleagues Aren’t Going, That’s Where You Are
Previously on this blog, we talked about how an understanding of the conditions at your company or in your industry can be a major determining factor in deciding upon the types of software training courses, or online IT training courses, or business analyst training you should seek out to put yourself in a position of … Read More
Upcoming: International IT Service Management Conference and Exhibition
Starting the day after Valentine’s Day, you can show your love for the IT industry by attending the 2015 International IT Service Management Conference and Exhibition at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. Running from February 15 to 18, the conference will feature well over a hundred programs, workshops, and speeches offering advice, insight, and … Read More